Real name: James Robert Owen Atcher

Effective period / Period of releases: 1939 - 1965

American country musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter.
Married to Maggie Atcher (1947), father of Cecily Atcher and Chris Atcher.
He appeared regularly on radio station WBBM/Chicago,
before becoming a long-term fixture on the WLS National Barn Dance.
He was also the mayor of Schaumburg, Illinois, from 1959 to 1975.

Born: May 11, 1914 in Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
Died: October 31, 1993 in Prospect, Kentucky, USA