Real name: Jack Wesley Routh

Effective period / Period of releases: 1975 - 2012

American singer / songwriter, guitarist and producer. Jack learned to play the guitar at age 13 and soon began performing throughout the Midwest, recording his first record with the band “Robin’s Hoods” in Amarillo, Texas in 1965. At 23 he traveled to Nashville where he met Johnny Cash, who signed him to a songwriting contract. His songs have been recorded by such artist as Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Reba McEntire, Tanya Tucker, Karen Brooks, J.C. Crowley, Randy Sharp, Marty Stuart, Kathy Mattea to name a few.