John hails from Oklahoma City, the heart of a state steeped in a rich musical tradition, a place immortalized in song by musical greats as diverse as Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, and Rogers and Hammerstein. While Oklahoma seems to have put the "W" in C&W, it also must have an isolated mineral in the groundwater that might explain the mass appeal of modern greats Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, and Garth Brooks, as well as legends like Leon Russell, David Gates, and jazz guitarist Barney Kessel.

His gifts have attracted the attention of country singer Sammy Kershaw, who saw him performing on stage at a theme park and soon invited him to join the band, And the legendary Beach Boys, who on the recommendation of a mutual friend, had him sing a few number over the phone and were sufficiently impressed to send him a plane ticket in order to have take over the high falsetto vocals written and originally performed by Brian Wilson. And the great Charlie Daniels, who not only appreciates John's performing talents, but signed him as a writer in 2000, a time when other publishers were shrinking their staff numbers. His composition "I'm Not Breakin",co-written with Marc Christian, was recently a top-30 single for Curb recording artist Steve Holy.