Texas born and bred, JD Newbury’s earliest influences came from Mickey Newbury at family gatherings where he heard Newbury originals such as “Just Dropped in (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” and “American Trilogy.” Inspiration came from a stack of vinyls that he listened to over and over as Kris Kristopherson, Mickey Newbury, and Dean Dillon played songs that fascinated JD. He went to school listening to these greats, and that is where he learned to turn a “phrase into a song th...