Merle Haggard, Vern Gosdin, Don Williams, Ed Bruce, Waylon Jennings, Ray Price, Ernest Tubb
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J. K. Coltrain on a good night lol. In the past depending on the song I've been told that I sound like Ray Price, Don Williams, Vern Gosdin, Ed Bruce & Waylon Jennings tho I try real hard to just be myself:)
J. K. Coltrain was born in Columbus, Ohio. He spent his early childhood days between there and West Virginia where his parents operated a small Mom & Pop grocery store. His Dad also was an excellent auto mechanic and in fact owned a number of repair shops over the years and was a weekend stock car racer. One reason why J. K. is a Nascar fanatic to this day
J.K. grew up surrounded by music & musicians. His cousin, Buddy Starcher was a professional recording artist on Columbia Records and was one of the founders of the Starday recording label and performed on the then popular Midwestern & Louisiana Hayrides. He also first introduced the late Keith Whitley who appeared on Buddy's weekly radio show in Charleston, West Virginia when he was just 8 yrs old.
His Uncle & Grandpa performed together at churches throughout the South. That's where J. K. made his first appearance singing in church at the ripe old age of 11. His first professional job was at age 14 when he began singing with The Pleasant Hill Quartet. A well-known gospel group at the time.
Of course in his teens he had to try his hand in high school dance bands like Fire n' Ice and The Four Aces but by age 20 he had returned to his first love country music. At that time J. K. helped form a 7 piece country rock group called 'The Southern Express'. They garnered a great deal of regional success and opened for many popular groups at that time such as The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Poco & The Marshall Tucker Band.
In 1983 he left The Southern Express to pursue a solo career as his heart was with more traditional country music. He appeared to be taking the music business by storm as he was often the featured artist on Ernest Tubbs Midnite Jamboree and many popular Nashville nightclubs. He signed a recording contract with Monument Records and had label mates such as Dolly Parton, Larry Gatlin, Ray Stevens & Willie Nelson and was dubbed as The Star of Tomorrow. Much to his dismay Monument filed for bankrupcy in 1984 without ever releasing a single song and JK again found himself without a label.
He first cracked the country music charts in 1987 with a self-penned song, West Virginia You're Still My Home. Since then he has made many appearances on numerous radio & TV shows including The Nashville Showcase, The Midnight Jamboree & Stars of Tomorrow. J. K. has toured throughout the US & Canada and worked with some of the greatest names in country music. Jerry Reed, Loretta Lynn, The Bellamy Brothers, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson & Jerry Lee Lewis to name just a few.
J. K's future plans are to continue touring and working on building Colt Records into one of the top Indie labels and making new friends. Ya'all come out and see us when you can.
J. K. Coltrain is a member in good standing of;
The Country Music Association
The Academy of Country Music
Americana Music Association
Traditional Country Hall of Fame
International Songwriters Association
TexAmericana Music Association
Roots Music Association
Country Legends Association
BMI
Yup! Word gets around! Heard you were Fabulous in the WATERMARK MOVIE Scenes! Wish I could have been there! Look forward to see you when movie is released. Best Wishes from Texas! ann
J.K. , finally got to review our footage . Like always I wish we had more but , what we do have is great . You , Donna , Bruce and Allen have created a standout scene in the film with our little comedy routine at the door . Even unedited it got laughs from everyone . You should all do more acting (should you get a chance) great projection and perfect timing . Thank you , all .I am meeting with Josh and Gary thursday night and will be in touch with you soon . Take care , friend .
Hope you made it there safely,,, gosh I wanted to be with all of you this weekend,, but we will all be together on the 28 of july for our tour,,, hey tell dean, allen, delores and joe I said hi an miss them already, what great people they are,,, and tell charlie louvin hello,,,,,,
Hey , J.K. . Thanks for having us as a friend . Yeah , we really love the tune "Sad Cowboy" all on its own and think that it would add a lot to our story if included in our sound track .
