Cyol With Jeremy Ryan Slate Archive 1

About This Episode: Jon Statham was raised on music. His father worked at country music station WQIX, interviewing country music stars such as Loretta Lynn and Tanya Tucker. People knew when they entered the Statham home, that this family treasured music. Whether it was dad playing guitar and singing country and folk songs from the 30’s and 40’s, to mom and the kids assigning vocal parts to an Irish ballad for church. There always seemed to be music flowing through the house. Jon has honed his singing, guitar playing and songwriting into a style that honors the classics, as well as offering a new voice that forwards the tradition of great rock, pop, and country music. He had the pleasure of working with producer J.J. Blair on the soundtrack for the Warner Brothers DVD film The Utopian Society. J.J. is known for his work on the Rod Stewart album “The Great American Songbook III” and for his work with the late June Carter Cash. Jon arranged and sang backup vocals for some of the various artists that are on the