We were so blessed in Memphis this past February. In my mind, there is always a hit list...not in a bad way, but a list of people I want to bring to you. Since I got to Austin, I kept hearing these words, with everyone running around saying, "John Fullbright...how does he write beyond his years, how does he sing so artfully and easily?" He is on so many people's lips. And it is all true. He is light years ahead of himself. He played in Mike McClure's band for a year in his home state Oklahoma. He has the ringing endorsement of many great musicians including fellow Oklahomans Jimmy Webb, Tom Skinner, Jimmy Lafave and Kevin Welch, who takes him into the studio this summer to produce his first studio album.
John plays guitar, harmonica, piano and accordion, sings in a cool, calm, seductively simple manner. He does have one CD out already, Live At The Blue Door, recorded just prior to the 2009 Folk Alliance conference in Memphis, produced by Oklahoma singer/songwriter and producer Travis Linville. It features Fullbright's handiwork, having written all the songs but one, a stellar version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah." He came up on the bus with Jimmy Lafave, and he left too soon, as he had a gig to go to, so I think a rematch might be in order soon! In the meantime, see what I mean...
-Jessie Scott
