John Hoskins
Songwriter only these days.
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I'll Leave The Lights On For You I'll Leave The Lights On For You
Traditional Country song
What Do You Say When It's Over What Do You Say When It's Over
A sad song about the end of a relationship.
Haunting Me Haunting Me
A traditional style song actually written with George Jones in mind.
Never Seen A Grown Man Cry Never Seen A Grown Man Cry
Just a good old beer drinking honky tonk style song of love lost, past mistakes and a useless hope of maybe getting back what this poor fellow lost years ago.
You're The Reason (I Stopped Drinking) You're The Reason (I Stopped Drinking)
A 'thank you' song from a man to his woman.
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Well....I have no band (any longer). I used to perform with some of my old friends in the form of The Austin Shafer Band. It was composed of some old buddys of mine from Nashville who played for years with the likes of Paycheck, Jones, Twitty, The Wilburn Brothers...etc. It was a great blessing to be honored to even stand among them let alone to have them consider me an equal...they taught me a lot. They were my best buddys, my brothers and I miss them more than I can say...But we split up a few years ago. I lost my voice and health problems plagued the rest of the guys.....so now I just write. Robert Elliott, best friend of 37 years, my old drummer and backup vocalist is my writing partner. We lucked up and were made members of BMI and the Nashville Songwriters Association in 2002 which hasn't panned out. BMI, like everything else in Nashville these days is run by "kids" from NY and L.A. who know NOTHING about REAL country music. They tell us while our songs are great, they are "too country sounding for todays country music"....lol..so, we, like everyone and everything else that is PURE country, have been put on the shelf and forgotten. All we want is a decnet publisher with connections or someone (Indie or not) to record some of the many, many songs we have and get them out there!...lol.Have you performed in front of an audience?We played everywhere from Lexington Ky to Nashville Tn...lol....radio, t.v...if they would let us, we'd play..lol.
Your musical influences
Gosh..I was raised on Bluegrass, Haggard, Jones, Owens, Cash, Jennings, Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, The Wilburn Bros, Webb Pierce, Hank sr., Kitty Wells, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ernest Tubb, Carl Smith, the list goes on. As far as writers, Bobby Bare, Roger Miller, Harlan Howard and Hank sr.What equipment do you use?
Just a plain four track recorder and an old hand made Alvarez accoustic/electric.Anything else?
I would LOVE to see "traditional" country sounds come back. Nothing against the new artists or bands or songs for that matter...I just love the old honky tonk sound.Contact
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Comments (12)
I still can't decide which one I like best. I sent david a link. We'll see what he says.
Gotta go to work now. Catch ya tomorrow.
Big John,
I really enjoyed listening. You have some good Traditional Country here. Really liked "Haunting Me". Great Job. Good Vocals too!!!
hi there great sound love traditional i write mostly traditional too. thanks so much anna marie
Hi John or should I say Guitarman. I would like you to know I enjoyed my visit. I have been following your posts on country music forums for some time. I invite you to come on over and listen to YOU'RE SO COUNTRY and BOSS AND WORK ARE 4-LETTER WORDS. I would be Honored to have some feedback on those and any others you listen to...Keeping It Traditional Country...Doc
HELLO! JUST STOPPED BY TO GIVE A LISTEN AND WISH YOU THE BEST ON THE CHARTS. YOUR MUSIC IS GREAT ENJOYED IT!!! I WOULDN'T BE TO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW COUNTRY YOUR MUSIC IS. WHAT MATTERS MOST IS THAT YOU BELIEVE IN IT.
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