John Scott Sherrill
| John Scott Sherrill | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Nashville |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
| Years active | 198x-present |
John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. He has written songs for such artists as John Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffett (Steamer), Johnny Lee, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, Waylon Jennings, Alison Krauss, Peter Wolf, Mick Jagger, Michael McDonald and Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson. He is the son of Christian writers John and Elizabeth Sherrill. In the 1980s, Sherrill recorded with Bob DiPiero and Dennis Robbins as the band Billy Hill.
John Scott Sherrill is a Country Music Award-winning American songwriter with a career spanning over 30 years. He is well known for his lyrics about love, loss and the human condition. Sherrill has had 11 #1s and numerous other hits. His career began in the 1970s and has been quite eclectic, as he has worked with a diverse group of artists.
Early Life
Sherrill was raised in Chappaqua, a hamlet of New Castle, NY and in Uganda and Bolivia by parents who were book and magazine writers. He was drawn at an early age to folk, country and rock music. He played coffeehouses in Boston and also spent time as a musician in Amsterdam.
Career
While attending Franconia College in New Hampshire, Sherrill was part of a commune and band called The Family of Pan. After several members ran off to join the Guru Maharaj-ji, Sherrill headed to California, stopping in Nashville long enough to visit Rob Galbraith, a Combine Music Publishing writer recommended to him by Harry Chapin’s brother Steve. His brother was a fraternity brother of Scott Siman. Siman would record demos on Sherrill while in college and help introduce him to the community at Combine Music. After Combine was sold in 1986, Sherrill and Bob DiPiero, a fellow Combine Music writer, formed the writing core of Little Big Town. After ten years of success it too was sold. Big Yellow Dog and Sony/ATV Tree have been the publishers of his songs this century.
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