Mickey Jack Cones | |
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Background information | |
Born |
San Antonio, Texas, United States |
May 5, 1973
Genres | Country, rock, pop |
Occupation(s) | Record producer, singer, songwriter, musician |
Instruments |
Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, percussion, programming |
Associated acts | George Strait, Trace Adkins, Joe Nichols, Jason Aldean, Kelly Clarkson, Lionel Richie, Steven Tyler, Blake Shelton, Eric Church, Dustin Lynch, |
Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, percussion,
Mickey Jack Cones (born in San Antonio, TX) is an American record producer, engineer, session musician, singer and songwriter. Raised in a musical family, he is the grandson of Glenn Gray Orchestra singer Jane Cones and son of Jackie Cones of The Cones Sisters; Produced by Barry Beckett for RCA during the late 80’s. Cones moved to Nashville in 1996 to finish his BBA (with an emphasis in studio production) at Belmont University.
After graduating from Belmont Mickey produced, engineered, wrote and played all of the music that landed Joshua and Jacob Miller/”Nemesis Rising” a recording contract with Curb Records (LA). He also produced Curb Recording artist David Kersh in early 2000. Cones signed a 5 year publishing agreement with EMI Nashville that same year and has had songs recorded by artists such as Trace Adkins, Matt Stillwell, Nemesis Rising, Chad Hudson, Anson Carter, Julie Roberts and others. In 2002, Cones toured with Mercury recording artist Julie Roberts as her band leader (guitar and background vocals) and road manager. He toured with Roberts for 2 years and performed on The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, the Country Music Awards, The Grand Ole Opry and Rascal Flatts’ “Here’s To You” tour.