Jeff Black (singer songwriter)


Jeff Black is an American singersongwriter originally from Kansas City, Missouri and now based in Nashville, Tennessee. His writings have been described in the Allmusic as impressionistic songs that are smart without forgetting the emotional undercurrent. His songs have been covered by Waylon Jennings, Sam Bush and BlackHawk. BlackHawks cover of Blacks song, Thats Just About Right, was a TopCountry single in 1994. Since then Black has released four of his own albums and tours widely. He also maintains his own free weekly podcast, Black Tuesdays.

Jeff Black was born circa 1960 and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Black received his first guitar as a present for his tenth birthday. In his twenties Black began performing at Blayneys, a Kansas City blues club where he also worked as a bouncer. Soon Black began touring and eventually relocated to Nashville, Tennessee where he met, among others, Iris DeMent .

Source: Wikipedia