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Early Influence

It is really no surprise that John would pursue a creative outlet for expressing his life experiences through songwriting. His father, Country Johnny Mathis, was a successful singer/songwriter in his own right with cuts by George Jones, Tammy Wynnette, Johnny Paycheck, Charlie Pride, Ray Price, Johnny Horton and even Elvis Costello (just to name a few)  This made songwriting a natural choice for expressing John's perspective on life.

John's life and musical influences would eventually lead him into spending a number of years working in the Southern Gospel Music industry in the areas of songwriting, publishing, publicity and A&R. Some of those years were spent working with Homeland Entertainment, label home for such renowned Southern Gospel artists as The Cathedrals, The Speer Family and The Florida Boys.

Songwriting

Songwriting is John's first love. During his tenure in Southern Gospel, John had the opportunity to write with many notable songwriters and garnered numerous cuts by some of Gospel's legendary groups such as The Florida Boys and The Inspirations.  He continues to write Gospel as well as writing his own style of Country Music. In 2007, John's home video performance of his song, "He Man Womans Haters Club" landed him among the Top 64 finalists in CMT's March Madness Video Competition 2007 (CMT.com). The Crist Family scored a Top 20 song in 2009 on the Southern Gospel charts with 'Nothin But Good'. Bi-lingual Country artist, Cerrito, released the light-hearted, humorous,  'All I Want For Christmas Is Beer', worldwide for the 2009 Christmas season and it hit #54 on the Country Main Chart (Spin Tracking System) and was the highest charting Christmas song for 2009.

John currently resides in Spring Hill, Tennessee (south of Nashville) and continues to write as well as work with his publishing company, Avid Group Publishing. Look for more new songs by John coming out in the near future.....

 

The following is a partial listing of John's songs that have been recorded:

ARTIST TITLE
Baker/Pasma Families

Let It Fall     (#1   Radio Wave Chart  -- Top 40  The Southern Gospel Chart)

 

Florida Boys

I'm Gonna Leave The Light On    (Top 50 Singing News Chart)

 

The Crist Family

Nothing But Good   (Top 20 Singing News)

 

Vertical Praise

When All You Have Is Faith   (Top 15 Southern Spin Radio)

 

Cerrito

All I Want For Christmas Is Beer  (#54 Country Main Chart (Spin Tracking System) *highest charting Christmas song for the 2009 season)

 

Bethany United Reformed Let It Fall
Bradley W. Powell I'm Gonna Leave The Light On
Brothers Redeemed Quartet The Hand of the Lord
Canada's Double Portion It Is God
Canadian Musical I'm Gonna Leave The Light On
Capstone Quartet It's The Cross That Carries Me
Capstone Quartet One Prayer At A Time
Cross Reference The Touch Of Grace
Dayspring God Will Always Finish 
Dayspring When We Believe
Freedom Road Just Wait
Galloways Nothing But Good
Garment of Praise I'm Gonna Leave The Light On
Good News Quartet The Hand of the Lord
Henrietta Brown Let It Fall
Kevin Mabry It Is God
Mandy Dixon Nothing But Good
Marc Ivey w/Master's Inn State Of Grace
Melody Shelton Let It Fall
Northmen I'm Gonna Leave The Light On
Pfeifers State Of Grace
Riverdale Assembly We Are Washed
Sonshiners Quartet One Prayer At A Time
Sonshiners Quartet The Hand of the Lord
Southern Harmony God Will Always Finish 
Stephanie Austin Nothing But Good
Tammy Larson Touch Of Grace
The Hall Family God Will Always Finish 
The Inspirations It's The Cross That Carries Me
The Yates Family When We Believe
Vertical Praise Let It Fall
Vicky Daniel State Of Grace
Vicky Daniel The Touch Of Grace
Wilburn's Where Would I Be