J. K. Coltrain

About J. K. Coltrain

J.K. Coltrain grew up surrounded by music & musicians. His cousin, Buddy Starcher was a professional recording artist on Columbia Records and was a regular performer on the then popular Midwestern & Louisiana Hayrides. He also introduced the late Keith Whitley who first appeared on Buddy\'s weekly radio show in Charleston, West Virginia when he was 8 years old. J. K. made his own first appearance on radio at age 12 and first TV appearance at age 14.In his teens he had to try his hand in high school dance bands like Fire n\' Ice and The Four Aces but by age 20 he had returned to his first love country music. At that time J. K. helped form a 7 piece country rock group called \'The Southern Express\'. They garnered a great deal of regional success and opened for many popular groups at that time such as Pure Prairie League, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Poco & The Marshall Tucker Band.He first cracked the country music charts in 1987 with a self-penned song, West Virginia You\'re Still My Home on the Studio 7 label. Since then he had enjoyed a number of chart successes including being shown in the Top 40 in Europe for 41 straight weeks. He also has made many appearances on radio & TV including The Nashville Showcase, Nashville On Stage and The Jerry Lewis Telethon. J. K. has toured worldwide and worked with some of the greatest names in country music including Jerry Reed, Loretta Lynn, The Bellamy Brothers, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens, George Jones to name just a few. In addition to still recording and performing on his own J. K. is now helping the new up & coming young artists serving as the President of Colt Records Nashville and Chairman of The Traditional Country Opry. J. K. received The Texas CMA Entertainer of The Year Award in 2009.https://linktr.ee/jkcoltrain

Experience

1. President

   Colt Records

   Sep 1998 — Present

   We are a small but growing independent record label started by 4 working entertainers. Designed by and for musicians. In the past 5 yrs we have been awarded The British CMA\'s Country Album of The Year as well as The Texas CMA\'s Album of The Year.

Education

• The Ohio State University

  NA, Business Administration and Management, General

  1995 — 1997

Skills

• Studio Recording
• Music Theory
• Entertainment
• Festivals
• Stage
• Music Management
• Audio Post Production
• Piano
• Recording
• Lyricist
• Voice Over
• Music Production
• Concerts
• Music Licensing
• Songs
• Musical Theatre
• Rock
• Music Education
• Band
• Vocal
• Talent Booking
• Record Labels
• Film
• Dance
• Live Events
• Music Publishing
• Singing
• Music Supervision
• Audio Engineering
• Live Sound
• Guitar
• A&R
• Music
• Composition
• Original Music
• Pop
• Booking Systems
• Radio
• Songwriting
• Pro Tools