John Permenter

Fiddle player and singer, originally from Texas. John Permenter's love for Country Music comes from his father who listened to Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Roger Miller and others... John fell in love with the violin after hearing Johnny Gimble play with Bob Wills: he begins the violin immediately. In 1977 after hearing Johnny Paycheck's song "Take this job and shove it", he quit his construction job and started singing and playing the violin for a living. Although he learned music in a school, his training was actually done in Honky Tonks throughout Texas and especially in Houston and San Antonio. For several years, he travels with Johnny Bush and also sings at Gilley's, a Honky Tonk owned by Mickey Gilley and there he meets European fans who are, according to him, more fans than some Americans and swears to cross the Atlantic one day to play in Europe. In the 80s, he worked in the studios in Houston and met Clint Black who hired him to play in his first album. He joined Clint Black's band and toured with them for two years. He also played in 1990 with Moe Bandy and landed in Branson, Missouri, with his wife and child. In 1995, he decided to pursue a solo career. Liz Anderson wrote him a song "Everybody's gotta run their own railroad" which is the title of his album. This one will be very well received in England. His dream of playing in Europe is coming true. He plays there 4 months a year, most often in Holland and also records in studios for other artists. He also tours in very beautiful countries such as Scotland, England, Ireland, Germany... He recorded his second album "Wayfaring Strangers" in Branson, Missouri, with his friends from Moe Bandy's band. In 1999, he moved to Austin, Texas, and performed with Dale Watson. And finally, he realizes an old dream, he records in Austin an album with all the songs that his father loved "Roots ~ The songs my father loved". John continues to cross the Atlantic from time to time to play in Holland, France but also in Germany, Belgium, etc... Permenter later lived in England and Ireland.