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Jon Dee Graham | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Guitarist, songwriter |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Freedom Records |
Jon Dee Graham is an American musician, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas, United States. Graham was named the Austin Musician of the Year during the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference in 2006.[1][2] He was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame three times: as a solo artist in 2000, again in 2008 as a member of The Skunks, and again in 2009 as a member of the True Believers.
The Skunks formed in 1978, with a lineup featuring Jesse Sublett on bass and vocals and Bill Blackmon on drums. Graham joined as their new guitarist (replacing Eddie Munoz, who departed to join The Plimsouls) in 1979. Graham's guitar can be heard on the band's live CD, Live: Earthquake Shake, released in 2000.[3]
The True Believers, which included Alejandro Escovedo and his brother, Javier Escovedo, are widely considered by critics to be seminal figures in the fusion of literary songwriting and punk rock, a sound often referred to as cowpunk, a subset of alternative country.
Jon Dee Graham went on to play with John Doe, Exene Cervenka, James McMurtry, Eliza Gilkyson, Kelly Willis, John Hiatt, Michelle Shocked, Patty Griffin, Calvin Russell, and Lone Justice.
His music has been featured in soundtracks such as Ladder 49 and Veronica Mars. In 1992, Patty Smyth covered Graham's song, "One Moment to Another" on her album, Patty Smyth.
- ^ "Jon Dee Graham - Austin Musician of the Year 2006". Austin Songwriter. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "Jon Dee Graham - Artist Profile". eventseeker.com. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ Lieck, Ken (December 8, 2000). "The Skunks, the Band That Broke Austin Out of the Seventies Young, Loud, and Cheap". Austin Chronicle.