Original country songs that sound as old as the hills, and old songs sung like they were made yesterday.

14 MP3 Songs
COUNTRY: Americana, COUNTRY: Honky Tonk

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John Lilly is a multi-talented acoustic music performer from Charleston, West Virginia, specializing in Americana, roots country, and traditional folk music. His creative original songs recall the sounds of earlier generations, while his innovative treatment of early country and traditional music is timeless. According to one reviewer, âIf Hank Williams had a sunny disposition, heâd be John Lilly.â

John has released four self-produced CDs. âBroken Moon,â released in 2000, earned enthusiastic reviews and widespread radio airplay. Bluegrass Unlimited magazine called it one of the âmost unusual and interesting acoustic disks of the year.â Johnâs second CD, âLast Chance to Dance,â released in 2003, debuted at the #1 position on the international Freeform American Roots radio chart and rose to the #4 position in Europe on the Euro-Americana radio chart. His third CD, âBlue Highway,â released in 2005, is a collaboration with legendary Tennessee fiddler Ralph Blizard. "Haunted Honky Tonk" is his latest offering, already getting rave reviews and radio play.

John is recognized nationally as a powerful performing songwriter. In 2005, he won the national Ghost Writers In the Sky songwriting contest, sponsored by HankFest, a Chicago-based festival honoring the music of Hank Williams. John won a customized guitar for his original song âBlue Highway.â He was a finalist in the 2002 Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at MerleFest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, chosen from 853 entries and placing third in the Country category for his song "Broken Moon."
John was born in Illinois in 1954 and has traveled and performed widely. A former member of the Green Grass Cloggers dance team, John spent years playing traditional string band music with groups including Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers. He is a former a tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, and is currently editor of West Virginiaâs Goldenseal magazine.