Ben Jarrell was born in Dothan, Alabama. He was raised on its outskirts in the kind of country where roads cut unexpectedly through fields – paths created over time that only the locals know – where lightning bugs seem to hang in the air, Spanish Moss flourishes, and where everyone really does know your name (that way they know exactly who to go if you get into trouble).
If you were to write out the story of Jarrell’s journey from then until now, it would read like the content of a country song – a damn good one, too, complete with the well-worn themes of love, loss, and redemption.
Perhaps that’s why Jarrell’s musical leanings have always skewed towards country music and the legends who helped build and uphold the traditions of the genre; from George Jones, Johnny Paycheck, and John Prine to The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd to contemporary acts like Blackberry Smoke and The Steeldrivers.
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