15 Facts About John Fullbright

John Fullbright was born on April 23,1988 and is an American singer-songwriter from Okemah, Oklahoma.

John Fullbright has been the subject of two segments on NPR and was a 2012 winner of ASCAP Foundation's Harold Adamson Lyric Award.

John Fullbright grew up on an 80-acre farm in Okemah, Oklahoma.

John Fullbright began playing the piano at age five and taking piano lessons at the age nine.

John Fullbright attended public school in Okemah, Oklahoma, and graduated from Okemah High School.

John Fullbright briefly attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma, but left college to work with musician Mike McClure.

John Fullbright got his start in the music industry as a member of the Oklahoma band the Turnpike Troubadours from the Okemah area.

John Fullbright performed an Oklahoma City venue called The Blue Door for the first time in April 2008.

John Fullbright performed at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tribute concert honoring Chuck Berry on October 27,2012.

John Fullbright performed "Gawd Above" at the Grammy Pre-Telecast show which was streamed live on the Grammy Awards website.

John Fullbright received the ASCAP Harold Adamson Lyric Award at the 17th Annual ASCAP Foundation Awards Ceremony held in New York City on December 12,2012.

John Fullbright's first performance in London was a sell-out show at The Slaughtered Lamb.

In September 2013, John Fullbright performed at the 12th Annual Americana Music Association awards show in Nashville, where he was a nominee in the Emerging Artist of the Year category.

At the 19th annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in July 2016, John Fullbright was not only the Saturday night headliner at the Pastures of Plenty, but joined several other artists on stage during the festival, accompanying David Amram, as well as performing during tribute sets to Bob Childers and Tom Skinner.

In 2018 John Fullbright shifted his focus to the production and recording spectrum while intermittently touring.