Rock/Country artist Jon River dove into writing music head first after a former career in IT. Since picking up his first guitar at age 13, music has always been his crutch, literally. After a rocky childhood, he was gifted his first guitar by his step dad after first introducing him to Led Zeppelin, and it was all over from there. Jon became enthralled by the guitar, learning every zeppelin guitar solo he could at an early age. He found his musical self in college where he had his first experiences playing to an audience, performing alternative covers in the CAB coffeehouse at Umass Dartmouth in 2007.