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BY NONI SRIDHARA
The Batlalion
A lthough many pop-country
stations embrace Jack In
gram’s music and some con
sider him to follow the mainstream-
country route, Ingram sticks to his
guns and says the only type of mu
sic he sings is “real” country.
“I’m a country artist,” Ingram
said. “The way that it’s being labeled
as ‘alternative’ just blows my mind.”
Kathi Whitley, Ingram’s manag
er, said Ingram enjoys playing for the
college crowds because they are the
core group of his support.
"The college students are In
gram’s bread and butter,” Whitley
said. “He’s their biggest fan and the
crowds are what keeps him going.”
Ingram’s career started while he
was a student at Southern Methodist
University in Dallas. He said he grew
up listening to the sounds of coun
try legends ranging from Willie Nel
son to Jerry Jeff Walker and picked
up the guitar when he was 18.
Ingram learned how to play gui
tar in his spare time while he was
going to school and started song
writing almost simultaneously.
Ingram’s rise to fame began at a
local night spot in Dallas known as
Adair’s.
“My brother and I used to go
down there to hear music,” Ingram
said. “Once I had enough songs to
do a set, I asked the owner if there
was a night that they didn’t have
much business that I could try play
ing, and I wound up performing
there every Thesday for a year. ”
In 1996, after a series of success
ful self-made albums, Ingram signed
with Rising Tide. After Rising Tide
closed in 1998, Sony Records A&R
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forming Saturday night at The Tap, is brandrJ
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est Videos of
Jack Ingram, p
other entertainr
producer Blake Chancey signed In
gram to his Sony/Lucky Dog label.
The last album produced by Ingram
was Livin' or Dyin, composed of a
variety of musical motifs ranging
from hard-edged songs to deep bal
lads.
“I love listening to music here.
You never know quite which way
things are going to turn, but in the
end it always seems to kind of fit,”
Ingram said.
Ingram’s other recent accom
plishments include having the video
from his song “Flutter” voted as one
of tin
Country Music Televisioa
Ingram has alsogainec
posure through films. He
on Hope Floais and took
role in an independent fi
Abilene which will berelt
this year.
Ingram and his band a
ly one of the most sought,
in the country. Partofthei’l
could be attributed tolngra:
to, “Ten folks or 10,000, it’s
same to me. Vtn putting out
show these peoplehjveever
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