J. K. Coltrain was born in Columbus, Ohio. He spent his early childhood days between there and West Virginia where his parents operated a small Mom & Pop grocery store. His Dad also was an excellent auto mechanic and in fact owned a number of repair shops over the years and was a weekend stock car racer. That's one reason why J. K. is a Nascar fanatic to this day:)

J.K. grew up surrounded by music & musicians. His cousin, Buddy Starcher was a professional recording artist on Columbia Records and was a regular performer on the then popular Midwestern & Louisiana Hayrides. He also introduced the late Keith Whitley who first appeared on Buddy's weekly radio show in Charleston, West Virginia when he was 8 years old. J. K. made his own first appearance on radio at age 12 and first TV appearance at age 14.

His Uncle & Grandpa performed together at churches throughout the South. That's where J. K. made his first appearance singing in church at the ripe old age of 11. His first professional job was at age 14 when he began singing with The Pleasant Hill Quartet. A well-known gospel group at the time.

Of course in his teens he had to try his hand in high school dance bands like Fire n' Ice and The Four Aces but by age 20 he had returned to his first love country music. At that time J. K. helped form a 7 piece country rock group called 'The Southern Express'. They garnered a great deal of regional success and opened for many popular groups at that time such as Pure Prairie League, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Poco & The Marshall Tucker Band.

In 1983 he left The Southern Express to pursue a solo career as his heart was with more traditional country music. He appeared to be taking the music business by storm as he was often the featured artist on Ernest Tubbs Midnite Jamboree and many popular Nashville nightclubs and was dubbed The Star of Tomorrow by Country Music News.

He first cracked the country music charts in 1987 with a self-penned song, West Virginia You're Still My Home on the Studio 7 label. Since then he had enjoyed a number of chart successes including being shown in the Top 40 in Europe for 41 straight weeks. He also has made many appearances on radio & TV including The Nashville Showcase, The Midnight Jamboree, Nashville On Stage, The Jerry Lewis Telethon & Stars of Tomorrow Show. J. K. has toured worldwide and worked with some of the greatest names in country music including Jerry Reed, Loretta Lynn, The Bellamy Brothers, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens, George Jones, Tammy Wynette & Jerry Lee Lewis to name just a few.

In addition to still recording and performing on his own J. K. is now helping the new up & coming young artists serving as the President of Colt Records Nashville, Chairman of The Traditional Country Opry and hosting The Country Star Showcases. He was recently awarded The Texas CMA Entertainer and Best Country Album of The Year awards.

J. K. Coltrain is a member of:

Traditional Country Music Hall of Fame
Country Music Association
Academy of Country Music
Country Legends Association
Americana Music Association

Monsieur de liberté ( Bürgerlicher Name, Dennis Zierow geb. am 28. Dezember 1978 als Dennis Gerwersmann in Bünde Krs. Herford/ NRW Germany) ist ein deutscher Dj & Veranstalter. Von den Anfängen bis Heute als DJ. Mitte der 1990er-Jahren entdeckte er eigenen Angaben zufolge seine Leidenschaft für die Musik und engagierte sich 1998 - 99 als Disk Jockey (DJ) in der Jugend der Stadt Wetter- Ruhr so wie in der ev. Jugend Wetter- Wengern. Der Künstlername Monsieur de liberté ist erst 2000 laut geworden. Begonnen hat die Karriere als Mr. Liberty (2 Jahre). Laut eigener Aussage steht der Name „Freiheit“ nicht nur für die Künstlerische, sondern auch für die musikalische „gedankliche Freiheit“. In einem Interview erklärte er, dass es Überlegungen gab, den Namen vom englischen ins französische zu ändern. Dies geschah mitte 2000 (Mr. Liberty – Monsieur de liberté)
Bereits ein Jahr später erzielte Zierow eine kleine Tour durch weitere kl. Jugendeinrichtungen/ Zentren der Stadt Wetter (Ruhr) & der Stadt Witten (Ruhr). Die Tour umfasste die Gemeinden Wetter- Zentrum, Wetter Wengern & Wetter- Esborn über Witten Bommern, Witten- Heven, 5 mal Witten- Innenstadt, Witten- Herbede, Witten- Annen & Witten- Durchholz. Eine weitere Veranstaltung ergab sich zu gunsten der ev. Jugend in Essen. In dieser Zeit wurde ihm im Anschluss das Angebot gemacht, in den damaligen Hallen „Würzburg Airport“, im Nürnberger „Forum“ so wie im Nürnberger „Mach1“, im Erlanger „Tanztempel“ (Er- Hafen) & im Erlanger „E- Werk“ als Gast Dj auf zu legen. Zwischen den Jahren 2008 – 2011 Veranstaltete er im „Haus Witten“ ein mal jährlich seine eigene Veranstaltung „von der Planet House bis hin zur Electric Sensation“.
Im Jahr 2011 wird Dennis Gerwersmann Vater und begrüßt seinen Sohn, der das Licht der Welt erblickt. Im Frühjahr 2013 erblickte sein zweiter Sohn, dass Licht der Welt. Im Zeitwandel des Familienzuwachses hat Zierow für grobe, vier Jahre mit seinem Djíng pausiert.
Musicstyle: Monsieur de liberté legt hauptsächlich Techno, Minimal & Deephouse auf. In den verschiedensten bookings hat er auch ein beachtliches Repertoire an House, Dance & Trance vorweisen können.

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