Award winning songwriter, artist, and producer, Jim Whitaker, was born in Vernon, Texas and went to school in Snyder, Oklahoma, where he was a 2 time all state musician and received a scholarship at Oklahoma State University.  In 1978, he got his break when he wrote a song for ‘The National Farm Movement’ called ‘Ode To The Farmer’. He has worked and studied for over thirty years under his friend and mentor, multi-grammy winner Gary S. Paxton, Though he has opened  or performed with major artists such as ‘The Charlie Daniels Band’  and ‘Willie Nelson’,  his first love is songwriting. He has co-written songs with many successful songwriters such as Royce Porter, Daniel Johnson, and  Jim Lusk. Many  of his songs have been recorded internationally by artists such as ‘T Graham Brown’, ‘Stella Parton’, ‘The Fox Brothers’, and ‘T Jae Christian’. He plays all genres of music and travels throughout the U.S. all year and does show dates virtually in every state in the Union.  A devout Christian, he performs at many Christian functions.