Billy Jack Purnell,
My name is Billy Jack Purnell, I am a singer / songwriter from central Missouri. At 16 I had a car accident that landed me in a recliner for a few months. I was drinking & driving & went over a 40 foot cliff landing upside down on a major highway. I taught myself to play & write during recovery from the accident. A few years later I released my debut album“ Acousticueticals.” It went over very well for me putting me on the map in my local area earning airtime and a strong local following. After a long battle with addiction I cleaned up & received custody of my three oldest children through a divorce, remarried a year later to a very wonderful woman & adopted my youngest son. We soon had a daughter together & currently are licensed foster parents of my oldest three’ s half sister. We are
in the process of trying to adopt. In February 2011 I released my second album“ Plain & Simple Bipolar 101” & the release propelled me to where I am now in
my career. Now 33 & a happily married father of six,
I was recently selected as a songwriter by Nan Cassidy of Tunesmith Entertainment Songwriting out of Nashville, & have music airing on The Country Dreams Radio Show with Alan Shephard also in Nashville. Both albums have made & continue to make accomplishments I could never have fathomed.“ Acousticueticals” earned a review in http:// www. twangville. com / [ 1 ] in 2009 & received an extra write up for winning that
36 Independent Artist Magazine www. indieartmag. com weeks The Readers Pick Poll. The debut placed # 5 in The Roots Music Report in February 2011, & earned airplay on 100.1 The Buzz in Jefferson City MO. 93.5 Lake Of The Ozarks gave it attention as well as an on air & in studio performance & interview with Mason. Stand out tracks
off the album were“ Simmons”“ Synacl”“ Black & Mild” &“ The Pig Song” among
others. The second release“ Bipolar 101” received a review in 2011 in http:// www. twangville. com / [ 1 ] with Tom Osborne & an on air performance & interview with
Bob Eise of The Homegrown Show on
93.5 the same year. Stand out tracks like“ Last Name”“ Fishin”“ Chefamphetamine” &“ Pench” have taken the album & myself
further than I ever thought possible. Both are available on most digital retailers like, http:// www. itunes. com / [ 2 ], http:// www. cdbaby. com / [ 3 ], & available for request @ http:// www. kccaferadio. com / [ 4 ], http:// www. theedgeonair. com / [ 5 ], & http:// www. originalworksradio. com / [ 6 ] to name a few. I began writing
& performing under the moniker“ Plain & Simple” I felt
it best described the music as it was basic chords & lyrics derived from my life. Currently I am transitioning into using my name due to many not realizing Plain & Simple & Billy Jack Purnell are one in the same. I thank God, my family, & all the FANS for where the music has taken me as with out the support of these key entities I can’ t say I would have experienced any of these accomplishments. In the beginning I only desired to be able to play one song from beginning to end, the above is nothing short of a gift. For all info Google Billy jack Purnell, Plain & Simple or visit http:// www. plainnsimple. net / [ 7 ].
[ 1 ] http:// www. twangville. com / [ 2 ] http:// www. itunes. com / [ 3 ] http:// www. cdbaby. com / [ 4 ] http:// www. kccaferadio. com / [ 5 ] http:// www. theedgeonair. com / [ 6 ] http:// www. originalworksradio. com /