Jill King

Jill King: another singer from Tootsie's makes good (May 2003)

Not only is Jill King's music steeped in traditional country, but her path to Nashville and a national stage is also similar to those artists she followed so closely while growing up in the small town of Arab, Ala. King just released her debut, "Jillbilly," for Blue Diamond Records, but she took no easy paths to get this opportunity. "Arab is a small town just about 30 minutes south of Huntsville," says King from her current home in Nashville. "I grew up on a small chicken farm. It was like a lot of small towns. Everybody knew everybody else. It was a safe place to grow up."  ...