John Scott Sherrill

{{short description|American songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = John Scott Sherrill

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| origin = Nashville

| genre = Country

| occupation = Songwriter

| years_active = 1982-present

| past_member_of = Billy Hill

| label = Portrait
Reprise

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John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. His brother, Donn Sherrill, was a student at Vanderbilt, where he introduced John Scott to his fraternity brother, Scott Siman, who recorded demos of his music. He pitched the music to Bob Beckham at Combine Music, and Beckham signed him to a worldwide publishing deal. He also got a record deal with Portrait Records in the early 1980s and released a few solo singles of his own.

He has written songs for such artists as John Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffett, Johnny Lee, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, Waylon Jennings, Alison Krauss, Peter Wolf, Mick Jagger, Michael McDonald and Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p124610|pure_url=yes}} allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3pfqxqegldse~T0] He is the son of Christian writers John and Elizabeth Sherrill. In the 1980s, Sherrill recorded on Reprise Records with Bob DiPiero and Dennis Robbins as the band Billy Hill.