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BIO: Hollie Jett was born in Rosie, Arkansas and was raised around music all of her life. She was singing and dancing long before she knew what it was to be singing and dancing. Her father, Harvey Jett, was the lead guitarist and principle songwriter for the 70'southern rock-and-roll band, Black Oak Arkansas. This Atlantic Records act first received nationwide attention during a 50-city tour with the legendary group Iron Butterfly. Out of their six albums, three went gold and one platinum. Their most well-known song, Jim Dandy To The Rescue, a Top 30 single, appeared in several movie soundtracks, including Dazed and Confused. Touring every major city in the US and Europe, they shared the stage with acts like Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, KISS, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Peter Frampton, Kansas, Black Sabbath, and the Eagles to name a few. On her mother's side of the family, her late grandfather and great-uncle, Alton Lumpkin and "Little Troy" Lumpkin would draw large crowds when they were only eight and ten years old playing bluegrass and gospel in Atlanta and Memphis. They were often paid to play and sing on the back of flatbed trucks. As adults, they sang and toured with the gospel group The LeFevres, who were nominated for two Grammy Awards. Troy Lumpkin was most recently mentioned in TIME magazine. After attending college at Ole Miss in Oxford, MS for three years, Hollie moved to Los Angeles on a whim by herself and lived there for two years. Working hard to represent herself and going to auditions daily while attending acting class at night paid off and she got a chance to appear on the The Drew Carey Show, which was her first job. She also had appearances on tv shows like Friends, Dharma and Greg, CSI, Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen film. Hollie Jett first performed on stage with her parents at six. Her imaginative lyrics are enticing and refined, and her melodies will sweep you off your feet. After meeting and singing demos for a producer in Los Angeles, he urged her to take her country voice and sound to Nashville. Deciding to be closer to home as well as following in her family's footsteps, she shifted south to pursue music. Hollie is presently continuing to write and perform in Nashville with her five-piece jazz/country band and is finishing a children's record. She also is self-taught on the piano, guitar, mandolin, flute, and harmonica.

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