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Dec 30, 1959 San Jose, California, United States 64 years old
American country music singer-songwriter
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About Don Henry Musician
- Don Henry (born December 30, 1959 in San Jose, California) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
- His career took off when the Kathy Mattea single "Where've You Been", which he co-wrote with Jon Vezner, won numerous awards in 1990 and 1991.
- These included the "song of the year" award at the 25th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in 1990, and a Grammy Award for Best Country Song at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards.
- He went on to team up with Vezner to write another song, "Whole Lotta Holes", which was also later recorded by Kathy Mattea and released as a single.In 1991, he released his first solo album, Wild in the Backyard, which was engineered and produced by Ray Kennedy.
- The album's music was favorably compared to the music of Randy Newman.
- The album was also named one of Billboard's top 10 records of 1991.
- Writing in Entertainment Weekly, Alanna Nash gave the album a B+ grade and described Henry as "One of Nashville’s best young tunesmiths".He performs with Jon Vezner as The Don Juans; they accompanied Tom Paxton on his 2018 and 2019 UK tours.
