John Slaughter was born in 1981 in Houston Texas. Being raised around a family where country music was being played in nearly every room in the house, it was only fitting that John developed a love for the music. John received his first violin from his uncle at the age of nine. John’s uncle was a violin maker and swing player himself, so the world of western swing playing was introduced to John at... an early age. By the time John was sixteen years old he was already playing with some of the top country bands around the Houston area. While attending college at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas John began to make his mark in the rising Texas country music scene by working with some the Lone Star State’s premier talent.