John “SWAT” Swantner is a Texas native and Iraq War Veteran,who has been surrounded by music his entire life from school, church choirs, competing in local talent show and even performing for his fellow soldiers. 
 

John gathers much of his material from growing up in small town Texas.  For the past few years, John has been in Nashville working with other accomplished songwriters honing his talent and craft as a songwriter. He has had the privilege to co-write with such renowned marquee writers as Brad Crisler, Greg Crowe, Steve Dean, Johnny Garcia, Dave Gibson, Larry McCoy, Steve Obrien, Mark Sherrill and Bridgette Tatum to name a few. 
 

Positive attitude and electric energy on stage, makes John "SWAT" a distinct individual who entertains and dazzles every audience that he has the pleasure of performing in front of. John has several cuts on the CMT reality star Nick Riggins album "Farmed and Dangerous" plus a cut "It Ain’t All Good but It Ain't Half Bad" on Tony Stampley's album "When I Get On A Roll".  John was selected to participate in the 2016 and 2018 Texas Songwriter U Showcase winning the 2016 Texas Troubadour of the Year award.