Background

Batson, Jonathon Kingsley was born on December 10, 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Clifton Jenks and Linda Verrill Batson.

Career

Panelist Nashville New Music Conference, 2004. Judge Wilmington Songwriters Competition, Wilmington, 2005. Panelist Write to Public Conferences, 2007.

Works

• Other Work

  • Composer, actor, singer (plays) The Jonathon Who? Revue, 1977. Composer: (plays) A Special Step to Hollywood, 1978, The Way To Happiness, 1989, Young Jenny Scrooge, 1992, 1994. Composer, singer: albums Just Can't Lose, 1966.Composer (actor, singer): (plays) Batson in the Belfry, 1986. Composer: (television series) Off Hollywood, 1982, Murder She Wrote - Ship of Thieves Episode, 1993. Composer, writer, musical director: Hollywood Arcade, 1975, singer, songwriter: albums Live at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2000, Live at McCabe's, 2002, The Ballad of San Jacinto (Named Official Town Song, 1988), Crusader (Great Humanitarian award, Religious Freedom Crusade, 1986), Theta Sound Coffee House Live, 2004, Awaken the Dreamer, 2000, songs Hey, Bud Clark/Battle of Portland (Religious Freedom award, 1985).Musician: Tucumcari, 2002, China Friendship Tour (Beijing Appreciation award, 1987), (Hunan Appreciation award, 1987). Author: (short stories) The Powder Monkey of Cape Fear (second place Short Story award, Lower Cafe Fear History Society, 2005), Gaston's Last Run (First Place Short Story award, Lower Cape Fear History Society, 2006), Friendship is Something to Share (Poetry award, Artists Helping Artists, 2001), The Rands Conspiracy, 2002, The Songwriter's Hook Book, 2002, Love at the Lumina Pavillion (First Place Short Story award, Lower Cape Fear History Society, 2007), The Trasaron Chronicles, 2007, Selfers, 2008, Smoking Bedpan, 2008, Writers of the Future Script Contest.

Membership

Member of American Society of Composers, Write to Publish Group, North Carolina Songwriters Cooperative (board directors since 2002, consultant 2008, song doctor workshop, Celebrity Center Hollywood, California 2008), Songsalive! (seminarist 2004), Indipendent Writers Southern California.

Interests

• Reading, travel, theater.

Connections

Married Eileen Lana Drillick, October 22, 1994. 1 child Jeremy.

References

• Jonathon Kingsley Batson Who's Who in America
  2007