Democrat Representative Bacon is a native of Springfield, where he attended public school. He graduated from Southwest Missouri State University receiving a Bachelor of Surgery in education, and from the University of Missouri where he received his law degree.
A native of Springfield, Missouri, Max Bacon was admitted to the bar in 1968. Before being elected to the Missouri House of Representatives, he served as a prosecuting attorney in two Missouri counties. - see White House Reference
Bacon has had a stint singing and writing music with future attorney general John Ashcroft, recording and releasing an album entitled Truth in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
In 1977 John Ashcroft and Max Bacon co-wrote, produced, and recorded "In the Spirit of Life and Liberty".
The song "Let the Eagle Soar" has been long associated with John Ashcroft. - See Reference John Ashcroft - see Reference Bacon Family Singers
Max and his family are often on stage.
The Bacon"s are in their 16th season in Branson at the Grand Country Music Hall Complex. They perform in both the Sunday Gospel Jubilee show, at 2pm, and the Ozark Mountain Jubilee show, at 7pm, every Sunday, February to December.
Max East. Bacon is a member of the Ozark Mountain Jubilee - Bacon Family Singers.
