Jean Spencer is a well respected Athens songwriter who has quietly been putting out great collections of songs for the last 10 years. Long compared to singer Bonnie Raitt and songwriter Lucinda Williams. Jean started out with the rock band 28 Days, sharing songwriting duties with Melissa Selby and backed by drummer Mark Cooper Smith of the popular Squalls. Her sound has evolved into a more acoustic, vocally oriented one, but the songs remain strong, sincere, and well crafted. In 2001, Jean was a finalist in two songwriting competitions sponsored by the Georgia Music Industry Association. She has appeared on "It's Friday," "Georgia Gazette," and "Songsmiths" ( NPR series)

Jeff Pearson has been a professional musician for forty-two years and a professional songwriter for twenty-seven of those years.  Part of the Nashville music scene from 1985-2006, he now lives in Columbus where he teaches a course in songwriting at Columbus State University.  He’s previously taught songwriting at Belmont University and Nashville Tech and has written songs for Hank Williams, Jr., Barbara Mandrell, Ricky Van Shelton, The Oak Ridge Boys, Jim Stafford, and gospel artists David Phelps of the Gaither Vocal Band, Gold City, Jeff and Sheri Easter, Misty Freeman, Ann Downing, The Dunaways, The Pfeifers, The Southern Brothers, Ivan Parker, and many others, including songs in Bill Gaither’s multi-platinum gospel video "Mountain Homecoming."