Stevie JStevie J Singer, songwriter and guitarist Stevie J can relate to the history of the Blues and how it has impacted modern music. Son of a pastor and native of Jackson, MS, he has twenty years of experience as a professional musician, beginning in Gospel and Southern Soul, and adding Blues when an introduction to that music fueled a passion that focused him deeply in the Blues genre. His early musical influences came from his father's church, where he started out playing drums, but then made the move to guitar.