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John Hiatt
 John Hiatt is a noted guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. Hiatt is known for the variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country. Despite his relatively unknown status amongst the great and good of popular music, Hiatt has been nominated for eleven Grammy Awards and has been awarded a variety of other distinctions in the music industry.
Hiatt was working as a songwriter in Nashville when his song Sure As I'm Sitting Here was covered by Three Dog Night and became a top forty hit. Since that time Hiatt has released eighteen studio albums and two live albums of his own.
His songs have been covered by a variety of artists in multiple genres, including Bob Dylan, Willy DeVille, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Joan Baez, Paula Abdul, Buddy Guy, the Desert Rose Band, Jimmy Buffett, Mandy Moore, Iggy Pop and Rosanne Cash.
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