Cowboy Jack’s home becomes a recording studio once again

The city of Nashville is home to many musicians and recording studios, including one on Belmont Blvd. that used to be the home of famous musician and producer Cowboy Jack Clement. Clement passed away last year leaving behind his home, which was also his recording studio. He made his home into a recording studio because he felt as if he was more creative when he was home, and it was was a place where many music greats would come to produce their music. “Cowboy Jack has made some serious history here recording  various people such as U2 to Johnny Cash,” the Co-Owner/ President of Zavitson Music Group Russ Zavitson said, “We want to continue with Jack’s history, but we also want to make our own history here with our singers and song writers.” The location of the house is in a residential zone, which means it can be lived in, but businesses or organizations cannot be run from the house. A proposal was made to allow the Zavitson Music Group to start running their operations from Clement’s former home. The Zavitson Music Group has now moved into the home, and has plans to make music history of their own. Russ Zavitson owns one of the biggest copyrights in Nashville with “Achy Breaky Heart”. “Our plan is to run our publishing company, production company and recording studio out of the house just like it has been for the past 40 years,” Zavitson said. The group is already in the process of recording several singer/song writers for their company, and the plan is for their first major release to be next year. Cowboy...