An accomplished writer, blogger, reviewer, and thespian, Lee Zimmerman contributes to several publications, among them, Let’s Be Blount, Relix, Goldmine, Bluegrass Today, Living Blues, The Maryville Daily Times, and The Salt Lake City Weekly. His book about Americana Music: Voices, Visionaries and Pioneers of an Honest Sound was published by Texas A&M University Press. He began his record industry career working in promotion for the late, great ABC Records and followed that with a lengthy stint at Capitol Records. He’s had opportunity to work with a number of artists over the course of his career, including Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Jimmy Buffett, and Steve Forbert, among many others. An obsessive music collector, he owns too many albums to count at this point and a variety of musical instruments he’s yet to learn how to play. He’s currently proud to be co-hosting the “Blount County Live” website under the auspices of Let’s Be Blount.