Catchings, John

He is a cellist, also credited as John Ketchings on some recordings, who studied in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Peabody Conservatory of Music and graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in 1969.

He performed with the Washington DC US Army Band for three years when he was drafted into service after finishing his schooling and then in 1976 accepted the position of Principal Cellist with the Nashville Symphony.

In 1981 he met Michael Card and John Schreiner and started making many recordings of Christian music and released Joy in the Journey.

He has worked as a studio musician and often as a member of a string quartet with David Davidson, Pamela Sixfin and Kirstin Wilkinson. In the 1990s he founded Chapter & Verse Media Inc.

He has worked on countless recordings that include Greatest Hits II by Alabama, Every Day I Love You by Boyzone, Fresh Horses by Garth Brooks, Beach House on the Moon by Jimmy Buffett, Scandalon by Michael Card, The Adventures of Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash, Miss Randy Crawford by Randy Crawford, Somewhere in America by Mac Davis, Singer of Songs by Janie Fricke, Takes a Little Time by Amy Grant, Once in a Very Blue Moon by Nanci Griffith, The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthlogy – All Killer No Filler! by Jerry Lee Lewis, Twenty by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rusty Tracks by Mickey Newbury, Room Service by The Oak Ridge Boys, I Believe by B.J. Thomas and Visions by Don Williams along with hundreds more.

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