JD McPherson is a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.  He is known for playing old school rock and roll, rockabilly, and rhythm and blues music.  In high school he played in a number of local punk rock bands and began writing his own songs.  He has stated that he has always been in a band of some sort since he was 16 years old.  McPherson hooked up with Jimmy Sutton, of the small independent record label Hi-STYLE Records, and agreed to produce McPherson's debut album: this became 2010's Signs and Signifiers and included the hit Northside Gal.  Since then he and his band have released 3 more full length albums and tour the world year round.