Marcus Hummon

Three of these songs reached number one on the country record charts: "Cowboy Take Me Away", "Born to Fly", and the Rascal Flatts version of "Bless the Broken Road".

[2] He sang in church as a child and his first performance as a musician was playing African drums on Nigerian TV.

Hummon met Joe Henry, who collaborated with John Denver, and offered to help him write songs.

[8] It also included "Bless the Broken Road", with backing vocals by co-writer Jeff Hanna and Matraca Berg and "One of These Days".

In 2006, "Bless the Broken Road" was recorded by Rascal Flatts; this version won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song.

[1] His musical American Prophet, about the life of Frederick Douglass, co-written with Charles Randolph-Wright, premiered at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. in August 2022 and won the Edgerton Award that year.

[17][18] Hummon is married to Reverend Becca Stevens, an Episcopal priest and chaplain, speaker, and author of eight books.