Glenn Sutton towers among the premier songwriters of the countrypolitan era, having co-written the David Houston classic "Almost Persuaded" and later producing the blockbuster "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden" for then-wife Lynn Anderson. Born September 28, 1937, in Hodge, Louisiana, Sutton grew up in Henderson, Texas, and while serving in the U.S. Air Force he moonlighted in the honky tonk outfit Slim Mims & the Dream Ranch Boys. After exiting the service he relocated to Jackson, Mississippi, working as an electric razor repairman and insurance salesman while playing at ...