Jerry Bob Abbott in Abilene, Texas

Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

, is a country music

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Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 songwriter

Songwriter

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 and record producer

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 from Pantego, Texas

Pantego, Texas

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. He is also the father of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott

Dimebag Darrell

Darrell Lance Abbott , also known as Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American guitarist. He was best known as a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan. Abbott also contributed to the album Rebel Meets Rebel, a collaboration between Pantera and David Allan Coe...

, and Vinnie Paul Abbott

Vinnie Paul

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, both of Pantera

Pantera

Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas. Formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell in 1981, bassist Rex Brown would join in late 1981 with vocalist Terry Glaze. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera had Terry replaced in 1987 with Phil Anselmo as...

, Rebel Meets Rebel

Rebel Meets Rebel

Rebel Meets Rebel is a country metal album by David Allan Coe and Pantera members Dimebag Darrell, Rex Brown, and Vinnie Paul. The music was written and recorded by the band when the musicians had time aside from their other projects, including Pantera's world tour supporting Reinventing the...

 and Damageplan

Damageplan

Damageplan was an American heavy metal supergroup from Dallas, Texas that formed in 2003. Following the demise of their previous group Pantera, brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott wanted to start a new band. The pair recruited former Halford guitarist Pat Lachman on vocals, and later...

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He appeared on Pantera's Behind the Music

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in May 2006, where he spoke about his younger son Darrell Abbott, mostly about how Darrell used to be in the Kiss Army

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 as a child.

He was also the producer on the Pantera albums Metal Magic

Metal Magic

- Credits :* Terry Glaze – vocals* Diamond Darrell – guitar* Rex Rocker – bass* Vinnie Paul – drumsThe album also features uncredited keyboard playing in some songs....

(1983), Projects in the Jungle

Projects in the Jungle

Projects in the Jungle is the second album by the American heavy metal band Pantera, released in 1984. The title track's musical style is a foreshadowing of what was to come a few years later, as it features a thrash metal-oriented guitar riff with more groove metal-like breakdowns.-Track...

(1984), I Am the Night

I Am the Night

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(1985) and Power Metal

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(1988). He produced Bugs Henderson Group's "Still Flying".