Jeff Hanna is 76 years old as of 2023.
Hanna celebrates his birthday every July 11. He was born July 11, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
In 1962, the Detroit native Hanna moved with his family to Long Beach, California. While in high school there, he and some friends started a jug band that eventually evolved into the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
One of the founders and the longest-serving member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Hanna has been a major force in keeping the band together and maintaining its blend of folk, country and rock music.
Hanna has over 380 recording credits, predominantly as a composer, but also as a vocalist, guitarist, arranger, and producer.
Besides Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, his credits include work with artists like Linda Ronstadt, Suzy Bogguss, The Texas Tenors, Patty Loveless, Rascal Flatts, Matraca Berg, Hannah Montana, Emmylou Harris, The Chieftains, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Earl Scruggs, Michael Martin Murphey, Dickey Betts, and Steve Martin.
In 2006, Hanna’s composition “Bless the Broken Road”, co-written with Marcus Hummon and Bobby Boyd in 1994, won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song.