Marcus Spencer Hummon (born December 28, 1960) is an American country music artist. He is the father of country singer Levi Hummon.After several years of playing in various bands, he moved to Nashville where he was signed to a songwriting contract. A record deal with Columbia Records soon followed. His debut album All in Good Time in 1995 produced a No. 73 single on the Hot Country Songs charts with "God's Country." Hummon also released several studio albums on his own label, Velvet Armadillo.In 2006, his composition "Bless the Broken Road" co-written with Jeff Hanna and Bobby Boyd in 1994, won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song. Hanna's Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded the song. Later Hummon recorded his own version followed by Melodie Crittenden, the Grammy-winning version by Rascal Flatts, and Selah in a version with Melodie Crittenden.