Jamey Johnson Albums
Biography: Singer/songwriter Jamey Johnson is just as comfortable mopping up the tears on the barroom floor with an old Hank Williams-style ballad as he is tearing the roof off with a honky tonk juggernaut. The Alabama native and former Marine rose to the top of the Nashville food chain through blood, sweat, and tears. Being raised in a devout and deeply musical family helped the new traditionalist find his voice, but it wasn't until he moved to Music City that the world began to take notice. After laying low for nearly a year, he began appearing at songwriter nights, where he met other writers. As his peers began securing publishing deals, they would ask Johnson to sing on their demos. In 2002, mutual friend and songwriter Randy Hardison turned producer/songwriter Buddy Cannon on to Johnson; the two became close friends and allies after Hardison's death later in the year. Johnson's next convert was publisher Gary Overton, who signed the budding songwriter to EMI. In April of 2005, Johnson signed a record contract with BNA and released his debut, The Dollar, in January of 2006. After a tour supporting the album, he was dropped from the label. He and his wife separated, then divorced, sending Johnson into seclusion for a year before he re-emerged, renewed and ready to begin work on a new album. Two major labels showed interest, but it was the Universal imprint Mercury that signed the artist and released his album That Lonesome Song in August of 2008. The first single off the album, "In Color," reached number nine on the Billboard country chart, followed by "The High Cost of Living," which peaked at number 34. The album was certified gold. At the 2009 Country Music Association Awards, Johnson won Song of the Year for "In Color," and was nominated for various other honors. Johnson followed up his success in the fall of 2010 with an ambitious double album called The Guitar Song, preceded by the single "Playing the Part." The album and its singles and videos gained nearly universal critical acclaim and sold exceptionally well, particularly for a double album. Johnson followed it in the fall of 2012 with Livin' for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, which featured a slew of guests including Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, Merle Haggard, Leon Russell, and Kris Kristofferson. In December of 2014, Johnson released a five-track holiday EP entitled Christmas Song that featured collaborations with Lily Meola and the Secret Sisters. It also included "South Alabam Christmas," his first self-recorded new song in four years. A conflict with his publisher was apparently keeping Johnson from being more active with his material, although the formation of his own label, Big Gassed Records, appeared promising. Johnson independently released a few singles during 2015, but the songs had apparently been recorded years earlier. He kept busy playing live, though, and also wrote for others, including a pair of songs with George Strait that Strait recorded for 2015's Cold Beer Conversation. — allmusic
Album List:
2006 - The Dollar 01. The Dollar 02. Flying Silver Eagle 03. She's All Lady 04. Ray Ray's Juke Joint 05. My Saving Grace 06. Redneck Side Of Me 07. Keeping Up With The Jonesin' (featuring George Jones) 08. Rebelicious 09. Back To Caroline 10. It Was Me 11. Lead Me Home
2008 - That Lonesome Song 01 Released 02 High Cost Of Living 03 Angel 04 Place Out On The Ocean 05 Mowin' Down The Roses 06 The Door Is Always Open 07 Mary Go Round 08 In Color 09 The Last Cowboy 10 That Lonesome Song 11 Dreaming My Dreams 12 Women 13 Stars In Alabama 14 Between Jennings And Jones
2010 - The Guitar Song Disk 1 - Black Album: 01 - Lonely At The Top 02 - Cover Your Eyes 03 - Poor Man Blues 04 - Set 'Em Up Joe 05 - Playing The Part 06 - Baby Don't Cry 07 - Heaven Bound 08 - Can't Cash My Checks 09 - That's How I Don't Love You 10 - Heartache 11 - Mental Revenge 12 - Even The Skies Are Blue
Disk 2 - White Album: 01 - By the Seat of Your Pants 02 - California Riots 03 - Dog in the Yard 04 - The Guitar Song 05 - That's Why I Write Songs 06 - Macon 07 - Thankful for the Rain 08 - Good Morning Sunrise 09 - Front Porch Swing Afternoon 10 - I Remember You 11 - Good Time Ain't What They Used To Be 12 - For the Good Times 13 - My Way to You
2010 - The Guitar Song 01 - Make the World Go Away (feat. Alison Krauss) 02 - I Fall to Pieces (feat. Merle Haggard) 03 - A Way to Survive (feat. Leon Russell & Vince Gill) 04 - Don't Touch Me (feat. Emmylou Harris) 05 - You Wouldn't Know Love (feat. Ray Price) 06 - I Don't Do Windows (feat. Ray Benson & Asleep at the Wheel) 07 - She'll Be Back (feat. Elvis Costello) 08 - Would These Arms Be In Your Way 09 - The Eagle (feat. George Strait) 10 - A-11 (feat. Ronnie Dunn) 11 - I'd Fight The World (feat. Bobby Bare) 12 - Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me (feat. Willie Nelson) 13 - This Ain't My First Rodeo (feat. Lee Ann Womack) 14 - Love Makes a Fool of Us All (feat. Kris Kristofferson) 15 - Everything But You (feat. Leon Russell, Willie Nelson & Vince Gill) 16 - Living for a Song (feat. Hank Cochran, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard)
Media Report: Genre: country Country: Montgomery, Alabama, USA Format: FLAC Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec Bit rate mode: Variable Channel(s): 2 channels Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz Bit depth: 16 bits Compression mode: Lossless Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
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