Jamey Johnson
Jamey Johnson | |
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.jpg) Johnson in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 14, 1975[1] Enterprise, Alabama, U.S. |
| Origin | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | BNA, Mercury Nashville, Big Gassed |
| Website | jameyjohnson |
Jamey Johnson (born July 14, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
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Early life
Johnson was born on July 14, 1975, in
Johnson quit college after two years and served in the
Johnson had also made connections with producer and songwriter
Career
Career beginnings and That Lonesome Song (2005–2009)
By 2005, Johnson had been signed to a recording contract with BNA Records. His first single, entitled "The Dollar", was released that year, followed by his Buddy Cannon-produced debut album (also entitled The Dollar) in March 2006. "The Dollar" went on to peak at No. 14 on Billboard Hot Country Songs. The album's second single, "Rebelicious", failed to make the chart and Johnson was dropped from BNA.
After the loss of his record deal, Johnson divorced his wife and took on a reclusive lifestyle, residing in a friend's house while working on his songwriting.[5] He wrote several songs for other artists. In 2006, George Strait reached No. 1 on the Country chart with "Give It Away", a song which Johnson co-wrote with Bill Anderson and Cannon. This song became Strait's 51st No. 1 on the Billboard country charts, setting a new record for most No. 1s on that chart.
In 2007, Trace Adkins charted with two more songs that Johnson co-wrote: "Ladies Love Country Boys" and "I Got My Game On", the former being Adkins' first No. 1 in 10 years. Also in 2007, Joe Nichols reached Top 20 with "Another Side of You", another song co-written by Johnson. This song was the first single on Nichols's album Real Things, which also contained "She's All Lady", a song that Johnson originally recorded on The Dollar.
Johnson was part of the Fox TV television series Nashville,[6] which was cancelled after two episodes in September 2007.
Johnson released an album in 2008,
A fifth single, "My Way to You", was issued in July 2009. The song was released to radio on July 13, 2009, and debuted at No. 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song peaked at No. 52 in September 2009.
Johnson was nominated for the 2009 CMA Awards New Artist of the Year, and has been nominated for the 2010 Academy of Country Music Top New Solo Vocalist.
The Guitar Song (2010–2012)
In 2010, Johnson released a follow-up to his 2008 album, That Lonesome Song. The album titled The Guitar Song was released on September 14, 2010. Upon its release, The Guitar Song was met with overwhelming praise and universal acclaim from music critics.[7] The album debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number one on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums, selling 63,000 copies its first week of release.[8]
Johnson released three singles from the album, including "Playing the Part", in summer 2010. The music video for the single was released in October, and was directed by Matthew McConaughey, who also stars in the video as a dancing gorilla.
Johnson was the supporting act on Kid Rock's 2011 Born Free Tour, accompanying Rock on a duet or two during most concerts. He was also a main stage act on Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown from May to July 2011.
Living for a Song and new label (2012–present)
In addition to producing other acts and writing new material,
Following a dispute with his label, Johnson founded his own label, Big Gassed Records. His first release on the label was a Christmas-themed EP, The Christmas Song, including several covers and one new original song, which was released in November 2014. It was announced that more new music would follow in 2015.[13] In January 2015, Johnson released a new song, "Alabama Pines" as a free download.[14] This was followed by the release of another single, "You Can", in February.[15]
In a 2017 interview, Johnson stated that he had been having more difficulty with songwriting after an incident about seven years prior when he received a concussion due to slipping on ice and hitting his head.[16][17] In 2019, Johnson played alongside Don Was, Warren Haynes, Lukas Nelson, and Cyril Neville on The Last Waltz Tour, a live celebration of The Band's 1976 farewell show at the Winterland Ballroom, also known as The Last Waltz.[18][19]
On March 19, 2022, Bill Anderson invited him to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry, which he accepted; Johnson had performed regularly on the show for the previous seventeen years.[20] He was inducted on May 14, 2022.[21]
On December 15, 2023, Johnson gave the commencement speech to the 2023 Fall graduating class of Jacksonville State University and received an honorary doctorate from the school. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey proclaimed December 15 Jamey Johnson Day.[22]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
sales threshold )
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| US Country [23] |
US [24] | |||
| They Call Me Country |
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— | — | |
| The Dollar |
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20 | 87 | |
| That Lonesome Song |
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6 | 28 | |
| The Guitar Song |
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1 | 4 |
|
Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran
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3 | 5 | |
| Midnight Gasoline |
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— | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [23] | ||
| The Christmas Song |
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43 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Sales | sales threshold )
|
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [27] |
US [28] | |||||
| 2005 | "The Dollar" | 14 | —A | The Dollar | ||
| 2006 | "Rebelicious" | — | — | |||
| 2008 | "In Color" | 9 | 52 |
|
That Lonesome Song | |
| 2009 | "High Cost of Living" | 34 | — |
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| "My Way to You" | 52 | — | The Guitar Song | |||
| 2010 | "Playing the Part" | 39 | — | |||
| 2011 | "Heartache" | 51 | — | |||
| 2012 | "Living for a Song" | — | — | Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran | ||
| 2015 | "Alabama Pines" | — | — | — | ||
| "You Can" | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
- A"The Dollar" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number one.[32]
Other certified songs
| Year | Single | sales threshold )
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Album |
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| 2008 | "That Lonesome Song" |
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That Lonesome Song |
| "Between Jennings and Jones" |
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Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "The Dollar" | Wes Edwards |
| 2008 | "In Color" | Shaun Silva |
| "Mowin' Down the Roses" | Unknown | |
| 2010 | "High Cost of Living" | Clifton Collins Jr. |
| "Bad Angel" (with Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert) | George Flanigen | |
| "Playing the Part" | Matthew McConaughey |
Other appearances
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Cold Beer" (with Colt Ford) | Ride Through the Country |
| "Bad Angel" (with Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert) | Up on the Ridge | |
| "Cover of The Rolling Stone" (with Sammy Kershaw) | Better Than I Used to Be | |
| "Four Walls Of Raiford" | Sweet Home Alabama: A country Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
| 2011 | "This Time" | Music Inside – Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Vol 1 |
| "The Day Hank Jr. Came To Town" (with Tonya Watts) | Handcuff My Soul | |
| "Some Gave All" (with Billy Ray Cyrus, Darryl Worley, and Craig Morgan) | I'm American | |
| "Orange Man" (with Alexander King and Kris Kristofferson) | Music Saved My Life EPK | |
| "Yesterdays Wine" (with Blackberry Smoke and George Jones) | Little Piece of Dixie (2010 Deluxe edition) | |
| "Two Outta' Three Ain't Bad" | Imus Ranch Record II | |
| "Have Thine Own Way Lord" (with The Blind Boys of Alabama) | Take The High Road | |
| "La Grange" | ZZ Top: A Tribute from Friends | |
| "A Few Old Country Boys"(with Randy Travis) | Anniversary Celebration | |
| 2012 | "You Better Treat Your Man Right " (with Chuck Mead) | Back at the Quonset Hut |
| "Hero" (with Willie Nelson and Billy Joe Shaver) | Heroes | |
| "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" (with Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, and Kris Kristofferson) | ||
| "Sunday Morning Coming Down" (with Kris Kristofferson) | We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
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| "The Highwaymen" (with Kris Kristofferson, Shooter Jennings, and Willie Nelson) | ||
| 2013 | "My Home's In Alabama" | Alabama & Friends |
| "Rebel Soldier" | Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War | |
| 2014 | "The Git Go" (with Willie Nelson) | Band of Brothers |
| 2015 | "If I Was Over You" (with Amanda Watkins )
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| "Brain Cloudy Blues" (with Ray Benson) | Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
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| "Old Wore out Cowboys" (with Willie Nelson & Ward Davis ) | 15 Years in a 10 Year Town | |
| 2016 | "Actin' Crazy" (with Randy Rogers Band) | Nothing Shines Like Neon |
| "Mama's Table" | Dave Cobb's Southern Family | |
| 2017 | "Freedom To Stay" | Outlaw: Celebrating the Music of Waylon Jennings |
| "I Ain't The One" (with Alison Krauss) | ||
| "Highwaymen" (with Kris Kristoferson, and Willie Nelson )
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| "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (with Kris Kristoferson, and Willie Nelson , (Eric)
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| 2018 | "The Ghost of Macon Jones" (with Joe Bonamassa) | Redemption |
| "Spirit Rider" | Forever Words | |
| "Everybody Wants to Be Twenty-One" (with Bill Anderson) | Anderson | |
| "Wrong End Of The Rainbow" (with Chris Hennessee) | Ramble | |
| "Husbands and Wives" (with Emmylou Harris) | King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller | |
| "It Hurts Me Too" | Strange Angels: In Flight with Elmore James | |
| 2019 | "The Fields Of Athenry" | The Great Irish Songbook |
| 2020 | "Ladies Love Outlaws" (with Mickey Lamantia) | Honky Tonk Confessions: The Final Chapter |
| "The Cock Crows" (with Mo Pitney) | Ain't Lookin' Back | |
| "A Music Man" (with Nick Norman) | Nick Norman | |
| "Some Gave All" (with Billy Ray Cyrus, Darryl Worley, and Craig Morgan) | I'm American | |
| "Kern River" | Sing Me Back Home: The Music Of Merle Haggard | |
| "Georgia on My Mind" | Willie Nelson: American Outlaw | |
| "Spirit Rider" | Johnny Cash: Forever Words Expanded | |
| "California Poem' | ||
| 2021 | "Lonesome for a Livin'" (with Blackberry Smoke) | You Hear Georgia |
| "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" (with Raul Malo) | Quarantunes Vol. 1 | |
| "Highway Feet" (with Larry Fleet) | Stack of Records | |
| 2022 | "Stubborn Pride'" (with Zac Brown Band) | The Comeback |
| "If I Needed You" (with Rachel Bradshaw) | Rachel Bradshaw | |
| "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)" | Kenny Rogers: All In For The Gambler | |
| "Sweet Music Man" | ||
| "Music City's Killing Me" (with Julie Roberts) | TBA | |
| "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)" | Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson
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Awards and nominations
Johnson received three
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2007 | Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year – Give It Away | Won |
| Country Music Association | Song of the Year – "Give It Away" | Won | |
| 2009 | 51st Grammy Awards
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Best Country Album – That Lonesome Song | Nominated |
| Best Country Song – "In Color" | Nominated | ||
| Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "In Color" | Nominated | ||
| Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year – "In Color" | Won | |
| Top New Male Artist | Nominated | ||
| Top Album of the Year – That Lonesome Song | Nominated | ||
| Country Music Association | Song of the Year – "In Color" | Won | |
| Single of the Year – "In Color" | Nominated | ||
| New Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Album of the Year – That Lonesome Song | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | 52nd Grammy Awards
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Best Country Song – "High Cost of Living" | Nominated |
| Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "High Cost of Living" | Nominated | ||
| Academy of Country Music | Top New Solo Vocalist | Nominated | |
| Country Music Association Awards | Musical Event – "Bad Angel" (with Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert) | Nominated | |
| 2011 | 53rd Grammy Awards
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Best Male Country Vocal Performance – "Macon" | Nominated |
| Best Country Collaboration with Vocals – "Bad Angel" (with Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert) | Nominated | ||
| Best Country Album – The Guitar Song | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | 55th Grammy Awards
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Best Country Album – Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran | Nominated |
References
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- ^ "American single certifications – Jamey Johnson – High Cost of Living". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "American single certifications – Jamey Johnson – That Lonesome Song". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American single certifications – Jamey Johnson – Between Jennings and Jones". Recording Industry Association of America.
- Grammy Award. December 4, 2008. Archived from the originalon December 5, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- Grammy Award. December 2, 2009. Archived from the originalon December 3, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
External links
- Official website
- Jamey Johnson discography at Discogs
- Jamey Johnson at IMDb
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