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 ex-Marine rose to the top of the Nashville food chain through blood, sweat, and tears. Raised in a devout and deeply musical family helped the new traditionalist find his voice, but it wasn’t until he moved to songs 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 album record deal with BNA and issued 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 record That Lonesome Song in August of 2008.
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Jamey Johnson goes back to Black and White
Jamey Johnson’s concept album due out this summer
Jamey Johnson fans only have to hold their breath a little bit longer, as news of a new album finally surfaces! Jamey describes his new concept album as a “black album” and a “white album.” Concept albums usually revolve around some kind of musical, narrative, or lyrical theme.
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Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser and Chris Young get Honored
Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser and Chris Young have been added to the 2009 International Entertainment Buyers Association Honors line-up.
Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser and Chris Young have been added to the performance line-up for the 2009 International Entertainment Buyers Association Honors concert. The show will happen October 12th at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Downtown Nashville, [...]
Jamey Johnson: My Way To You
Jamey Johnson is quickly finding his way to the top with his newly released single “My Way to You”.
Jamey Johnson has done it again! His newly released single “My Way to You” is raw, heartfelt, and powerful, and is already causing a storm on the radio airwaves and in the country music news circles. Jamey [...]
Jamey Johnson Goes Gold!
Jamey Johnson’s That Lonesome Song is now certified as a gold record!
Jamey Johnson’s critically acclaimed album, That Lonesome Song, has been certified gold by the RIAA commemorating 500,000 in sales. The record has spent 20 weeks inside the top ten on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Reaching gold status is a huge accomplishment for a [...]
Jamey Johnson is Our Man
Jamey Johnson’s unapologetic forwardness and true-to-life lyrics make him CMNB’s favorite male artist for the month of April.
Jamey Johnson: Celebrated songwriter, proud father, and now, country legend in the making. In a recent airing of CMT Crossroads, Jamey is seen palling around with country music legacy Shooter Jennings, and it’s easy to tell he’s already [...]
Jamey Johnson gives a bit of anti-valentine sympathy
Jamey Johnson is ridin’ high on his recent successes, but he’d have you believe he’s not ridin’ high on love this Valentine’s day!
Jamey Johnson is all about the bitterness this Valentine’s day, with a third release off his Grammy-Nominated album “That Lonesome Song“. “Mowin Down The Roses” is a funny,tongue-in-cheek look at romance gone wrong. [...]
Zac Brown Baby, Jamey Johnson Single, and Keith Urban on A&E
Zac Brown is expecting a new baby, Jamey Johnson releases a new single, and Keith Urban gets a biography on A&E in today’s country music news weekend recap!
CMT Hot Dish reports that Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band is expecting again. This will be his third child and they’re hoping for a little boy [...]
