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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