Artist:Jamey Johnson
Song:In Color
Album:That Lonesome Song
The 2008 single In Color was a top ten country hit for singer songwriter Jamey Johnson. It is to date his only big hit. Johnson has also had success as a songwriter for hire. He was born July 14, 1975 in Enterprise, AL and he grew up in Montgomery. His big influences are Alabama and Alan Jackson. After attending Jacksonville State University for two years, Johnson served in the US Marine Corps Reserves for four years. He started playing Montgomery clubs and moved to Nashville in 2000. He started out recording demos. Then veteran producer Buddy Cannon got Johnson a publishing deal. His biggest hit as a songwriter was co-writing the 2005 Trace Adkins hit Honky Tonk Badonkadonk. This led to a record deal with Sony's BNA label. Johnson's 2006 debut album The Dollar was produced by Cannon. The single The Dollar reached #14 on the Country Singles chart. But when the second single didn't chart, BNA dropped Johnson. Johnson divorced his wife and went into seclusion to work on his songwriting. After co-writing number one country hits for George Strait and Trace Adkins, Johnson released That Lonesome Song on MySpace and iTunes while shopping for a record deal. He signed with Mercury and That Lonesome Song was released in 2008. The single In Color reached #9 on the Country Singles chart. The album was certified Platinum. Johnson wrote In Color with singer songwriter James Otto and veteran songwriter Lee Thomas Miller. Johnson co-wrote most of the songs. The album was produced by Dave Cobb. The 2010 album The Guitar Song didn't do as well. There were no hit singles. And after the 2012 album Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, Johnson left Mercury. It was an all star album and Grammy nominated. So what was the problem? You know how record companies are. They want hits. And Johnson is a traditionalist in a modern world. I think Mercury wanted Johnson to be more contemporary and he wouldn't do it. Since then Johnson released a 2014 Christmas EP on his own label. And today he released the single 21 Guns which he will perform on this Sunday's National Memorial Day Concert on PBS. Johnson will begin a tour next week. It looks like he has a new album coming. Here's the video for In Color by Jamey Johnson.
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