21 Facts About Jamey Johnson

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Jamey Johnson was born on July 14,1975 and is an American country music singer and songwriter.

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Jamey Johnson was dropped from BNA in 2006 and signed to Mercury Nashville Records in March 2008, releasing his second album, the gold-certified That Lonesome Song.

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Jamey Johnson has since released two more albums, The Guitar Song in 2010 and Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran in 2012.

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Jamey Johnson was born on July 14,1975, in Enterprise, Alabama, and raised in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Jamey Johnson quit college after two years and served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve for four years.

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Perkins invited Jamey Johnson to sing as a duet partner with Gretchen Wilson on a demo tape.

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Jamey Johnson had made connections with producer and songwriter Buddy Cannon, who helped him land a songwriting contract.

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That song he co-wrote along with hit songwriter Dallas Davidson and fellow country singer-songwriter Randy Houser, who later worked with Jamey Johnson again co-writing "My Cowboy" for country pop singer Jessie James for her self-titled debut album.

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The album's second single, "Rebelicious", failed to enter the charts and Jamey Johnson was dropped from BNA.

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Jamey Johnson was part of the Fox TV television series Nashville, which was cancelled after two episodes in September 2007.

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Jamey Johnson released an album in 2008, That Lonesome Song, which was only made available online.

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Jamey 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.

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In 2010, Jamey Johnson released a follow up to his 2008 album, That Lonesome Song.

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Jamey Johnson released three singles from the album, including "Playing the Part", in summer 2010.

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Jamey Johnson was the supporting act on Kid Rock's 2011 Born Free Tour, accompanying Rock on a duet or two during most concerts.

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Jamey Johnson was a main stage act on Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown from May to July 2011.

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Jamey Johnson's 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.

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In January 2015, Jamey Johnson released a new song, "Alabama Pines" as a free download.

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In 2019, Jamey 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, known as The Last Waltz.

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On March 19,2022, Bill Anderson invited him to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry, which he accepted; Jamey Johnson had performed regularly on the show for the previous seventeen years.

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Jamey Johnson received three Grammy Award nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards: Best Country Album for That Lonesome Song, and Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "In Color".