James Joseph Paulsen, known professionally as Joe Sun, was an American country music singer-songwriter.
11 Facts About Joe Sun
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Joe Sun spent his youth in college and then in the Air Force.
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Joe Sun did various jobs, such as working as a DJ at Radio WMAD in Madison, Wisconsin and at a Key West, Florida rock station and he spent two years with a computer firm in Chicago.
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Joe Sun acquired his style listening to southern music on country's 50,000 watt WSM and rhythm and blues WLAC radio.
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Joe Sun recorded The Joe Sun Never Sets for Sonet in 1987, followed by Twilight Zone with Dixiefrog in 1986 and Hank Bogart Still Lives with Dixiefrog in 1989.
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Joe Sun released the Heartbreak Saloon CD in 1991 with Dixiefrog.
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Joe Sun wrote twelve of the fifteen songs on the album.
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Joe Sun released 15 albums and performed in the United States and Europe.
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Joe Sun recorded national radio spots for Budweiser and Timberline Boots.
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Besides being featured on television shows, having produced two Grammy Award-nominated foreign albums in 1989 and 1990, Joe Sun acted as Tommy Fratter in the film Marie alongside Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels and Morgan Freeman.
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Joe Sun died in Palm Bay, Florida, on October 25,2019.