Johnson signs with Warner

Johnson, best known for the song "In Color," signed to Warner Music Nashville through his record label, Big Gassed Records.

"The reason I signed with Warner Music Nashville is Cris Lacy," he said of the WMN co-chair and co-president. "She is one of my longest-term friends I've had in the music business. We started our careers around the same time. She has been a friend to me and has only ever tried to help."

"She cares about me being able to put out music," said Johnson, a member of the Grand Ole Opry. "She cares that I'm able to participate in my own career. Our conversations are unlike any other conversations I have had with any other label person."

"For 14 years, those of us in the industry, and fans outside of it, have been begging Jamey Johnson to release another solo studio album," said Lacy. "From day one, we heard the voice of a man driven by conviction, not commerciality. We saw in him our heroes like Johnny, Waylon and Merle. Warner Music Nashville has the great honor of reintroducing this incomparable artist to a worldwide audience on his terms - proof that great things are worth waiting for."

On Friday, Johnson releases "Someday When I'm Old," a song that has remained on his mind since he sang on the song's demo in 2004. "It was the last demo I sang before I started working with BNA Records," he said of the song written by Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo and Troy Verges. "Aimee called me back then, and she wanted to be able to say she hired me to sing my last demo. When I heard the song, I thought, 'Wow! That is a great song.'"

"That one seems to be exactly where I am right now, thinking about what is to come 20 years down the line, 30 years down the line, if I even make it that long."

Johnson has released five studio albums and one EP during his career. His last release was "The Christmas Song" EP in 2014. He also released the songs "21 Guns," "What a View," "Trudy" and "Sober," in recent months.

George Strait, Trace Adkins, Willie Nelson, James Otto and Joe Nichols have recorded his songs.