Jamey Johnson goes for the gold
Monday, April 20, 2009 – Jamey Johnson went gold with "That Lonesome Song," his second album, commemorating 500,000 in sales. The record spent 20 weeks inside the top 10 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album was initially only for sale on the internet until Luke Lewis, Chairman of Universal Music Group Nashville, heard the music and signed Johnson to a major label deal.
"A gold record is one of the only awards that truly comes from your fans," said Johnson. "They just made our album relevant to country music."
"That Lonesome Song" was released on Mercury Records on Aug. 5, 2008. Johnson took home the ACM Song of the Year award for his hit single In Color. This was Johnson's second win in the ACM Song of the Year category. He previously won in 2006 for Give It Away, recorded by George Strait. Johnson will perform that song as a duet with Lee Ann Womack on George Strait's Artist of the Decade special which will air on May 27 at 8 p.m. eastern/Pacific on CBS.
More news for Jamey Johnson
- 05/14/22: Johnson joins Opry
- 03/19/22: Opry invites Johnson to join; he says yes
- 01/12/21: Johnson, Houser announce Country Cadillac Tour
- 10/22/12: Jamey Johnson slates fall tour
- 10/16/12: Aldean, Johnson release new music
- 08/31/12: Johnson slates Ryman gig night of Cochran tribute disc release
- 07/31/12: Johnson gives Cochran the tribute treatment
- 08/23/11: Jamey Johnson tributes ZZ Top
CD reviews for Jamey Johnson
When ace country songwriter Hank Cochran died in the summer of 2010 it didn't take long to establish who could pull off a fitting tribute to the man who penned timeless classics like Eddy Arnold's Make the World Go Away and Patsy Cline's I Fall to Pieces. Country outlaw Jamey Johnson, who had bonded with Cochran during his final years battling pancreatic cancer, stepped up to the challenge. And boy, has he delivered.
Rounding up the likes of Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Merle ...
The beginning of Jamey Johnson's second CD has little to do with today's typical country fare. The sound of footsteps are heard with someone telling him, "Mr. Johnson...you're free to do whateve r you want to do. Just stay out of trouble." He's leaving jail, but maybe the jail was the handcuffs he may have felt in life, including musically, because his semi-hit, "The Dollar," did not prepare listeners for this.
The Alabama native gets mighty personal on ...
Jamey Johnson counts traditional country, new country and southern rock among his influences, and the Alabama native melds them together in a unique way with special emphasis on traditional sounds on his 11-song debut album. Johnson is a great storyteller, whether that song is going to cause laughter or tears depends on one's perspective.
The self-titled track is about a family spending time together, written from the child's perspective while "Flying Silver Eagle" is a tale of a superficial ...
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