Wilco, Johnson join Farm Aid
Thursday, July 23, 2009 – Wilco, Jamey Johnson, Jason Mraz and Phosphorescent were added to the Farm Aid 2009 line-up, taking place in October in Missouri.
Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews also will play at the event on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Mo.
Tickets for Farm Aid 2009 will go on sale Saturday, July 25 at 10 a.m. central and are available exclusively at www.livenation.com, the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Box Office, by calling (877) 598-8703, or at participating Blockbuster stores. There is no service charge at the Verizon Wireless Box Office for the first week of ticket sales, July 25-Aug. 1. Tickets are $39 for lawn; $44, $54 and $79 for seats; and $169 for a limited number of premium seats.
More news for Jamey Johnson
- 11/08/24: Johnson, Barrett, Flatland Cavalry release new sounds
- 10/09/24: Johnson gears up with "Midnight Gasoline"
- 10/02/24: Johnson signs with Warner
- 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
CD reviews for Jamey Johnson
The last time Jamey Johnson released a full length album of original songs, the original Ipad was only a few months old, and Instagram had not yet launched. Basically, a lifetime ago. Since 2010's "The Guitar Song," we've had a 2012 Hank Cochran tribute album, a Christmas EP and a couple of singles.
So, fair or not, "Midnight Gasoline" will be perceived as a comeback album. The good news is Johnson has not lost anything as a lyricist. There are some great ...
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 ...
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