Jamey Johnson goes gold with "The Guitar Song"
"My dream already came true," Johnson said. "All I ever wanted was just to get to ride around and sing country music. It's cool when things like that happen along the way. Because those are the things I never thought I could achieve. Whether or not it's gold or platinum or hell, diamond for that matter, it wouldn't surprise me anymore. I'll just keep doing what I do. I wake up every day and go play some more country music and have another drink."
The CD also received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for the song Macon. He received a third Grammy nomination in Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for Bad Angels with Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert.
"As an album, 'The Guitar Song' is the collection of this journey," Johnson said. "It's one that goes all the way around. It starts off in a deep, dismal, dark place and ends up in a far better place. That's what has happened to me over the past several years. Something that started in a dark corner has ended up getting to be all over the country. I've seen some of the most beautiful places I've ever seen in my life the past several years, and I wouldn't trade that for anything."
In early 2011, Johnson will join Kid Rock on his national "Born Free" tour, which begins in front of a crowd of 60,000 on Jan. 15 at Detroit's Ford Field.
"The underlying current is that when I sit down to play music, I play music from my heart," said Johnson. "As long as I can keep a grasp on that in some way through my career, hopefully I'll be all right."
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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