All about the life and work of the American country music artist Jamie Jason.
All country lovers are familiar with the slightly sad, but memorable motives of Jamie Johnson's songs, because he is truly a famous musician in certain circles, whose work has influenced a whole generation of not only Americans, but also residents of other countries.
Biography
Jamie was born on July 14, 1975 in a city called Enterprise, which is located in Alabama in the southern part of the United States. Since childhood, Jamie Johnson loved country music, which, of course, influenced not only the perception of the world, but also his future career. Little Jamie was especially influenced by the music of such giants as Alabama and Alan Jackson. Could Jamie then, in his distant childhood, think that he would become as famous as these groups? We are unlikely to find out.
Education
Jamie Johnson graduated from high school. Jefferson Davis. After that, the musician went to Jacksonville State University, where he became a member of the student fraternity Sigma Nu.
The college was never finished. Johnson dropped him after his sophomore year, after which he ended up in the reserve of the US Marine Corps. The musician served in a mortar position and even achieved the rank of corporal. Jamie always played his own songs for the Marines he served with. As far as we know, Johnson kept in touch with most of them for many years. Also in Jamie Johnson's first album there are songs that mention service in the Marine Corps.
Further contributions to country culture
As soon as the service ended, Jamie left for Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, where he began donating his music to people. The first large-scale event for Jamie Johnson was the opening act for one of the concerts of David Allan Co.
Towards 2000, Jamie moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he continued to work on music. It was there that the first album, "They Call Me Country", was released on its own.
In 2005, the musician signed a contract with BNA Records, with which the first single "The Dollar" was released. This single managed to gain popularity, but the next single "Rebelicious" did not make the charts, and therefore BNA Records canceled the contract with Jamie Johnson.
Personal life
After breaking the contract, Jamie fell on hard times. The musician's wife filed for divorce, and Johnson himself became a recluse, but he still continued to write songs, albeit for other performers.
Success
As a performer, Jamie again declared himself only in 2008. He posted a new album, "That Lonesome Song", on the Internet, which attracted the attention of Mercury Nashville Records. After that, the creative life improved, and in 2009 Jamie Johnson was nominated for the CMA's "New Artist of the Year" award, and in 2010 the musician was nominated for the "Academy of Country Music" award.
After Jamie founded his own label Big Gassed Records, which continues to publish country music until now.
