Jamey Johnson ``Midnight Gasoline'' A singer-songwriter who is considered one of the best country singers of today! First original album in about 14 years - TOWER RECORDS ONLINE

His new story, which inherits the storyteller lineage of American roots music, is now revealed.

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■Work details

■Jamie Johnson is a singer-songwriter from Alabama who has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards and has been called “one of the greatest country singers of our time” by the Washington Post. He is an artist who is highly acclaimed not only in the United States but also overseas, and has gained support from a wide range of fans including classic country, contemporary country, Americana, and mainstream rock.

■He transferred to Warner Music Nashville. The label will release its first new album. This is his first new studio album in about 14 years, titled “MIDNIGH GASOLINE”, and is known as “Cash One”, a solo studio album that was certified platinum with sales of 1 million copies. This is the sequel to “THAT LONESOME SOUND” and the 2010 Recording Industry Association of America gold album “THE GUITAR SONG,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

■The album is a collection of songs recorded at the famous studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, owned by Johnny and June Carter Cash and now owned by their son John Carter Cash. Johnson spent three weeks recording about 30 songs there, sleeping in a bus parked outside so he could immerse himself in the creative space. “I always wanted to make an album there. I went into the studio and just kept recording record after record. And I thought we were off to the races. It’s more like a series than an album. It’s a thing.”

■“I think the only thing in common[in these works]is myself,” he says of the 12 songs included on the album. “There’s no overtones or hidden themes in the songs. They’re just glimpses into my life. There are some interesting stories, and they’re not all songs I’ve written recently. In that respect, I’m It’s really like picking up some songs that may have been ready to come out before and picking them up that were left unfinished. It’s nice to put them out there,” he says. , continue further. “‘What a View’ is one of the new songs written specifically for this album. It’s a very personal song.”

■The album “MIDNIGHT GASOLINE” is both a tribute to collaboration and a testament to how important friends are to Johnson. The first half of the album features the Kent Hadley Playboys – Wade Battle, Jim “Moose” Brown, Tom Bukovac, TW Cargile, Kevin “Swine” Grant, Cowboy Eddie Long, and Dave McAfee. , James Mitchell, and Chris Powell–produced. Dave Cobb, who also worked on the previous two albums “THAT LONESOME SOUND” and “THE GUITAR SONG,” has produced songs such as “Saturday Night in New Orleans,” “One More Time,” “Sober,” “Tired of It All,” and “THE GUITAR SONG.” He is in charge of producing the second half of the album, including “No Time Like the Past” and “What You Answer To.” “He was great as always,” Johnson said. “I love Dave and I have great respect for him. What a classy guy and a great musician.”

Johnson’s co-writers on this album include Jim “Moose” Brown, Dallas Davidson, Ira Deen, Dale Dodson, Rob Hatch, Randy Hauser, Ajay Popoff, Jeremy Popoff, and James. Slater, Ernest Keith Smith, Chris Stapleton, and Tony Joe White. Other songs were written by Dean Dillon, Scottie Emerick, Kyle Fishman, Jeff Hyde, Chris Lindsay, Amy Mayo, and Troy Vurgess. Other songs on the album include “21 Guns,” “What a View,” “Trudy,” and “Sober.”

■Jamie Johnson, a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Widely considered to be one of the greatest country songwriters of his generation, he is also known as one of the greatest country songwriters in country music history, having been recognized by the Academy of Country and the Country Music Association in the same year as “Give It Away” and “In Color.” He is one of only two people to win Song of the Year for his two songs (the other being Kris Kristofferson, by the way). His new story, which inherits the storyteller lineage of American roots music, is now revealed.

■Recorded songs

01. Bad Guy
02. Midnight Gasoline
03. What A View
04. 21 Guns
05. Someday When I’m Old
06. Trudy (feat. Randy Houser)
07. One More Time
08. Saturday Night in New Orleans
09. Sober
10. I’m Tired of It All (feat. Randy Houser)
11. No Time Like the Past
12. What You Answer To