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Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Jamey Johnson. It was released in October 2012 via Mercury Nashville on both compact disc and LP record. The album is a tribute to songwriter Hank Cochran.^[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Thom Jurek of Allmusic rated the album 4 stars out of 5, saying that 'Johnson doesn't attempt to draw attention to himself, but instead, presents a series of excellent performances of Cochran's songs with himself as an anchor.'^[1]American Songwriter's Stephen Deusner rated it 3½ stars, saying that Johnson and the others involved 'treat these songs gingerly, even going so far as to gently re-create the countrypolitan arrangements of the originals. If that makes the album sound overly familiar at times, it also means Johnson never strains to update these songs or argue for their relevance.' He criticized the album's length, and thought that it could have used younger artists for variety. Along with strong critical acclaim, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.^[2]

Track listing[edit]

Personnel[edit]

Musicians

• Bobby Bare – vocals on 'I'd Fight the World'
• Ray Benson – electric guitar and vocals on 'I Don't Do Windows'
• Zeneba Bowers – violin
• Jim 'Moose' Brown – acoustic guitar, piano
• Buddy Cannon – upright bass, background vocals
• Melonie Cannon – background vocals
• Jim Chapman – background vocals
• Hank Cochran – vocals on 'Living for a Song'
• Elvis Costello – vocals on 'She'll Be Back'
• Chad Cromwell – drums
• Dennis Crouch – upright bass
• Janet Darnell – violin
• David Davidson – violin
• Floyd Domino – piano
• Ronnie Dunn – vocals on 'A-11'
• Larry Franklin – fiddle
• Steve Gibson – electric guitar
• Vince Gill – vocals on 'A Way to Survive' and 'Everything but You'
• Kevin 'Swine' Grantt – upright bass
• Jim Grosjean – viola
• Merle Haggard – vocals on 'I Fall to Pieces' and 'Living for a Song'
• Emmylou Harris – vocals on 'Don't Touch Me'
• Stephen Hill – background vocals
• John Hobbs – string arrangements
• Jamey Johnson – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Shelby Kennedy – background vocals
• Alison Krauss – vocals on 'Make the World Go Away'
• Kris Kristofferson – vocals on 'Love Makes a Fool of Us All' and 'Living for a Song'
• Red Lane – gut string guitar on 'Would These Arms Be in Your Way'
• 'Cowboy' Eddie Long – steel guitar
• Kenny Malone – percussion
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, tic tac bass
• David Miller – bass guitar
• Willie Nelson – acoustic guitar and vocals on 'Do You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)', 'Everything but You', and 'Living for a Song'
• Stefan Petrescu – violin
• Ray Price – vocals on 'You Wouldn't Know Love'
• Carole Rabinowitz – cello
• Mickey Raphael – harmonica
• Sarighandi D. Reist – cello
• Eddie Rivers – steel guitar
• Jason Roberts – fiddle
• Leon Russell – vocals on 'A Way to Survive' and 'Everything but You'
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• David Sanger – drums
• Hank Singer – fiddle
• Pamela Sixfin – violin
• Joe Spivey – fiddle
• George Strait – vocals on 'The Eagle'
• Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Wei Tsun Chang – violin
• Robby Turner – dobro, steel guitar
• Dan Tyminski – acoustic guitar
• Tommy White – steel guitar
• Kris Wilkinson – string contractor, viola
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Karen Winkleman – violin
• Lee Ann Womack – vocals on 'This Ain't My First Rodeo'
• Bobby Wood – Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, Wurlitzer
• Glenn Worf – upright bass

Production

• Shelly Anderson – mastering assistant
• Daniel Baciagalupi – mastering assistant
• Venus Barr – production assistant
• Drew Bollman – engineer
• Paul Bowman – assistant engineer
• Sorrel Brigman – assistant engineer
• Buddy Cannon – producer
• T.W. Cargile – engineer, mixing
• Butch Carr – engineer
• Tony Castle – engineer
• Steve Chadie – engineer
• Dale Dodson – producer
• Leland Elliott – assistant engineer
• Shannon Finnegan – production coordinator
• Angella Grossi – production assistant
• Will Harrison – assistant engineer
• Jonathan Harter – assistant engineer
• Jon Hersey – assistant engineer
• Rob Katz – assistant engineer, engineer
• Charlie Kramsky – assistant engineer
• Andrew Mendelson – mastering
• Seth Morton – assistant engineer
• Willie Nelson – drum triggers
• Chris Owens – assistant engineer
• Matt Rausch – assistant engineer
• David Robinson – assistant engineer
• Jacob Sciba – assistant engineer
• Sam Seifert – engineer
• Brian Wright – executive producer
• Nathan Yarborough – assistant engineer

Chart performance[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran - Jamey Johnson - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
2. ^ ^ab'Jamey Johnson: Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran'. American Songwriter. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
3. ^'Jamey Johnson Album, 'Hank Cochran: Living for a Song' Due October 16'. The Boot. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

Jamey Johnson (born July 14, 1975) is an American country music artist. Signed to BNA Records in 2005, Johnson made his debut with his single 'The Dollar', the title track to his 2006 album The Dollar. Johnson was dropped from BNA in 2006 and signed to Mercury Nashville Records in March 2008, releasing his second album, the gold-certified That Lonesome Song. This album produced two singles, the Top 10 hit 'In Color' and 'High Cost of Living'. Johnson has since released two more albums, The Guitar Song in 2010 and Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran in 2012. In 2014, he released a 5-song Christmas EP titled The Christmas Song. In addition to most of his own material, Johnson has co-written singles for Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, Trace Adkins, George Strait, James Otto, Joe Nichols and Jessie James Decker.

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Early life[edit]

Johnson was born on July 14, 1975, in Enterprise, Alabama and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. From an early age, he was influenced by country acts such as Alabama and Alan Jackson, the latter of whom was the first act that he saw in concert.^[2] After graduating from Jefferson Davis High School, Johnson attended Jacksonville State University, the same university from which Alabama lead singer Randy Owen graduated.^[2] During his time at Jacksonville State University, he was a member of the Marching Southerners.

Johnson quit college after two years and served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve for eight years.^[2] While in the Marines, he began playing country music in various bars in the Montgomery area; one of his first gigs was opening for David Allan Coe.^[2] By 2000, Johnson had moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in country music. One of his first connections was with Greg Perkins, a fiddler who had played for Tanya Tucker, Tammy Wynette, and other artists. Perkins invited Johnson to sing as a duet partner with Gretchen Wilson on a demo tape.^[2] Songs for which Johnson sang demos include 'Songs About Me' (cut by Trace Adkins) and 'That's How They Do It in Dixie' (cut by Hank Williams, Jr. with Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, and Van Zant).^[2]

Johnson had also made connections with producer and songwriter Buddy Cannon, who helped him land a songwriting contract.^[3] Among Johnson's first cuts as a songwriter was 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk', which Adkins released from his 2005 album Songs About Me. That song he co-wrote along with hit songwriter Dallas Davidson and fellow country singer-songwriter Randy Houser, who later worked with Johnson again co-writing 'My Cowboy' for country pop singer Jessie James for her self-titled debut album.

Career beginnings and That Lonesome Song (2005–2009)[edit]

By 2005, Johnson had been signed to a recording contract with BNA Records. His first single, entitled 'The Dollar', was released that year, followed by his Buddy Cannon-produced debut album (also entitled The Dollar) in March 2006. 'The Dollar' went on to peak at No. 14 on the BillboardHot Country Songs charts. The album's second single, 'Rebelicious', failed to enter the charts and Johnson was dropped from BNA.

After the loss of his record deal, Johnson divorced his wife and took on a reclusive lifestyle, residing in a friend's house while working on his songwriting.^[4] He wrote several songs for other artists. In 2006, George Strait reached No. 1 on the Country chart with 'Give It Away', a song which Johnson co-wrote with Bill Anderson and Cannon. This song became Strait's 51st No. 1 on the Billboard country charts, setting a new record for most No. 1s on that chart.

In 2007, Trace Adkins charted with two more songs that Johnson co-wrote: 'Ladies Love Country Boys' and 'I Got My Game On', the former being Adkins' first No. 1 in 10 years. Also in 2007, Joe Nichols reached Top 20 with 'Another Side of You', another song co-written by Johnson. This song was the first single on Nichols's album Real Things, which also contained 'She's All Lady', a song that Johnson originally recorded on The Dollar.

Johnson was part of the Fox TV television series Nashville,^[5] which was cancelled after two episodes in September 2007.

Johnson released an album in 2008, That Lonesome Song, which was only made available online.^[4] The album drew the attention of Mercury Nashville Records, who signed him to a record deal in 2008. His first single for the label, 'In Color', was released in March 2008. This song, which Johnson co-wrote with Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto, entered Top 40 in June 2008, and That Lonesome Song was released on CD in August of that year. 'In Color' peaked at No. 9 on the Country chart in January 2009 and was followed a month later by 'High Cost of Living', which managed to crack the Top 40, but only reaching No. 34. By April 2009, That Lonesome Song was certified Gold by the RIAA.

A fifth single, 'My Way to You', was issued in July 2009. The song was released to radio on July 13, 2009, and debuted at No. 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song peaked at No. 52 in September 2009.

Johnson was nominated for the 2009 CMA Awards New Artist of the Year, and has been nominated for the 2010 Academy of Country Music Top New Solo Vocalist.

The Guitar Song (2010–2012)[edit]

In 2010, Johnson released a follow up to his 2008 album, That Lonesome Song. The album titled The Guitar Song was released on September 14, 2010. Upon its release, The Guitar Song was met with overwhelming praise and universal acclaim from music critics.^[6] The album debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number one on the U.S. BillboardTop Country Albums, selling 63,000 copies its first week of release.^[7]

Johnson released three singles from the album, including 'Playing the Part', in summer 2010. The music video for the single was released in October, and was directed by Matthew McConaughey, who also stars in the video as a dancing gorilla.

Johnson was the supporting act on Kid Rock's 2011 Born Free Tour, accompanying Rock on a duet or two during most concerts. He was also a main stage act on Willie Nelson's Country Throwdown from May to July 2011.

Living for a Song and new label (2012–present)[edit]

In addition to producing other acts and writing new material,^[8] Johnson released his fourth studio album titled Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran on October 6, 2012. The album is a tribute to songwriter Hank Cochran.^[9] The album garnered Johnson a nomination at the 55th Grammy Awards for Best Country album. The album paired him with acts such as Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, George Strait, Vince Gill, and Merle Haggard. Longtime collaborator and producer Buddy Cannon oversaw the project.^[10] The album was released on vinyl September 25, 2012 and other formats on October 16, 2012.^[11]

Following a dispute with his label, Johnson founded his own label, Big Gassed Records. His first release on the label was a Christmas-themed EP, The Christmas Song, including several covers and one new original song, which was released in November 2014. It was announced that more new music would follow in 2015.^[12] In January 2015, Johnson released a new song, 'Alabama Pines' as a free download.^[13] This was followed by the release of another single, 'You Can', in February.^[14]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Extended plays[edit]

Singles[edit]

Jamey Johnson Tribute To Waylon

• ^A'The Dollar' did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number one.^[23]

Music videos[edit]

Other appearances[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Johnson received three Grammy Award nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards: Best Country Album for That Lonesome Song, and Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance for 'In Color'.^[24] 'In Color' won the Academy of Country Music's 2009 award for Song of the Year and the same award during the 2009 Country Music Association Awards. Going into 2010, Johnson received two more Grammy Award nominations for the 52nd Grammy Awards: Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance, both for his 2009 single 'High Cost of Living'.^[25]

References[edit]

1. ^'Today in History - July 14'. Associated Press. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
2. ^ ^abcdefMorris, Edward (2006-03-07). 'Jamey Johnson Stirs Fans With 'The Dollar''. Country Music Television. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
3. ^Monger, James Christopher. 'Jamey Johnson biography'. Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
4. ^ ^abTucker, Ken (2008-07-11). 'Singer Johnson starts fresh after 'Lonesome' time'. Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2008-07-25.^{[dead link]}
5. ^'TV Preview - Nashville'. Entertainment Weekly. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
6. ^'The Guitar Song reviews at Metacritic.com'. Metacritic. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
7. ^Caulfield, Keith (2010-09-22). 'Linkin Park and Trey Songz Debut At Nos. 1 & 2 on Billboard 200'. Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
8. ^Skates, Sarah. 'Jamey Johnson Plans New Album, Produces Other Artists'. MusicRow. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
9. ^http://www.theboot.com/2012/07/31/jamey-johnson-album-hank-cochran-living-for-a-song/
10. ^Betts, Stephen. 'Jamey Johnson Duets Album Pays Tribute to Hank Cochran'. The Boot. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
11. ^'Jamey Johnson salutes iconic country songwriter Hank Cochran with star-studded duets album'. The Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved 31 July 2012.^{[dead link]}
12. ^'Jamey Johnson Reveals Surprise Christmas EP and Reveals New Indie Direction'. Rolling Stone. November 24, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
13. ^Bjorke, Matt (January 3, 2015). 'Get a Jamey Johnson Single for Free'. Roughstock. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
14. ^Dunkerley, Beville (February 10, 2015). 'Jamey Johnson Goes 'Big Band Meets Vaudeville' on New Song 'You Can''. Rollingstone.com. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
15. ^ ^ab'Billboard Country Albums - Jamey Johnson'. Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
16. ^'Billboard 200 - Jamey Johnson'. Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
17. ^'American album certifications – Jamey Johnson – That Lonesome Song'. Recording Industry Association of America.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
18. ^'American album certifications – Jamey Johnson – The Guitar Song'. Recording Industry Association of America.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
19. ^'Billboard Country Songs - Jamey Johnson'. Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
20. ^'Billboard Hot 100 - Jamey Johnson'. Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
21. ^Bjorke, Matt (February 16, 2016). 'The Top 30 Digital Country Singles: February 16, 2016'. Roughstock.
22. ^'American single certifications – Jamey Johnson – In Color'. Recording Industry Association of America.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH.
23. ^Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 211. ISBN0-89820-177-2.
24. ^'THE 51ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS LIST'. Grammy Award. 2008-12-04. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
25. ^'THE 52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS LIST'. Grammy Award. 2009-12-02. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-12-03.

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