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Oct. 13, 2008 — Jamey Johnson’s current video, "In Color," ranks at No. 7 on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown. Jamey didn’t necessarily intend for it to be a commentary on modern times — it was inspired by his grandfather — but with a war and the Great...

Who: Alabama's own Jamey Johnson, a shit-kicking, hard-drinking badass who is well on his way to being country music's biggest outlaw. Sounds Like: To start, think Steve Earle and Merle Haggard, not Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban. On his album That...

Alabama badass turns his grim life into a stunning set of songs. By Christian Hoard Jamey Johnson is full of stories.  Some are funny, like the one where he tossed a TV out of a hotel window or the one about the drunk dancing girl with "60 pounds of butt...

There's a new man in Black in Nashville. Jamey Johnson's monochrome color scheme begins with his denim-and-leather wardrobe and extends to his songs — tales of drug abuse and marital ruin sketched in shades of black and blacker. "I had a job and a piece...

Words by Edd Hurt Country music might qualify as down-home interior monologue, but it rarely works as dreamscape, especially in the well-lit modern era.  Jamey Johnson shields himself from the industry's noontime glare, and the Alabama-born singer and...

Adjust and Overcome Jamey Johnson’s made it through the dark times and emerged with a new outlook and a powerful hit with “In Color.” Jamey Johnson’s written hits like “Give it Away” and “Honky-tonk Badonkadonk” for other artists, but his own new...

High Lonesome Sound How Jamey Johnson turned personal and professional disaster into one of the year's best country albums By Chris Neal For Jamey Johnson, 2006 had its ups and downs. That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson (Mercury) ...

Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song: * * * * -- A country classic Johnson, whose songs for other artists have ranged from the sublime (George Strait’s Give It Away) to the silly (Trace Adkins’ Honky Tonk Badonkadonk), finally comes into his own with...

In With the Outlaws Jamey Johnson's new album evokes gritty, old-school country music By JOHN JURGENSEN August 9, 2008; Page W2 Jamey Johnson Whiskey, trucks and honky-tonks crop up with other...

Music Review: Jamey Johnson CD By MICHAEL McCALL For The Associated Press Jamey Johnson, "That Lonesome Song" (Mercury Nashville) Jamey Johnson's "That Lonesome Song" delivers a salt-of-the-earth antidote for those who consider...

New voice Jamey Johnson stays true to outlaw sound Rebellious streak, frustrations of real life fuel 'That Lonesome Song' By BEVERLY KEEL • August 5, 2008   Jamey Johnson may be the closest thing to Waylon Jennings that country...

Disc Debuts: 'That Lonesome Song' by Jamey Johnson Mario Tarradell Jamey Johnson A -- That Lonesome Song (Mercury Nashville) SEARING AND SOBERING: Jamey Johnson takes heartaches and hangovers, revenge and redemption, and pain and pleasure...

Jamey Johnson Lives Country Music "In Color" Alabama Native Bounces Back From Professional and Personal Upheaval August 5, 2008; Written by Craig Shelburne Jamey Johnson's album, That Lonesome Song, sounds like it could...

Jamey Johnson -- That Lonesome Song By Andy Whitman Jamey Johnson looks like an escapee from The Hell's Angels, so you'd be forgiven if you expected some sort of death metal caterwaul to erupt from your stereo speakers. Instead, Johnson...

Jamey Johnson sets memories to music in his touching new video by Bob Paxman Jamey Johnson's new single, "In Color," tells the poingnant story of a man looking back at his life through black-and-white photographs.  So, when it came time to film the video...

Gruff-voiced storyteller gives hellacious tour of hard life by Chuck Eddy Opening with clanking prison doors, then taking off with "High Cost of Living," a nearly six-minute, drugs-nullifying-life drone that's as close as 2008 will get to its own...

No Pain, No Gain Jamey Johnson Starts Fresh with Mercury Nashville July 19, 2008 Story by Ken Tucker In classic country fashion, once-bitten, twice-shy Jamey Johnson owes at least part of his new deal with Mercury Nashville to...

Jamey Johnson looks like an escapee from The Hell's Angels, so you'd be forgiven if you expected some sort of death metal caterwaul to erupt from your stereo speakers. Instead, Johnson sounds like a good ol' boy from Montgomery, Alabama, which is what...