Jeff Carson

Infobox musical artist


Name = Jeff Carson
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Background = solo_singer
Born = birth date and age|1963|12|16
Origin = Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Instrument = Vocals
Harmonica
Bass guitar
Genre = Country
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1995-present
Label = Curb
Associated_acts = Kippi Brannon
Merle Haggard
URL = [http://www.jeffcarson.net JeffCarson.net]

Jeff Carson (born December 16, 1963 in Tulsa, Oklahomacite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3xfixqwgldde~T1 |title=Jeff Carson biography |accessdate=2007-07-19 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=Allmusic] ) is an American country music artist. Originally a session musician in Branson, Missouri and later a demo singer, he was signed to Curb Records in 1995, releasing his debut album that year, followed by "Butterfly Kisses" in 1998 and "Real Life" in 2002. Overall, has charted fourteen singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts, in addition to recording three studio albums, all on Curb Records.

Biography

Jeff Carson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Gravette, Arkansas. In his childhood, he played harmonica and guitar, and sang in church. In high school, he and some high school friends formed a band. They won second place at a local talent show for performing the song "Seven Bridges Road". After graduating, he moved on to another talent competition held at a park in Rogers, Arkansas. The winner of that competition then asked Carson to play in his band, which he did for four years until the band disbanded.

Carson later moved on to Branson, Missouri, where he found work playing bass guitar in local bands, in addition to writing songs.cite web |url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-view/Jeff-Carson.html |title=Jeff Carson Biography |accessdate=2007-12-28 |work= Oldies.com] While in Branson, he met his then-future wife, who persuaded him to move to Nashville, Tennessee, which he did in 1989. In Nashville, he found work at a band which played at the Opryland Hotel, before convincing the hotel to book him as a solo act. Carson eventually recorded demos for other artists, before he was discovered by record producer Chuck Howard in 1994, and signed to Curb Records.

Music career

Carson's debut single, "Yeah Buddy", was released in late 1994, peaking at #69 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was followed by "Not on Your Love", which became his first (and only) Number One on the same chart that year. Both singles were included on his debut album, also titled "Jeff Carson", which produced two more Top Ten hits in "The Car" and "Holdin' on to Something". After those songs, however Carson's chart success waned; none of the singles from his second album (1997's "Butterfly Kisses") made Top 40.

It was not until 2001 that Carson made the Top 40 on the country music charts again, this time with his single "Real Life (I Never Was the Same Again)", the title track to his 2001 album "Real Life"; this song, however, was also followed by a string of unsuccessful singles. Carson also co-wrote a song on Craig Morgan's 2003 album "I Love It".

In 2002, Carson suffered a broken vertebra in a sledding accident at home. Although he briefly spent some time in a body cast, he was not seriously injured.cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1452246/20020211/carson_jeff.jhtml |title=Carson Goes Home |accessdate=2007-07-19 |work=CMT.com]

His most recent single, "When You Said You Loved Me", was released in early 2007, as the lead-off single to an upcoming Greatest Hits compilation. The single failed to chart, however, and his Greatest Hits package was unreleased.

Discography

Albums

All albums released on Curb Records.

ingles

*^A"Scars and All" reached #1 on the U.S. PowerSource Christian Chart.
*^BFailed to chart.

References

External links

* [http://www.jeffcarson.net Official website]
*myspace|jeffcarson|Jeff Carson