- Jon Randall
Infobox musical artist
Name = Jon Randall
Img_capt = Jon Randall
Img_size = 200
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jon Randall Stewart
Born = birth date and age|1969|2|17
Origin = Dallas,Texas ,United States
Instrument =Guitar , vocals
Genre = Country
Occupation =Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1994-present
Label = RCA Nashville
Asylum
Eminent
Epic
URL = http://www.jonrandall.com
Associated_acts = Bill AndersonAlison Krauss Lorrie Morgan Brad Paisley Jon Randall (born Jon Randall Stewart,
February 17 ,1969 inDallas, Texas ) is an AmericanCountry music artist. Signed toRCA Records in 1995, he debuted that year with the album "What You Don't Know". A second album for RCA, 1996's "Great Day to Be Alive", was recorded but never released; that same year, Randall entered Top 40 on the country charts as a duet partner on then-wifeLorrie Morgan 's song "By My Side". A third album (and second to be released), 1998's "Cold Coffee Morning", was issued onAsylum Records , followed by 1999's "Willin′" on the independent Eminent label. Finally, in 2005, he issued "Walking Among the Living" on Epic Records.In addition to the four studio albums that he has released, and the three songs he has charted on the "Billboard"
Hot Country Songs charts, Randall co-wrote the song "Whiskey Lullaby ", which became a Top 5 hit whenBrad Paisley recorded it as a duet withAlison Krauss on his 2003 album "Mud on the Tires ".Biography
Jon Randall Stewart was born on
February 17 ,1969 inDallas, Texas .cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3nfrxqqgldae~T0 |title=Jon Randall biography |accessdate=2008-05-12 |last=Loftus |first=Johnny |work=Allmusic ] In his teenage years, he relocated toNashville, Tennessee , where he found work as a guitarist inEmmylou Harris 's band The Nash Ramblers.In 1992, Randall won a Grammy award under the winner name 'Emmylou Harris & Nash Ramblers (Larry Altamanuik,
Sam Bush ,Roy Huskey, Jr. ,Al Perkins , Jon Randall Stewart), artists.' for Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. The award was for the album "Live at the Ryman". [ [http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=nash%20ramblers&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 GRAMMY Winners Search ] ]Randall also participated in the Grammy winning project 'Carl Jackson and John Starling (with The Nash Ramblers), which won in 1991, but only Jackson and Starling received the award. [ [http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=spring%20training&winner=&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 GRAMMY Winners Search ] ]
In 1995, he was signed to
RCA Records Nashville as a solo artist, releasing his debut album "What You Don't Know" that year. Due to a restructuring at the label, however, the album received little publicity, and its only chart single ("This Heart") peaked at #74 on the country charts.cite web |url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_cma_close_up/article/0,,GAC_26068_4726709,00.html |title=Jon Randall Is Back — Walking Among the Living |accessdate=2008-05-12 |last=Hollabaugh |first=Lorie |work=Great American Country ]After the release of "What You Don't Know", Randall set to work on a second album for RCA, entitled "Great Day to Be Alive". During the recording session for this album, Randall met and eventually married country singer
Lorrie Morgan , with whom he would perform the duet "By My Side" for both his own album and for her 1996 album "Greater Need ". "By My Side" was released as a single in 1996, becoming Randall's only Top 40 hit on the country music charts; nonetheless, "Great Day to Be Alive" was never released. However, itsDarrell Scott -penned title track would be recorded in 2002 byTravis Tritt for his album "Down the Road I Go ", from which it would be released as a single.By 1998, Randall had moved to
Asylum Records to record his third studio album. Entitled "Cold Coffee Morning", this album produced singles in its title track and the song "She Don't Believe in Fairy Tales", the former of which reached #71 on the country charts. Shortly after this album's release, Randall and Morgan would divorce. A more bluegrass-oriented album, entitled "Willin′", was issued in 1999 on the independent Eminent label.2000s
In 2003, though not signed to a label at the time, Randall and country singer Bill Anderson co-wrote a song entitled "
Whiskey Lullaby ". This song was inspired by one of Randall's producers, who, upon noticing the singer's troubled life at the time, told Randall, "Every now and then, you've got to put a bottle to your head and pull the trigger."Brad Paisley then selected the song for his 2003 album "Mud on the Tires ", recording "Whiskey Lullaby" as a duet with singerAlison Krauss . Released in 2004, Paisley and Krauss's rendition of "Whiskey Lullaby" was a #3 hit on the country charts, earning its writers aCountry Music Association award for Song of the Year.Randall signed to his fourth recording contract in 2005, this time with
Epic Records . His first album for Epic, "Walking Among the Living", was issued that year. Included among its songs were the singles "Baby Won't You Come Home" and "I Shouldn't Do This", as well as Randall's own rendition of "Whiskey Lullaby". Shortly after the album's release, however, he exited Epic's roster.In 2008,
Gary Allan released the single "She's So California", which Randall and Allan co-wrote with Jaime Hanna ofHanna-McEuen .Discography
Albums
*AUnreleased album.
Singles
References
External links
* [http://www.jonrandall.com/index.php Jon Randall's Official Site]
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