Jason McCoy
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Jason McCoy is a Canadian singer/songwriter who performs country music
.
He was born in Barrie, Ontario
and was raised for a time in Camrose, Alberta
before his family settled in Anten Mills, Ontario.
He has won many awards including the 2001 Male Vocalist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, 3 SOCAN Song of the Year awards, 19 CCMA nominations and 5 Juno nominations (all for Best Country Male Vocalist). He also won 6 awards at the 2004 Ontario Country Performer and Fan Association
awards. In 2006, he was awarded with the Global Artist Award at the CMA Awards in Nashville.
McCoy is also one of the three members of the group The Road Hammers
, which has released two studio albums, in addition to charting four singles in Canada and one in the United States.
, returning three years later. "The cowboy culture really stuck with me. I just fell in love with the music. For some reason, as a little kid, I had some sort of connection with these guys who were singing about these depressing things," McCoy said, citing Merle Haggard
and Johnny Cash
to lesser known artists like Ed Bruce
and Wynn Stewart
. "I just didn't have a voice for rock 'n' roll." Jason started playing guitar at age 7 and wrote his first song when he was 12.
In his teens, Jason owned a rock 'n' roll guitar and was partial to AC/DC
. In the 1980s, he joined a band called Three Quarter Country, which performed at legions
, Saturday night dances, and clubs in Barrie
, Midland
, Orillia and other small towns. Jason won a talent contest in Toronto
in 1988, allowing him to travel to Nashville
to record an album with Ray Griff. He later signed with MCA Records in 1995.
On May 1, 1999, he married his long time love, Terrine Barnes. Their daughter, Grace Margaret McCoy, was born June 21, 2006.
McCoy was a member of the country-rock group The Road Hammers
from 2005–2010, which also featured musicians Clayton Bellamy and Chris Byrne, and earlier, Corbett Frasz. His first album in seven years, Everything
, was released on March 1, 2011.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
.
He was born in Barrie, Ontario
Barrie, Ontario
Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, approximately 90 km north of Toronto. Although located in Simcoe County, the city is politically independent...
and was raised for a time in Camrose, Alberta
Camrose, Alberta
Camrose is a city in central Alberta, Canada, amid some of the richest farmland in the prairies. It is a relatively small city which originally grew up along a railroad and now grows along Highway 13. Camrose is a scenic community with many parks, leading to its moniker "The Rose City"...
before his family settled in Anten Mills, Ontario.
He has won many awards including the 2001 Male Vocalist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, 3 SOCAN Song of the Year awards, 19 CCMA nominations and 5 Juno nominations (all for Best Country Male Vocalist). He also won 6 awards at the 2004 Ontario Country Performer and Fan Association
Ontario Country Performer and Fan Association
The Ontario Country Performer and Fan Association was founded in 2002 to support and promote country music in the province of Ontario.The organization was founded on the believe that by bringing artists and fans closer together, the industry could be strengthened...
awards. In 2006, he was awarded with the Global Artist Award at the CMA Awards in Nashville.
McCoy is also one of the three members of the group The Road Hammers
The Road Hammers
The Road Hammers was a Canadian Country music group composed of Jason McCoy, Clayton Bellamy and Chris Byrne. Formed by McCoy as a side project, the trio's music is influenced by 1960s and 1970s trucker music and Southern rock. Their first self-titled album included remakes of several classic...
, which has released two studio albums, in addition to charting four singles in Canada and one in the United States.
Biography
At around the age of 5, his family moved to Camrose, AlbertaCamrose, Alberta
Camrose is a city in central Alberta, Canada, amid some of the richest farmland in the prairies. It is a relatively small city which originally grew up along a railroad and now grows along Highway 13. Camrose is a scenic community with many parks, leading to its moniker "The Rose City"...
, returning three years later. "The cowboy culture really stuck with me. I just fell in love with the music. For some reason, as a little kid, I had some sort of connection with these guys who were singing about these depressing things," McCoy said, citing Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
and Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
to lesser known artists like Ed Bruce
Ed Bruce
William Edwin "Ed" Bruce, Jr. is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is known for penning the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" .-Early life & songwriting career:...
and Wynn Stewart
Wynn Stewart
Winford Lindsey Stewart , better known as Wynn Stewart, was an American country music performer. He was one of the progenitors of the Bakersfield sound...
. "I just didn't have a voice for rock 'n' roll." Jason started playing guitar at age 7 and wrote his first song when he was 12.
In his teens, Jason owned a rock 'n' roll guitar and was partial to AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
. In the 1980s, he joined a band called Three Quarter Country, which performed at legions
Royal Canadian Legion
The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization founded in 1925, with more than 400,000 members worldwide. Membership includes people who have served as current and former military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial and municipal police, direct relatives of...
, Saturday night dances, and clubs in Barrie
Barrie, Ontario
Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, approximately 90 km north of Toronto. Although located in Simcoe County, the city is politically independent...
, Midland
Midland, Ontario
Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.Situated at the southern end of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region, with a 125-bed hospital and a local airport. It is the main town of the southern Georgian Bay area...
, Orillia and other small towns. Jason won a talent contest in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
in 1988, allowing him to travel to Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
to record an album with Ray Griff. He later signed with MCA Records in 1995.
On May 1, 1999, he married his long time love, Terrine Barnes. Their daughter, Grace Margaret McCoy, was born June 21, 2006.
McCoy was a member of the country-rock group The Road Hammers
The Road Hammers
The Road Hammers was a Canadian Country music group composed of Jason McCoy, Clayton Bellamy and Chris Byrne. Formed by McCoy as a side project, the trio's music is influenced by 1960s and 1970s trucker music and Southern rock. Their first self-titled album included remakes of several classic...
from 2005–2010, which also featured musicians Clayton Bellamy and Chris Byrne, and earlier, Corbett Frasz. His first album in seven years, Everything
Everything (Jason McCoy album)
-External links:*[ Everything] at Allmusic...
, was released on March 1, 2011.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | CAN Country | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Greatest Times of All
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| 1995 | Jason McCoy Jason McCoy (album) Jason McCoy is the second album by Canadian country music singer Jason McCoy.-Track listing:# "Country Side" - 3:54# "This Used to Be Our Town" - 3:46... Compo Company Compo Company Ltd. was Canada's first independent record company.The Compo Company was founded in 1918 in Lachine, Quebec by Herbert Berliner, an executive of Berliner Gramophone of Canada and the oldest son of disc record inventor Emile Berliner.... |
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| 1997 | Playin' for Keeps Playin' for Keeps Playin' for Keeps is the third album by Canadian country music singer Jason McCoy.-Track listing:# Born Again in Dixieland - 3:25# A Little Bit of You - 2:56... Universal Records Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:... |
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Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... : Gold |
| 2000 | Honky Tonk Sonatas Honky Tonk Sonatas Honky Tonk Sonatas is the fourth album by Canadian country music singer Jason McCoy.-Track listing:# I've Got a Weakness - 4:26# Kind of Like It's Love - 3:00... |
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| 2003 | Sins, Lies and Angels Sins, Lies and Angels Sins, Lies and Angels is the fifth album by Canadian country music singer Jason McCoy. "Old Chunk of Coal" is a cover of the John Anderson song "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal ".-Track listing:... Open Road Recordings Open Road Recordings, a division of Maple Core Ltd., is a Canadian country music record label established by Ron Kitchener in 2003 and distributed through Universal Music Canada.-Open Road artists:* Ridley Bent* Dean Brody* Doc Walker* Emerson Drive... |
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| 2010 | Christmas at the Grand Christmas at the Grand Christmas at the Grand is the first Christmas album by Canadian country music artist Jason McCoy. It was released by EMI on November 2, 2010... |
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| 2011 | Everything Everything (Jason McCoy album) -External links:*[ Everything] at Allmusic... |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions |
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Greatest Hits 1995-2005 Greatest Hits 1995-2005 Greatest Hits 1995–2005 is the first greatest hits compilation by Canadian country music singer Jason McCoy.-Track listing:# "Born Again in Dixieland" - 3:25...
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Singles
| Year | Single | CAN Country | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Slow This World Down" | 36 | Greatest Times of All |
| 1990 | "How Could You Hold Me" | 82 | |
| 1991 | "She's My Wife" | — | |
| 1994 | "Your Mama Warned You 'Bout Me" | 36 | Jason McCoy |
| "Take It From Me" | 40 | ||
| 1995 | "Ghosts" | 29 | |
| "This Used to Be Our Town This Used to Be Our Town "This Used to Be Our Town" is a single by Canadian country music artist Jason McCoy. Released in 1995, it was the fourth single from his album Jason McCoy. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in July 1995.-Chart performance:... " |
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| "Learning a Lot About Love Learning a Lot About Love "Learning a Lot About Love" is a single by Canadian country music artist Jason McCoy. Released in 1995, it was the fifth single from his album Jason McCoy... " |
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| "Candle Candle (Jason McCoy song) "Candle" is a single by Canadian country music artist Jason McCoy. Released in 1995, it was the sixth single from his album Jason McCoy. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in March 1996.-Content:... " |
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| 1996 | "All the Way" | 4 | |
| 1997 | "Born Again in Dixieland Born Again in Dixieland "Born Again in Dixieland" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Jason McCoy. Released in June 1997, it was the lead single from his album Playin' for Keeps. The song reached #3 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in September 1997... " |
3 | Playin' for Keeps |
| "Heaven Help Her Heart" | 11 | ||
| 1998 | "A Little Bit of You" | 3 | |
| "I'm Gonna Make Her Mine" | 15 | ||
| "There's More Where That Came From" | 18 | ||
| 2000 | "Kind of Like It's Love" | 3 | Honky Tonk Sonatas |
| "Bury My Heart" | * | ||
| 2001 | "Fix Anything" | * | |
| "Ten Million Teardrops" | * | ||
| 2002 | "I've Got a Weakness" | * | |
| 2003 | "Still" | * | Sins, Lies and Angels |
| 2004 | "I Feel a Sin Comin' On" | * | |
| "I Lie" | * | ||
| 2005 | "She Ain't Missin' Missin' Me" | * | Greatest Hits 1995-2005 |
| 2006 | "I'm Not Running Anymore" | * | |
| 2011 | "She's Good for Me" | * | Everything |
| "I'd Still Have Everything" | * | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions |
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Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Ghosts" | |
| "This Used to Be Our Town" | ||
| "Learning a Lot About Love" | Warren Sonoda | |
| "Candle" | ||
| 1997 | "Born Again in Dixieland" | Robert Cuffley Robert Cuffley Robert Cuffley is a Canadian film director and screenwriter . He co-wrote the screenplay and directed Walk All Over Me , Turning Paige , Soother , and Eyes for You .-External links:... |
| "Heaven Help Her Heart" | Jeffrey Siberry | |
| 1998 | "A Little Bit of You" | |
| 2000 | "Kind of Like It's Love" | |
| "Bury My Heart" | ||
| 2001 | "Fix Anything" | Warren Sonoda |
| "Ten Million Teardrops" | ||
| "I've Got a Weakness" | ||
| 2003 | "Still" | Margaret Malandruccolo |
| 2004 | "I Feel a Sin Comin' On" | |
| 2005 | "She Ain't Missin' Missin' Me" | |
| 2007 | "I Wanna Be Your Santa Claus" (with Willie Mack Willie Mack Willie Mack is a country music singer-songwriter born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in Chico, Texas. He has had his songs recorded by Sara Evans, Collin Raye, The Oak Ridge Boys and Mark Wills, among others... ) |
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| 2011 | "I'd Still Have Everything" | Warren Sonoda |
Awards
- 6 2004 OCPFA Awards
- 1 Gold album (Playin' for Keeps)
- 19 CCMA Award Nominations
- 5 time Juno Award Male Country Vocalist of the Year Nominee
- Global Artist of the Year in 2006 for the CMA Awards