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| associated_acts = [[Jessi Alexander]], [[Bill Anderson (singer)|Bill Anderson]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Alison Krauss |
| associated_acts = [[Jessi Alexander]], [[Bill Anderson (singer)|Bill Anderson]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Alison Krauss]], [[Brad Paisley]] |
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'''Jon Randall Stewart''' (born February 17, 1969 in [[Dallas, Texas]]) is an American [[country music]] singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. Randall moved to Nashville in his late teens and began supporting Emmylou Harris on guitar. His work with Harris' band the Nash Ramblers on the live At the Ryman earned him a Grammy, and in 1995, RCA issued his solo debut, What You Don't Know.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cmt.com/artists/jon-randall/|title = CMT Artists Beta|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> Randall has had great success as a songwriter with songs cut by some of Nashville’s top artists including Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss who recorded the GRAMMY-nominated, ACM and CMA-awarded Vocal Event and Video of the Year song “Whiskey Lullaby” in 2005. He’s also had songs cut by Gary Allan who recorded “She’s So California”, Reba McEntire and Don Henley’s duet “Break Each Other’s Hearts Again”, Kenny Chesney’s “Demons”, The Lost Trailers’ “All This Love", Blake Shelton's "Drink On It", and Dierks Bentley's "Am I The Only One." Randall has released four studio albums and produced Dierks Bentley’s 2010 GRAMMY-nominated album Up on the Ridge.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Country 2 Country :: JON RANDALL & JESSI ALEXANDER|url = http://www.c2c-countrytocountry.com/line-up/pop-up-stages/jon-randall|website = www.c2c-countrytocountry.com|accessdate = 2015-09-25|first = Country 2|last = Country}}</ref> In 2007, Jon Randall married [[Jessi Alexander]] in the Nashville area.<ref>{{Cite web|title = RolandNote.com: The Ultimate Country Music Database|url = http://www.rolandnote.com/people/timeline/Jessi+Alexander|website = www.rolandnote.com|accessdate = 2015-09-25}}</ref> Jon Randall continues to write, perform, and produce in the Nashville area. |
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'''Jon Randall Stewart''' (born February 17, 1969 in [[Dallas, Texas]]) is an American [[country music]] singer, songwriter and musician. Signed to [[RCA 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-wife [[Lorrie Morgan]]'s song "By My Side". A third album (and second to be released), 1998's ''Cold Coffee Morning'', was issued on [[Asylum Records]], followed by 1999's ''Willin′'' on the independent Eminent label. Finally, in 2005, he issued ''Walking Among the Living'' on Epic Records. |
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In addition to the four studio albums that he has released, and the three songs he has charted on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] charts, Randall co-wrote the song "[[Whiskey Lullaby]]", which became a Top 5 hit when [[Brad Paisley]] recorded it as a duet with [[Alison Krauss]] on his 2003 album ''[[Mud on the Tires]]''. |
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==Biography== |
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Jon Randall Stewart was born on February 17, 1969 in [[Dallas, Texas]].<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p182540|pure_url=yes}} |title=Jon Randall biography |accessdate=2008-05-12 |last=Loftus |first=Johnny |work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> In his teenage years, he relocated to [[Nashville, Tennessee]], where he found work as a guitarist in [[Emmylou Harris]]'s band The Nash Ramblers. |
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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".<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=nash%20ramblers&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 GRAMMY Winners Search<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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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.<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=spring%20training&winner=&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 GRAMMY Winners Search<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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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 No. 74 on the country charts.<ref name="gac">{{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]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2010}}</ref> |
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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 country singer [[Lorrie Morgan]], whom he eventually married and with whom he performed the duet "By My Side" for both his own album and for her 1996 album ''[[Greater Need]]''.<ref name="gac"/> "By My Side" was released as a single in 1996, becoming Randall's only Top 40 hit on the country music charts and won a Music City News Award for Vocal Collaboration. ''Great Day to Be Alive'' was never released. However, its [[Darrell Scott]]-penned title track "[[It's a Great Day to Be Alive]]" would be recorded in 2002 by [[Travis Tritt]] for his album ''[[Down the Road I Go]]'', from which it was released as a single.<ref name="gac"/> |
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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 No. 71 on the country charts. Randall and Morgan divorced around this point,<ref name="allmusic"/> and ''Cold Coffee Morning'' also went unreleased.<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title=The encyclopedia of popular music|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NQ0KAQAAMAAJ&q=%22cold+coffee+morning%22&dq=%22cold+coffee+morning%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NslyUaT_EZS24AO34ICACw&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAjgU|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=761}}</ref> A more Americana-oriented album, entitled ''Willin′'', was issued in 1999 on the independent Eminent label. |
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===2000s=== |
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In 1998, Randall and country singer [[Bill Anderson (singer)|Bill Anderson]] co-wrote "[[Whiskey Lullaby]]". This song was inspired by Randall's manager 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."<ref name="gac"/> [[Brad Paisley]] then selected the song for his 2003 album ''[[Mud on the Tires]]'', recording "Whiskey Lullaby" as a duet with singer [[Alison Krauss]]. Released in 2004, Paisley and Krauss's rendition of "Whiskey Lullaby" was a No. 2 hit on the country charts, earning its writers a [[Country Music Association]] award for Song of the Year. |
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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".<ref name="gac"/> In 2006, he married singer-songwriter [[Jessi Alexander]], shortly before both she and Randall were dropped from their labels.<Ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=OBYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44&dq=%22jessi+alexander%22+%22jon+randall%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LD24U8rcCIyOyASe-ICYCg&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jessi%20alexander%22%20%22jon%20randall%22&f=false</ref> |
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In 2008, [[Gary Allan]] released the single "She's So California", which Randall and Allan co-wrote with Jaime Hanna of [[Hanna-McEuen]]. Randall also co-wrote [[The Lost Trailers]]' 2009 single "All This Love." In addition, he produced [[Dierks Bentley]]'s 2010 album ''[[Up on the Ridge]]'' and co-wrote several tracks on it. |
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Randall contributed to the 2011 [[tribute album]] to [[The Moody Blues]], ''[[Moody Bluegrass]] TWO...Much Love'' with lead vocal on the track "Highway" and backup vocal on "Tuesday Afternoon".<ref>{{cite web|title=Moody Bluegrass TWO...Much Love |url=http://www.twomuchlove.com/two-much-love-story-2/ |publisher=Moody Bluegrass project website |accessdate=September 6, 2015}}</ref> |
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He co-produced [[John Corbett (actor)|John Corbett]]'s second album ''Leaving Nothin' Behind'' and wrote 7 of the 10 songs on the album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Myers|first=Jim|title=John Corbett shows love for country music on new album|url=http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/02/28/john-corbett-shows-love-for-country-music-on-new-album/|work=[[The Tennessean]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|accessdate=November 30, 2013|date=February 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Five Questions With John Corbett|url=http://music-news.redigi.com/five-questions-with-john-corbett/|work=ReDigi|accessdate=November 30, 2013|date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> |
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==Discography== |
==Discography== |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jon Randall Stewart |
| Born | February 17, 1969 |
| Origin | Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, mandolin |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Labels | RCA Nashville, Asylum, Eminent, Epic |
Jon Randall Stewart (born February 17, 1969 in Dallas, Texas) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. Randall moved to Nashville in his late teens and began supporting Emmylou Harris on guitar. His work with Harris' band the Nash Ramblers on the live At the Ryman earned him a Grammy, and in 1995, RCA issued his solo debut, What You Don't Know.[1] Randall has had great success as a songwriter with songs cut by some of Nashville’s top artists including Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss who recorded the GRAMMY-nominated, ACM and CMA-awarded Vocal Event and Video of the Year song “Whiskey Lullaby” in 2005. He’s also had songs cut by Gary Allan who recorded “She’s So California”, Reba McEntire and Don Henley’s duet “Break Each Other’s Hearts Again”, Kenny Chesney’s “Demons”, The Lost Trailers’ “All This Love", Blake Shelton's "Drink On It", and Dierks Bentley's "Am I The Only One." Randall has released four studio albums and produced Dierks Bentley’s 2010 GRAMMY-nominated album Up on the Ridge.[2] In 2007, Jon Randall married Jessi Alexander in the Nashville area.[3] Jon Randall continues to write, perform, and produce in the Nashville area.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
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| What You Don't Know |
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| Great Day to Be Alive |
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| Cold Coffee Morning |
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| Willin' |
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| Walking Among the Living |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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| US Country | |||
| 1994 | "I Came Straight to You" | — | What You Don't Know |
| "This Heart" | 74 | ||
| 1998 | "She Don't Believe in Fairy Tales" | — | Cold Coffee Morning |
| 1999 | "Cold Coffee Morning" | 71 | |
| 2005 | "Baby Won't You Come Home" | — | Walking Among the Living |
| "I Shouldn't Do This" | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Guest singles
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| US Country | US Bubbling | CAN Country | ||||
| 1996 | "By My Side" | Lorrie Morgan | 18 | 10 | 21 | Greater Need |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 1994 | "I Came Straight to You"[4] | R. Brad Murano/Steven T. Miller |
| "This Heart" | Joanne Gardner | |
| 1998 | "She Don't Believe in Fairy Tales" | Trey Fanjoy |
| 2005 | "Baby Won't You Come Home" |
References
- ^ "CMT Artists Beta".
- ^ Country, Country 2. "Country 2 Country :: JON RANDALL & JESSI ALEXANDER". www.c2c-countrytocountry.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "RolandNote.com: The Ultimate Country Music Database". www.rolandnote.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Jon Randall : I Came Straight To You". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
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