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  • 9 months ago
Jamey Johnson has called Nashville home for half his life, but he was raised in Montgomery, Alabama, in a family where pretty much everyone either played an instrument or sang. In this video, the Nashville singer shares stories from his childhood on the Biscuits & Jam podcast about what it was like to grow up in a culture centered around music.
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00:00It's a very distinct voice. It's one that people can recognize a mile away.
00:04Alison Krauss said it sounded like a foghorn.
00:07A really nice sounding foghorn.
00:09Dad is still a way more powerful singer than I am. He makes me sound like a tenor.
00:15He had a very deep, loud, rumbling kind of voice, sort of like Trace Atkins or Johnny Cash.
00:22And he told me, you never heard anything until you heard your pawpaw sing.
00:26I never heard him sing, but evidently my grandfather was a great singer.
00:31And I got to sing for him, though.
00:32I got to sit and play Randy Travis. I thought he walked on water.
00:36Before he passed away, he told BMAL he wanted me to sing that at his funeral.
00:40I had to try and sing that song to the rest of the family.
00:43It was almost impossible.

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