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Chanteur
Country US né James Allen Otto, le 29 Juillet 1973 à Fort Lewis (Washington).
A country
singer and songwriter with a Southern rock heart, James Otto was born into a
military family at the Fort Louis Army Base in Washington and grew up all over
the U.S., including extended stays in North Dakota and Alabama. He started
singing when he was only four years old, and learned both violin and saxophone
before getting his first guitar at the age of 13. Both his father and
grandfather were part-time musicians who played gigs in local bars, so music was
hardly a foreign thing to Otto, but it wasn't until he spent time with his
mother in Sand Mountain, AL, that he really discovered the joys of country
music. After graduating from high school, Otto did a two-year stint in the U.S.
Navy and, following his release from active service, he moved to Nashville in
1998, attending various songwriting nights at the clubs there, soon falling in
with the so-called MuzikMafia, a feisty group of writers and musicians that
included Big & Rich and
Gretchen Wilson, who became the
central players in a CMT reality show called MuzikMafia TV. The exposure
landed Otto a record deal with Mercury Nashville and he released a handful of
singles and an album, 2002's Days of Our Lives, before being dropped by
the label in 2004. Following a small screen role in Road House 2, he
rebounded by signing with Raybaw Records, a Warner Bros. imprint, and releasing
a second album, Sunset Man, produced by his brother-in-law (and
Rascal Flatts member) Jay DeMarcus,
in 2008. Sunset Man generated one big hit with the chart-topping “Just Got
Started Lovin’ You” and raised Otto’s profile considerably, leading to several
co-writing gigs including authoring
Jamey Johnson’s “In Color,” which won Song of the Year at the 2008 Academy
of Country Music Awards. Otto returned with his third album, Shake What God Gave
Ya, in the fall of 2010.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Otto
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Americana, Contemporary Country, Progressive Country
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 2002 | SP MERCURY 088 172 244-7 (US) | . | The Ball / Long Way Down |
| 2003 | SP MERCURY B0001402-21 (US) | . | Days Of Our Lives / The Ball |
| 10/2003 | CD MERCURY 000150032 (US) |
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Days Of Our Lives / The Ball / James OTTO Talks About "Days Of Our Lives" |
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Albums
| 03/2004 | CD MERCURY 000211002 (US) |
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DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Long Way Down / Gone / Misspent Youth / Miss Temptation / Sunday Morning and Saturday Night / Song Of The Violin / She Knows / Days Of Our Lives / The Last Thing I Do / The Ball / Lowdown On The Highlife / Never Say Goodbye |
| 04/2008 | CD WARNER / REPRISE 49907 (US) |
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SUNSET MAN - Ain't Gonna Stop / Just Got Started Lovin' You / For You / These Are The Good Ole Days / Where Angels Hang Around / Sunset Man / You Don't Act Like My Woman / When A Woman's Not Watching / Drink & Dial / Damn Right / The Man That I Am |
| 09/2010 | CD WARNER BROS. 519615 (US) |
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SHAKE WHAT GOD GAVE YA - Are Ya With Me / Groovy Little Summer Song / Lover Man / Soldiers & Jesus / Love Don't Cost A Thing / Sun Comes 'Round Again / Shake What God Gave Ya / It's A Good Time (For A Good Time) / Just Like Sunshine / Let's Just Let Go / She Comes To Me / Good Thing's Gone Bad |
© Rocky Productions 17/09/2010
