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Jason Michael Carroll Profile |
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Birth Date: June 13, 1978
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Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA
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Birth Name: Jason Michael Carroll
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Biography |
Jason Michael Carroll is an American country music artist.
After being discovered at a local talent competition in
2004, Carroll was signed to the Arista Nashville label in
2006, releasing his debut album Waitin' in the Country that
year. This album has produced three consecutive Top 40
country hits for him on the Billboard Hot Country Songs
charts: "Alyssa Lies" (#5), "Livin' Our Love Song" (#6), and
"I Can Sleep When I'm Dead" (#21). A fourth single, "Where
I'm From", was released in late 2008 and has charted as
well.
Carroll grew up in a religious household in Raleigh, North
Carolina; his father was a conservative Christian minister
who viewed modern music as sinful and would not allow any
secular music played in the home, or even on family trips in
the car. His father went so far as to spank him when he
found a copy of Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" in his
bedroom.
In 2004, encouraged by his mother, Carroll won a local
singing competition, WRAZ FOX 50's Gimme the Mic. During
this same period, Carroll had finished writing "Alyssa
Lies." Carroll says he struggled to the point of getting
migraines for a year and a half before finishing the song.
He was discovered by Rusty Harmon, the manager who produced
Hootie & the Blowfish a decade ago. By the summer of 2005,
Carroll was a regular along Nashville's Music Row. He later
signed with the booking agency Monterey Peninsula Artists
Nashville and entered a recording agreement with Arista
Nashville. |
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since February 3, 2009