American country artist Jamey Johnson was born on July 14, 1975, in Enterprise,
Alabama. He spent most of his childhood in Montgomery, the state's capital,
where he developed a passion for country music, citing Alabama and Alan Jackson
as some of his earliest influences. After dropping out of college, Jamey Johnson
served four years in the US military and later cut his teeth performing in
country music bars in the Montgomery area. Like many up-and-coming
singer-songwriters in the genre, he relocated to Nashville in the 2000s to
pursue a career as a full-time recording artist. The...