Jamie Lee Thurston Explained

Jamie Lee Thurston
Birth Place:Montpelier, Vermont, U.S.[1]
Origin:Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:Country
Occupation:Singer-songwriter
Instrument:Vocals, guitar
Years Active:2003–present
Label:View 2, Warner Bros., Country Thunder, Snakebit

Jamie Lee Thurston is an American country music singer. He was raised in Waterbury, Vermont and performed with his father starting at age 15. After moving to Los Angeles, California, he moved again to Nashville, Tennessee in 1999.[2]

In 2003, he released the album I Just Wanna Do My Thing via View 2. The album included the single "It Can All Be Gone", which peaked at number 59 on the Hot Country Songs charts. He later signed to Warner Bros. Records Nashville, then to Country Thunder.[3]

Thurston wrote Rodney Atkins' 2009 single "15 Minutes", and cuts by Trace Adkins and Montgomery Gentry.[4] In 2013, Thurston appeared on Game Show Network's Family Trade to compose a jingle for G. Stone Motors in exchange for a new truck.[5] The jingle, "We Trade for Anything" was also used as the show's opening credits theme music.[5]

Thurston's life is the basis of a screenplay co-written by Tim Rhys, the founder of MovieMaker magazine.

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
I Just Wanna Do My Thing
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: CD Baby
  • Format: CD
Where's an Outlaw When You Need One
  • Release date: 2010
  • Label: Snakebit
  • Format: CD
The Stayin Kind
  • Release date: 2012
  • Label: CD Baby
  • Format: CD

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
2003"It Can All Be Gone"59I Just Wanna Do My Thing
2006"God Bless the Children" [6] Turbo Twang'n
2007"People Out There"I Just Wanna Do My Thing
"Dear God"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearVideo
2003"It Can All Be Gone"
2009"Dance Around The Truth"
2017"Givin' Up Breathin'"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 420. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Web site: Jamie Lee Thurston: Straight Shooter. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052945/http://www.countryweekly.com/vault/jamie-lee-thurston-straight-shooter. March 4, 2016. March 3, 2003. Country Weekly. February 21, 2013.
  3. Web site: Country Aircheck. February 20, 2007. February 21, 2013.
  4. Web site: Bio . Jamie Lee Thurston . February 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130115211604/http://www.jamieleethurston.com/bio.php . January 15, 2013 .
  5. Family Trade. Game Show Network. April 16, 2013. 1. 8.
  6. Web site: Nashville All Star Choir . Wayne Warner . November 28, 2019.