Jason Eady is an American singer and guitarist, originally from Mississippi but now based in Texas. He is affiliated with the Texas country music scene,[1] particularly through his evocation of an "old school honky-tonk" style of songwriting.[2]
Jason Eady grew up in Jackson, Mississippi,[3] and has been influenced by bluegrass, Don Williams and Willie Nelson.[4] He is married to, and frequently collaborates with, Texas singer-songwriter Courtney Patton.[5]
Eady collaborated with Kevin Welch on his last three albums, AM Country Heaven from 2012, Daylight and Dark from 2014, and his self-titled album from 2017. AM Country Heaven debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 9 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[6]
Highway Prayer: A Tribute to Adam Carroll, released on Austin-based Eight 30 Records in late 2016, featured Eady's take on Carroll's "Errol's Song." Additionally, Eight 30 Records' Floater: A Tribute to the Tributes to Gary Floater featured Eady's version of "Stand Back Boys I'm Fixing to Care.[7]
AllMusic gave Daylight and Dark a 4 star review and said, "In terms of quality, it belongs on a shelf next to Dwight Yoakam's Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room, Joe Ely's Letter to Laredo, and yes, even Willie Nelson's Phases and Stages".[8] NPR's Ken Tucker contrasted Eady's traditionalism with Jon Pardi and said, "Ultimately, both Pardi and Eady have to confront the dilemma of all young country musicians: how to navigate the pop current that keeps country music commercially viable while connecting to a past that fewer and fewer listeners are aware of."[9]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [10] | US Heat [11] | |||
| From Underneath the Old |
| — | — | |
| Wild-Eyed Serenade |
| — | — | |
| When the Money's All Gone |
| — | — | |
| AM Country Heaven |
| 40 | 9 | |
| Daylight/Dark |
| 45 | 12 | |
| Something Together (with Courtney Patton) |
| — | 18 | |
| Jason Eady |
| — | 18 | |
| I Travel On |
| — | 16 | |
| To the Passage of Time |
| — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||