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Infobox musical artist|image =|name = Buddy Jewell|caption =|image_size =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Buddy Jewell Jr.|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1961|04|02|origin = Lepanto, Arkansas , USA |instrument = Singing|Vocals |genre = Country music|Country |occupation = Singer-songwriter |years_active = 2001present|label = My Little Jewell, Columbia Records|Columbia , New Revolution|associated_acts = Clint Black , Miranda Lambert |website = http://www.buddyjewell.com/ buddyjewell.com Buddy Jewell Jr. (born April 2, 1961) is an American country music artist who was the first winner on the USA Network talent show Nashville Star . Signed to Columbia Records in 2003, Jewell made his debut on the American country music scene with the release of his Buddy Jewell (album)|self-titled album , which produced the singles " Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song) " and " Sweet Southern Comfort ". Another album, Times Like These (Buddy Jewell album)|Times Like These , followed in 2005.
Biography
Buddy Jewell was born in Lepanto, Arkansas|Lepanto , Arkansas on April 2, 1961.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p560551/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Buddy Jewell biography|last=Jeffries|first=David|work= Allmusic |accessdate=2009-06-05 He began playing guitar after buying one from a schoolmate during childhood, and saved the money that he earned bagging groceries to buy guitar lesson books. Jewell also listened to the music that his father, also named Buddy, played for him, and was taught by his uncle Clyde how to play " What a Friend We Have in Jesus ".cite web|url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/jewell_buddy/bio.jhtml|title=Buddy Jewell biography|work= CMT |accessdate=2009-06-05 By age fifteen, Jewell had also taught himself how to play Johnny Cash 's "I Still Miss Someone." He attended Arkansas State University where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha . http://www.pxdrive.com/album/BUDDY+JEWELL_pictures_sgacpic/ Jewell majored in television and radio in college, although he left in his junior year to marry, despite the marriage only lasting two-and-a-half years.
Jewell later moved to Camden, Arkansas at age 21 in pursuit of a musical career. There, he discovered a band called White Oak, which was seeking a new lead singer. This band was sponsored by a booking agency whose roster also included Canyon (country music band)|Canyon and a band founded by a then-unknown Trace Adkins . After touring with WhiteOak for four years, he moved to Dallas, Texas , where he took a role in a gunfighing show at Six Flags over Texas . He later entered a singing competition that was sponsored by the band Alabama (band)|Alabama , whose music was also an inspiration to him. He won the competition's top prize, which was an opening slot for the band.
After winning the competition, he competed on Star Search where he won Male Vocalist on several episodes. He later decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee in 1993, and found work two years later as a demo (music)|demo singer. As a demo singer, he recorded more than 5000 demos. Among the songs that Jewell recorded demos for were " Write This Down " for George Strait , " A Little Past Little Rock " for Lee Ann Womack , " The One (Gary Allan song)|The One " for Gary Allan and " You're Beginning to Get to Me " for Clay Walker . Jewell also self-released albums entitled One in a Row and Far Enough Away in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Having been rejected by several record labels at this point, he supported himself with the money that his second wife made at her nail salon.
In 2003, Jewell competed in the first season of the television singing competition Nashville Star . He became the show's first winner that season, and was soon signed to a recording contract with Columbia Records Nashville.
2003-2004: Buddy Jewell
On May 5, 2003, two days after his win, Jewell's debut single " Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song) " was shipped to radio. It became the highest-debuting single by a new country artist since the singles charts were first tabulated via Nielsen SoundScan in 1990.cite web|url= http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23277057_ITM|title=Nashville Star Winner Buddy Jewell Breaks Record With Debut Single; 'Help Pour Out the Rain (Lacey's Song)' Highest Debut Single By Solo Artist.|date=2003-05-15|work=PR Newswire|accessdate=2009-08-08 This song reached number three on the country charts and 29 on the pop charts. It was the first single from his Buddy Jewell (album)|self-titled debut album, which was produced by former RCA Records artist Clint Black and was recorded in ten days.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1473512/buddy-jewell-polishes-his-star.jhtml |title=Buddy Jewell Polishes His Star |accessdate=2008-08-03 |work= Country Music Television|CMT Buddy Jewell sold 500,000 copies and earned a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), in addition to producing a second number three country hit in " Sweet Southern Comfort ", which also reached number 40 on the pop charts. This song was followed by the number 38 country single "One Step at a Time".cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|date=August 2008|pages=210|isbn=0-89820-177-2|accessdate=2009-10-06
2004-2005: Times Like These
Jewell's second album for Columbia, Times Like These (Buddy Jewell album)|Times Like These , was released in 2005. This album did not perform as well at radio, with its first single ("If She Were Any Other Woman") reaching number 27 on the charts, and the second single ("So Gone") failing to chart entirely. By the end of the year, Jewell was dropped from Columbia's roster.
2005-present: Country Enough
He did not release another single until "This Ain't Mexico" in 2008, a self-released single. This was included on an album entitled Country Enough , which was released on Diamond Dust Records in 2008.
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One in a Row
Release date: 2001
Label: self-released
Formats: Compact disc|CD
Far Enough Away
Release date: 2002
Label: self-released
Formats: CD
Buddy Jewell
Release date: July 1, 2003
Label: Columbia Records
Formats: CD, music download
Recording Industry Association of America|US : Goldcite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database|title=RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=July 11, 2011
Besides Nashville Star, Jewell has appeared on several episodes of Campfire Cafe .
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http://www.buddyjewell.com Official website
myspace|buddyjewell|Buddy Jewell
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