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For|the Slashdot co-founder|Jeff Bates (Slashdot)BLP sources|date=August 2008Infobox musical artist| image =| name = Jeff Bates| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Jeffery Wayne Bates| birth_date = birth date and age|1963|9|19cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=45|isbn=0-89820-177-2| birth_place = Bunker Hill, Mississippi, USA | origin =| instrument = singing|Vocals | genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2003present| associated_acts = Andy Griggs Jamey Johnson Tracy Lawrence Lonestar Montgomery Gentry | label = RCA Records|RCA Nashville , Black River Entertainment|Black River | website = URL| http://www.jeffbates.net/|Official website Jeffery Wayne "Jeff" Bates (born September 19, 1963) is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 2003, Bates released his debut album Rainbow Man that year. A second album, Leave the Light On , was released in 2005 on RCA. He left RCA in 2006. This album was followed by Jeff Bates in 2008 on the independent Black River Entertainment . Bates' two RCA albums accounted for seven chart singles on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard country charts, of which three reached top 40: "The Love Song" (his highest, at #8), "I Wanna Make You Cry" at #23, and "Long, Slow Kisses" at #17.
Biography
Expand section|more biographical info|date=November 2007Jeff Bates was born in Bunker Hill, Mississippi, a community in Marion County. He went to East Marion High School in Columbia.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p558738|pure_url=yes|title=Jeff Bates biography|last=Jeffries|first=David|work= allmusic |accessdate=2009-02-17
Musical career
Rainbow Man
Before signing to a record contract, Bates co-wrote Tracy Lawrence 's 2002 single "What a Memory". Bates signed to RCA Records Nashville in 2003, releasing his debut single, " The Love Song (Jeff Bates song)|The Love Song " that year. Peaking at #8 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard country charts, it was the first of three singles from his debut album Rainbow Man , which also produced a #47 in its title track and a #23 in "I Wanna Make You Cry". Bates co-produced the album with David Malloy , Kenny Beard, and Scott Hendricks .
Leave the Light On
His fourth single, " Long, Slow Kisses ", was a re-recording of a cut from his debut album. This re-recording was the third Top 40 hit of his career, peaking at #17 in 2005. It was also the first of four singles from his second album, Leave the Light On (Jeff Bates album)|Leave the Light On . However, none of the other three singles from this album "Good People", "No Shame" and "One Second Chance" reached Top 40, (However, "No Shame" did reach top 40 at #40 for Mediabase, which is used by Bob Kingsley's "Country Top 40" show), and Bates was dropped from RCA's roster.
He signed to Black River Entertainment in 2008 and released his Jeff Bates (album)|self-titled third album. The album's first three singles were "Don't Hate Me for Lovin' You", "Riverbank", and "One Thing". In January 2009 he released his first Christmas single "That's What Christmas Is" with Jimmy Fortune of The Statler Brothers fame singing background vocals.
One Day Closer
Jeff's second and first EP for Black River, "One Day Closer" was released February 15, 2011.
Personal life and charitable efforts
After signing a contract with Warner-Chappell Publishing, Bates developed a methamphetamine addiction in late 1999. To feed the drug habit, he sold everything he owned and then resorted to stealing, including a guitar from his friend Kenny Beard. On March 14, 2001, he was arrested for drug possession and grand theft. After rehabilitation and jail time, he was given a second chance and signed to RCA. The song "One Second Chance" was inspired by this part of his life.cite web|last=Dickinson|first=Chrissie|url= http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-04-09/news/0604080178_1_second-chance-jeff-bates-down-home-roots|title=One Second Chance cuts to the bone of Jeff bates story|work=One Second Chance cuts to the bone of Jeff Bates story|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=3 February 2012
In August 2006, a $3,500 guitar that was a gift to Bates from the Takamine Guitars|Takamine guitar company and used in his video "One Second Chance" was stolen from Bates' garage. When Bates called the Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville police, Det. Rick Mavity was sent to investigate. Mavity was the same officer involved in Bates' arrest in 2001. Mavity located the stolen guitar in a pawn shop and returned it to Bates.cite news|title=Jeff Bates Recovers Stolen Guitar|url= http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_4918688,00.html|accessdate=3 February 2012|newspaper=Great American Country|date=August 15, 2006
Bates has been active in his works of compassion, collecting for organizations such as Toys for Tots and others. In 2005, a concert in Hattiesburg, Mississippi , raised $25,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief in his home area.
In May 2007, Bates married his girlfriend, Kelly Vaughn,cite web|title=Jeff Bates Pops the Question|url= http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5110632,00.html|work=Jeff Bates Pops the Question|publisher=Great American Country Headlines|accessdate=3 February 2012 in an outdoor ceremony. A year later, he signed to Black River Music Group and released his self-titled third album.
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http://www.jeffbates.net/ Official Jeff Bates website
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