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BLP sources|date=July 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Jimmy Wayne| image =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Jimmy Wayne Barber| Born = birth date and age|1972|10|23cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p559043/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Jimmy Wayne biography |accessdate=2008-01-07 |last=Jurek |first=Thom |work= Allmusic | origin = Kings Mountain, North Carolina , USA | instrument = singing|Vocals , Guitar | genre = country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2003present| label = DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks Nashville Big Machine Records|Big Machine Valory Music Group| website = http://www.jimmywayne.com Official Website| associated_acts = Tracy Byrd , Hall & Oates , Whitney Duncan Jimmy Wayne Barber (born October 23, 1972 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina ) is an United States|American country music singer and songwriter. He released his self-titled Jimmy Wayne (album)|debut album in 2003 on the DreamWorks Records label. Four singles were released from it, including " Stay Gone " and " I Love You This Much ", which both reached Top Ten on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard country charts. A second album, Do You Believe Me Now (album)|Do You Believe Me Now , was released in August 2008 via Big Machine Records subsidiary Valory Music Group, and its title track became his first Number One hit in late 2008. Sara Smile (album)|Sara Smile followed in 2010.
Early life
Jimmy Wayne (Barber) was born on October 23, 1972 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina . His biological father abandoned him at an early age. He and his sister were sometimes raised in foster homes or were left with other people when their mother would leave them or go to jail. She served four months in prison in 1985 when Wayne was 12. After entering a county home, Wayne ran away and lived with his mother for a brief time before living on the streets and with his sister, Patricia, for a short while. He eventually moved in with an elderly couple, Russell and Bea Costner, (just down the road from where his mother was living), after being hired to mow their lawn.cite web|url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/wayne_jimmy/bio.jhtml|title=Jimmy Wayne biography|work= Country Music Television |accessdate=2009-09-17 After finishing high school, he worked as a guard at the Gaston Correctional Center|Gaston Correctional Facility , where he took Songwriter|songwriting advice from an inmate. He earned an associate's degree in criminal justice at a community college . Afterwards he worked as a corrections officer for 4 years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue his musical interests.
Musical career
In Nashville, Wayne worked as a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music , collaborating with Dean Dillon , Sanger D. Shafer and others while practicing his guitar and songwriting skills. One of his first cuts as a songwriter was " Put Your Hand in Mine ," released by Tracy Byrd in late 1999 from the album '' It's About Time (Tracy Byrd album)|It's About Time ''. By 2001, Wayne had signed to a recording contract with DreamWorks Records ' Nashville division.
Jimmy Wayne
Wayne released his debut single, " Stay Gone ," in 2003. This song was inspired by his sister, Patricia, who explained her marital troubles to him by saying "everything would be better if her husband would just stay gone," according to CMT . This song went on to peak at #3 on the U.S. Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts that year. It was also the first release from his Jimmy Wayne (album)|self-titled debut album, produced by Chris Lindsey and James Stroud . " I Love You This Much ," the next single, went on to peak at #6, followed by "You Are" and "Paper Angels," both at #18. The album also included the song "Blue and Brown," which Wayne wrote about a foster brother who ended up a prison inmate at the correctional facility Wayne worked. "Paper Angels", written about the Salvation Army 's Angel Tree program, earned him a William Booth Award from the organization.cite news|url= http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1501829/salvation-army-honors-jimmy-wayne.jhtml|title=Salvation Army honors Jimmy Wayne|work=CMT|date=2005-05-13|accessdate=2009-09-17
Big Machine and Valory (2006-2009)
After DreamWorks closed in 2005, Wayne was transferred to Big Machine Records . His first release for the label was "That's All I'll Ever Need," which he co-wrote with Mark Nesler and Tony Martin (songwriter)|Tony Martin . This song was slated to be the lead-off single to a second album with a projected release date of early 2007.cite web|url= http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1541994/jimmy-wayne-delivering-new-single.jhtml|title=Jimmy Wayne delivering new single|date=2006-09-28|work=CMT|accessdate=2009-09-17
Wayne later moved to Big Machine's sister label, Valory Music Group. His first single for Valory, " Do You Believe Me Now (Jimmy Wayne song)|Do You Believe Me Now ," entered the country charts in April 2008 and became his third Top Ten in August 2008. A second studio album, titled Do You Believe Me Now (album)|Do You Believe Me Now , was released on August 26. For the week of September 13, 2008, the title track became his first Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs chart. " I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)|I Will " was released in October 2008 as the second single from Do You Believe Me Now , and it peaked at #18. The next single, "I'll Be That," debuted at #56 in May 2009, reaching a peak of #46.
Sara Smile (2009-2010)
In September 2009, Wayne released a cover version of Hall & Oates ' 1976 single " Sara Smile ", with backing vocals from Hall & Oates. This cover is the lead-off single to his Sara Smile (album)|second album of the same name for Valory, released on November 23. The song has become Wayne's seventh Top 40 country single, as well as Hall & Oates' first Top 40 country single. The album's second single is "Just Knowing You Love Me," a duet with Whitney Duncan , which debuted and peaked at #59 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Wayne joined Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley on the American Saturday Night tour in mid-2009. http://countrymusic.about.com/od/tourschedules/fr/AmericanSatNite.htm Wayne parted ways with Valory Music Co. in September 2010. http://www.kikn.com/music/music-news/9851-montgomery-gentry-jimmy-wayne-part-ways-with-labels.html
Meet Me Halfway
On January 1, 2010, Wayne set out on a convert|1660|mi|km solo-hike from Nashville, Tennessee to Phoenix, Arizona to raise awareness about Street children|homeless youth and more specifically children aging out of the Foster care|foster system . Called the "Meet Me Halfway" campaign, he walked convert|25|mi|km a day, only coming off the walk for scheduled concerts http://meetmehalfway.jimmywayne.com/ and to go to the California State Legislature|California State Capitol to speak in favor of a bill that would increase the age kids age of the foster system from 18 to 21. http://www.theboot.com/2010/05/10/jimmy-wayne-meet-me-halfway-california
He successfully arrived in Phoenix on August 1, 2010 after suffering a broken foot 4 days prior, having successfully walked 1,700 miles over seven months. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iydXZQxE3TA7Cg6sMn0f0eN07sCgD9HBLM5O2 Even after completing his walk, Jimmy plans on continuing to advocate for foster children. He is the National Spokesperson for Foster Club, a national network for children in foster care http://www.fosterclub.com/news/country-star-jimmy-wayne-named-national-spokesperson-young-people-foster-care and says eventually his goal is to walk across all 50 states to bring awareness to the cause of foster kids who are aging out of the system.
http://www.jimmywayne.com Jimmy Wayne Official website
http://meetmehalfway.jimmywayne.com Meet Me Halfway (Valory Music Website)
http://projectmmh.org/ Project Meet Me Halfway
http://www.fosterclub.com The Foster Club
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