From his roots in gospel music to his current career in topping the Country music charts, Josh Turner definitely knows how to use his "voice." This ICON CD includes the number one hit "Your Man" and the recent "Why Don't We Just Dance," and "Long Black Train"--a single that stayed on the Billboard country charts for 40-plus weeks!

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Turner recently finished recording his new album HAYWIRE with producer Frank Rogers. The first single, "Why Don't We Just Dance," is currently top 15 and is storming up the charts.

The album is being released as a regular 11-song version as well as in a deluxe edition that will include 4 bonus songs and access to exclusive video downloads from Josh.

New artists dream about the kind of results Josh Turner achieved with his 2003 debut, Long Black Train. Spurred by its haunting, gospel-inflected title track, the album sold a million copies and brought Turner a pair of nominations from the influential Country Music Association, plus a Top New Artist nomination from the Academy of Country Music. That debut, however, was merely a prelude. Turner's sophomore project, Your Man, demonstrates an increased maturity, a better-honed sense of his strengths, and a more specific portrait of the singer as both an artist and a man.

"I've really learned a lot," Turner reflects. "We were listening to my first record the other day, and I couldn't believe how much my voice has matured and grown from that time."

The album covers a range of emotions--from romantic devotion to spiritual intimacy to ethereal silliness--while paying overt allegiance to many of the musical figures who inspired him. Two of his biggest influences, honky-tonker John Anderson and bluegrass pioneer Ralph Stanley, make guest appearances; a Don Williams hit, "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy," gets reworked; and the Coal Miner's Daughter is even referenced in the title of the inexplicably weird "Loretta Lynn's Lincoln." If that weren't enough, Turner pays tribute to Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, and even trucker-ballad specialist Red Sovine. In fact, the last notes Turner sings on the album are an unintentional tribute to a country-gospel master, as the singer recaptures the way on down line from the late J.D. Sumners performance on an Elvis Presley hit.

Born and raised in Hannah, South Carolina, Turner got his first exposure to music at the Union Baptist Church. But his introduction to country music came through his father's mom, who acquainted him with Southern gospel quartets; country stars Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb; and bluegrass legends the Osborne Brothers and the Stanley Brothers.

"Ralph Stanley has such a unique voice, and he's really carved a niche for himself," Turner says. "He's kept mountain music and bluegrass music alive, and introduced a lot of new fans to that kind of music, and I was one of those people from a very early age."

After his initial success, Turner was empowered on the second album. He explores more emotional avenues and utilizes the lower end of his identifiable bass/baritone range more frequently. Though it sets him apart from his contemporaries, he's careful not to turn his signature into a novelty. Instead, he's picked material in which his basement tones are a natural enhancement to the messages hes conveying. Still, Turner's voice is ultimately an instrument that communicates the deeper influences in his world. His wife, his musical heritage, and his deeper understanding of his art all make their presence felt through inspiration or expression on Your Man, an uncommonly seamless sophomore effort. It's clear that calling his award-winning first album a debut was right on the mark: It was merely an introduction to an inspired and evolving artist.

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Media Type: CD
Artist: TURNER,JOSH
Title: LONG BLACK TRAIN
Street Release Date: 10/14/2003
Domestic
Genre: COUNTRY

Multi-platinum country star, Josh Turner's third album Everything Is Fine features the lead single "Firecracker" as well as duets with Grammy nominated R&B singer Anthony Hamilton on "Nowhere Fast" and country superstar Trisha Yearwood on "Another Try".

Turner recently finished recording his new album HAYWIRE with producer Frank Rogers. The first single, "Why Don't We Just Dance," is currently storming up the charts.

The album is being released as a regular 11-song version as well as in a deluxe edition that will include 4 bonus songs and access to exclusive video downloads from Josh.

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CMH Records presents their bluegrass tribute to Josh Turner and his new country classics. His music is reinterpreted by a group of expert Nashville pickers who transform these songs in a whirlwind of flying fingers. "Jacksonville," "She’ll Go on You," and of course the landmark "Long Black Train" are given a traditional bluegrass treatment with amazing results. This backwoods boy is certainly on a train to the top!