Jamey Johnson’s “21 Guns” Is Out Now

Jamey Johnson is hands down a certified bad ass and this song of his is proving that again.

According to his Wikipedia here. Jamey was born on July 14, 1975, in Enterprise, Alabama, and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. From an early age, he was influenced by country acts like Alabama and Alan Jackson. After he graduated from Jefferson Davis High School, Johnson attended Jacksonville State University, the same university from which Alabama lead singer Randy Owen graduated. Go figure.

Here’s where things got interesting. Jamey decided to quit college after two years to serv in the United States Marine Corps Reserve for four years. While in the Marines, he began playing country music in various bars in the Montgomery area. One of his first gigs was opening for David Allan Coe. By the year 2000, Johnson made the move to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in country music. As they say the rest is history.

The song “In Color” put Jamey on the country music map and he’s forever etched in country music history. It’s been a minute since we’ve really gotten some new music from him, but he’s still playing shows everywhere. Fans keep showing up to his shows too. So, he’s perfectly fine. It’s not that he’s disappeared in anyway. It’s just that mainstream country radio chooses to ignore anything he does. 

Jamey picked the perfect weekend to deliver his new song, “21 Guns”. Memorial Day weekend is time to remember the men and women who payed the ultimate sacrifice in defending our country.

Here’s what he posted on his socials about this new song of his…

“I wrote it because I have gone to too many funerals of Marines I served with that were just too young. When they die young, you always remember them that way, which is unfair. Guys that heroic that die that young deserve the right to grow old and they didn’t get to. But it is also being at those funerals and seeing their parents who seem much too young to have a child die in that way and wondering what must be going through their minds. This song is the answer to that question.”

You can stream “21 Guns” now on our Hillbilly Live playlist on Spotify.