Jason McCoy

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Jason McCoy (born August 27, 1970 in Minesing, Ontario) is an Canadian singer/songwriter who performs country music.

He has won many awards including the 2001 Male Vocalist of the year at the CCMAs, 3 SOCAN song of the year awards, 19 CCMA nominations, 5 Juno nominations (all for Best Country Male Vocalist). He also won 6 awards at the 2004 Ontario Country Performer & Fan Association awards. In 2006, he was awarded with the Global Artist award at the CMA awards in Nashville.

At age 5, his family moved to Camrose, Alberta, returning three years later. "The cowboy culture really stuck with me. I just fell in love with the music. For some reason, as a little kid, I had some sort of connection with these guys who were singing about these depressing things," says Jason, citing Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash to lesser known artists like Ed Bruce and Wynn Stewart. "I just didn't have a voice for rock 'n' roll."

In his teens, Jason owned a rock 'n' roll guitar and was partial to AC/DC, but in the 1980s, Jason joined a band called Three Quarter Country, which performed at legions, Saturday night dances, and clubs in Barrie, Midland, Orillia and other small towns.

On May 1, 1999, he married his long time love, Terrine Barnes and he also plays a role in the Paul Brandt video Convoy as a trucker.

Right now, Jason is a third of the country-rock trio The Road Hammers which also features musicians Clayton Bellamy and Chris Byrne. While it seems the majority of his time is going towards the Road Hammers, he is still maintaining his solo career.