| Jason McCoy | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jason Dwight Campsall |
| Born | August 27, 1970 |
| Origin | Anten Mills, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Airstrip Music MCA Canada Universal Open Road Recordings |
| Associated acts | The Road Hammers |
| Website | www.jasonmccoy.com |
Jason McCoy (born Jason Dwight Campsall, August 27, 1970 in Barrie, Ontario) is a Canadian singer/songwriter who performs country music.
He was born in Barrie, Ontario and was raised for a time in Camrose, Alberta before his family settled in Anten Mills, Ontario.
He has won many awards including the 2001 Male Vocalist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards, 3 SOCAN Song of the Year awards, 19 CCMA nominations and 5 Juno nominations (all for Best Country Male Vocalist). He also won 6 awards at the 2004 Ontario Country Performer and Fan Association awards. In 2006, he was awarded with the Global Artist Award at the CMA Awards in Nashville.
McCoy is also one of the three members of the group The Road Hammers, which has released two studio albums, in addition to charting four singles in Canada and one in the United States.
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At around the age of 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," McCoy said, citing Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash to lesser known artists like Ed Bruce and Wynn Stewart. "I just didn't have a voice for rock 'n' roll." Jason started playing guitar at age 7[1] and wrote his first song when he was 12.[1]
In his teens, Jason owned a rock 'n' roll guitar and was partial to AC/DC. In the 1980s, he joined a band called Three Quarter Country, which performed at legions, Saturday night dances, and clubs in Barrie, Midland, Orillia and other small towns. Jason won a talent contest in Toronto in 1988, allowing him to travel to Nashville to record an album with Ray Griff.[1] He later signed with MCA Records in 1995.
On May 1, 1999, he married his long time love, Terrine Barnes. Their daughter, Grace Margaret McCoy, was born June 21, 2006.
McCoy was a member of the country-rock group The Road Hammers from 2005–2010, which also featured musicians Clayton Bellamy and Chris Byrne, and earlier, Corbett Frasz. His first album in seven years, Everything, was released on March 1, 2011.
| Title | Details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| CAN Country | |||
| Greatest Times of All |
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| Jason McCoy |
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2 | |
| Playin' for Keeps |
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17 | |
| Honky Tonk Sonatas |
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9 | |
| Sins, Lies and Angels |
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* | |
| Christmas at the Grand |
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* | |
| Everything |
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* | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions |
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| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Greatest Hits 1995-2005 |
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| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Country | |||
| 1989 | "Slow This World Down" | 36 | Greatest Times of All |
| 1990 | "How Could You Hold Me" | 82 | |
| 1991 | "She's My Wife" | — | |
| 1994 | "Your Mama Warned You 'Bout Me" | 36 | Jason McCoy |
| "Take It From Me" | 40 | ||
| 1995 | "Ghosts" | 29 | |
| "This Used to Be Our Town" | 1 | ||
| "Learning a Lot About Love" | 1 | ||
| "Candle" | 1 | ||
| 1996 | "All the Way" | 4 | |
| 1997 | "Born Again in Dixieland" | 3 | Playin' for Keeps |
| "Heaven Help Her Heart" | 11 | ||
| 1998 | "A Little Bit of You" | 3 | |
| "I'm Gonna Make Her Mine" | 15 | ||
| "There's More Where That Came From" | 18 | ||
| 2000 | "Kind of Like It's Love" | 3 | Honky Tonk Sonatas |
| "Bury My Heart" | * | ||
| 2001 | "Fix Anything" | * | |
| "Ten Million Teardrops" | * | ||
| 2002 | "I've Got a Weakness" | * | |
| 2003 | "Still" | * | Sins, Lies and Angels |
| 2004 | "I Feel a Sin Comin' On" | * | |
| "I Lie" | * | ||
| 2005 | "She Ain't Missin' Missin' Me" | * | Greatest Hits 1995-2005 |
| 2006 | "I'm Not Running Anymore" | * | |
| 2011 | "She's Good for Me" | * | Everything |
| "I'd Still Have Everything" | * | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions |
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| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Ghosts" | |
| "This Used to Be Our Town" | ||
| "Learning a Lot About Love" | Warren Sonoda | |
| "Candle" | ||
| 1997 | "Born Again in Dixieland" | Robert Cuffley |
| "Heaven Help Her Heart" | Jeffrey Siberry | |
| 1998 | "A Little Bit of You" | |
| 2000 | "Kind of Like It's Love" | |
| "Bury My Heart" | ||
| 2001 | "Fix Anything" | Warren Sonoda |
| "Ten Million Teardrops" | ||
| "I've Got a Weakness" | ||
| 2003 | "Still" | Margaret Malandruccolo |
| 2004 | "I Feel a Sin Comin' On" | |
| 2005 | "She Ain't Missin' Missin' Me" | |
| 2007 | "I Wanna Be Your Santa Claus" (with Willie Mack) | |
| 2011 | "I'd Still Have Everything" | Warren Sonoda |
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