| Birth name | John Joseph Joyce |
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| Birth place | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
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John Joseph "Jay" Joyce is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In the 1990s, Joyce, with Chris Feinstein and Brad Pemberton, recorded and toured as Iodine. He also fronted the band Bedlam, featured on the soundtrack to the Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs. and began working as a record producer, working with artists such as The Wallflowers, Tim Finn, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, White Reaper, Lainey Wilson and Cage the Elephant. In the 2000s, Joyce began producing for Eric Church, Halestorm, Zac Brown Band, Brandy Clark, Amos Lee, Declan McKenna, Fidlar and Little Big Town.[1][2][3] He has also played guitar for Crowded House, The Wallflowers, John Hiatt, Iggy Pop, Brendan Benson and Macy Gray.[4]
In recent years the Grammy Award-Winning Producer of the Year has worked with Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Brothers Osborne and Miranda Lambert, as well as played a major role in helping newcomers Ashley McBryde, LANCO, Devin Dawson and Tenille Townes find unique sounds and hone their songwriting abilities. In 2014 Joyce partnered with Warner/Chappell to establish Neon Cross Music, a publishing company with a roster of rock, pop and country artists and writers.[5]
Joyce has also received four CMA Awards[6] and five ACM Awards[7] including Producer of the Year. In 2018, rock critic Rob Harvilla of The Ringer named Joyce "the most influential—and hardest-rocking—man in Country music."[8]
Discography
Songwriting discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
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| 1999 | Chantal Kreviazuk | Colour Moving and Still | "Before You" | Chantal Kreviazuk |
| Shelby Lynne | I Am Shelby Lynne | "Dream Some" | Shelby Lynne, Dorothy Overstreet | |
| 2004 | Marc Broussard | Carencro | "Save Me" | Marc Broussard |
| Low Millions | Ex-Girlfriends | "Here She Comes" | Adam Cohen | |
| Liam Titcomb | Liam Titcomb | "Cross Yourself" | ||
| Tift Merritt | Tambourine | "Wait It Out" | Tift Merritt | |
| 2005 | Faith Hill | Fireflies | "The Lucky One" | Brad Warren, Brett Warren |
| 2009 | Love and Theft | World Wide Open | "Freedom" | Stephen Barker Liles, Brad Warren, Brett Warren |
| 2011 | Emmylou Harris | Hard Bargain | "Cross Yourself" | |
| 2012 | Little Big Town | Tornado | "Leavin' In Your Eyes" | Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Brett Warren, Brad Warren |
| 2013 | Thomas Rhett | It Goes Like This | "All-American Middle Class White Boy" | Thomas Rhett, Brett Warren, Brad Warren |
| Keith Urban | Fuse | "Lucky Charm" | Keith Urban, Jeremy Spillman | |
| 2014 | Little Big Town | Pain Killer | "Good People" | Natalie Hemby, Jeremy Spillman |
| "Turn the Light On" | Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, Natalie Hemby, Jeremy Spillman | |||
| "Silver and Gold" | Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jedd Hughes |
Production discography
References
- ^ "Little Big Town: About". Little Big Town. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "M Music & Musicians Magazine » JAY JOYCE". Mmusicmag.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ "Post News | Jay Joyce installs 48 channel SSL Duality console in Nashville facility". Solid State Logic. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2012-08-10.[dead link]
- ^ "M Music & Musicians Magazine » JAY JOYCE". Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "Warner/Chappell Music Signs Co-Pub Deal With Joyce". 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "Past Winners And Nominees". 2019 CMA Awards | Wednesday, November 13 on ABC. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ LTD, BubbleUp. "winners". Academy of Country Music. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ Harvilla, Rob (2018-08-21). "The Most Influential—and Hardest-Rocking—Man in Country Music". The Ringer. Retrieved 2020-07-17.