Jace Everett Beasley (born May 27, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performs country and rock music. Signed to
Epic Records
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in 2005, he released his debut single "That's the Kind of Love I'm In" in 2005, which peaked at No. 52 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Songs
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charts, and was the first single from his self-titled debut album. He also co-wrote
Josh Turner
Joshua Otis Turner (born November 20, 1977) is an American country and gospel singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to MCA Nashville Records. That same year, his debut album's title track, "Long Black Train", was his breakthrough single r ...
's Number One single "
Your Man". His song "
Bad Things" is the theme for the
HBO
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series ''
True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development.
The serie ...
'' and peaked No. 2 in Norway in 2009. In the same year, he released his third album, ''Red Revelations'', under the Weston Boys label that peaked No. 12 in Norway.
Biography
Jace Everett was born in
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in ...
in 1972. His father's jobs kept them on the move through
Indianapolis
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and then
St. Louis, MO
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before moving to
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. Accordin ...
at the age of six. He started playing music in his church and in school concerts. He later moved to
Nashville, TN
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to attend
Belmont University
Belmont University is a private Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee. Descended from Belmont Women's College, founded in 1890 by schoolteachers Ida Hood and Susan Heron, the institution was incorporated in 1951 as Belmont College. It be ...
.
In 2005, Everett was signed to
Epic Records
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Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...
. He released his first single, "That's The Kind of Love I'm In", in June 2005. This song charted at No. 52 on the country charts, and was followed in early 2006 by the release of his self-titled debut album.
Also in 2006,
Josh Turner
Joshua Otis Turner (born November 20, 1977) is an American country and gospel singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to MCA Nashville Records. That same year, his debut album's title track, "Long Black Train", was his breakthrough single r ...
charted at Number One on the country charts with the song "
Your Man", which Everett co-wrote, and for which Everett received a
Broadcast Music Incorporated
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award.
The album's other singles — "Bad Things," "Nowhere in the Neighborhood" and "Everything I Want" — did not chart in the United States, although "Bad Things" reached No. 2 in Norway, No. 30 in Sweden and No. 49 in UK in 2009.
"Bad Things" is used as the theme song for the
HBO
Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...
TV series ''
True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development.
The serie ...
''. Charlaine Harris pays homage to the song by including "Bad Things" playing at Merlotte's in the 2010 Sookie Stackhouse mystery ''
Dead in the Family
''Dead in the Family'' is a 2010 New York Times Bestselling Gothic mystery novel by Charlaine Harris and the tenth book in her ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' series. The novel was released on May 4, 2010 by Ace Books and follows Sookie as she ...
''. It won a 2009
Broadcast Music Incorporated
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award in the cable television category and was nominated for a 2009
Scream Award
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for "Best Scream Song of the Year." His album, entitled ''Red Revelations'', was released in June 2009. His duet Evil (Is Going On), a cover of the song written by Willie Dixon, with
CC Adcock is part of the
True Blood season 2 soundtrack. A new album, "Mr. Good Times" was released in 2011. His latest album, "Terra Rosa" was released digitally on July 23, 2013.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Music videos
References
External links
Official website
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1972 births
Living people
American country rock singers
American country singer-songwriters
Musicians from Evansville, Indiana
Epic Records artists
Belmont University alumni
21st-century American singers
Country musicians from Indiana
Singer-songwriters from Indiana