Jay Joyce

American singer-songwriter

Jay Joyce

Background information
Birth name| John Joseph Joyce
Born| Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Origin| Nashville, Tennessee
Genres|

* Rock
* country

Occupations|

* Record producer
* guitarist
* songwriter

Instruments|

* Guitar
* bass
* drums
* keyboard

Years active| 1986–present

Musical artist

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

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### Songwriting discography

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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"  |
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

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Year  | Artist  | Album  | Song(s)

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1998  | Patty Griffin | Flaming Red | All tracks except "One Big Love"
1999  | Tim Finn | Say It Is So | All tracks
Chantal Kreviazuk | Colour Moving and Still | All tracks
2000  | Rubyhorse | How Far Have You Come? | All tracks
The Warren Brothers | King of Nothing | "King of Nothing"
2001  | Tim Finn | Feeding the Gods | All tracks
John Hiatt | The Tiki Bar Is Open | All tracks
2002  | Rubyhorse | Rise | All tracks
2003  | Shaye | The Bridge |
2004  | Low Millions | Ex-Girlfriends |
2005  | Screaming Orphans | Circles | All tracks
2006  | Eric Church | Sinners Like Me | All tracks
2008  | Cage the Elephant | Cage the Elephant | All tracks
2009  | Eric Church | Carolina | All tracks
2010  | Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights | Pardon Me | All tracks
2011  | Cage the Elephant | Thank You, Happy Birthday | All tracks
Eric Church | Chief | All tracks
Emmylou Harris | Hard Bargain | All tracks
2012  | Little Big Town | Tornado | All tracks
The Wallflowers | Glad All Over | All tracks
2013  | Cage the Elephant | Melophobia | All tracks
Eric Church | Caught in the Act | All tracks
Patty Griffin | Silver Bell | All tracks (co produced w/Craig Ross)
Amos Lee | Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song | All tracks
Thomas Rhett | It Goes Like This | "Whatcha Got in That Cup", "Something to Do with My Hands", "Make Me Wanna",
"Front Porch Junkies (Remix)", "All-American Middle Class White Boy", "Beer with Jesus"
Keith Urban | Fuse | "Love's Posters Child", "Lucky Charm" (both co-produced w/Urban)
2014  | Eric Church | The Outsiders | All tracks
Little Big Town | Pain Killer | All tracks
Randy Rogers Band | Homemade Tamales – Live at Floore's |
Sleeper Agent | About Last Night |
2015  | Eric Church | Mr. Misunderstood | All tracks
Coheed and Cambria | The Color Before the Sun | All tracks (co produced w/Coheed and Cambria)
FIDLAR | Too | All tracks
Halestorm | Into the Wild Life | All tracks
Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Renegade Runaway", "Dirty Laundry", "Smoke Break",
"Choctaw County Affair", "Like I'll Never Love You Again", "Chaser"
Zac Brown Band | Jekyll + Hyde | "Homegrown", "Bittersweet" (both co-produced w/Zac Brown)
2016  | Brothers Osborne | Pawn Shop |
Brandy Clark | Big Day in a Small Town | All tracks
2017  | Little Big Town | The Breaker | All tracks
2018  | Devin Dawson | Dark Horse | All tracks
Brothers Osborne | Port Saint Joe | All tracks
Ashley McBryde | Girl Going Nowhere | All tracks
Mikky Ekko | FAME | All tracks
Eric Church | Desperate Man | All tracks
Rainbow Kitten Surprise | How To: Friend, Love, Freefall | All tracks
2019  | White Reaper | You Deserve Love | All tracks
2020  | Declan McKenna | Zeros | All tracks
Brandy Clark | Your Life Is a Record | All tracks
Miranda Lambert | Wildcard | All tracks
Ashley McBryde | Never Will | All tracks
2021  | Devin Dawson | The Pink Slip | All tracks
Lainey Wilson | Sayin' What I'm Thinkin' | All tracks
Eric Church | Heart | All tracks
Eric Church | & | All tracks
Eric Church | Soul | All tracks
2022  | Orville Peck | Bronco | All tracks
Zella Day | Sunday In Heaven | All tracks except "Radio Silence" and "Sunday In Heaven"
Lainey Wilson | Bell Bottom Country | All tracks
2023  | Chris Ryan and Jelly Roll | Single  | "Scared to Go to Church"
2024  | Lainey Wilson | Whirlwind | All tracks
The Black Crowes | Happiness Bastards | All tracks
2025  | Jon Pardi | Honkytonk Hollywood | All tracks

## References

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1. ^ "Little Big Town: About". Little Big Town. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
2. ^ "M Music & Musicians Magazine » JAY JOYCE". Mmusicmag.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
3. ^ "Post News | Jay Joyce installs 48 channel SSL Duality console in Nashville facility". Solid State Logic. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
4. ^ "M Music & Musicians Magazine » JAY JOYCE". Retrieved 2020-07-17.
5. ^ "Warner/Chappell Music Signs Co-Pub Deal With Joyce". 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
6. ^ "Past Winners And Nominees". 2019 CMA Awards | Wednesday, November 13 on ABC. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
7. ^ LTD, BubbleUp. "winners". Academy of Country Music. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
8. ^ Harvilla, Rob (2018-08-21). "The Most Influential—and Hardest-Rocking—Man in Country Music". The Ringer. Retrieved 2020-07-17.

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