Nashville, Tennessee
Singer-Songwriter

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BIOGRAPHY

Jimmy arrived onto the Nashville scene with catchy, well-crafted, songs and a truly original voice. Featured in Rolling Stone and Country Weekly Magazine--a recent opener for superstars LeAnn Rimes & Eric Church--and selected to play Justin Timberlake's backstage party on Justin's Nashville tour stop, his soon-to-be-released studio debut showcases a variety of sounds--country, alt-country, rock, pop, folk, and combines a little a bit of everything into a fresh, dreamy yet earthly sound. The cd pulls from a variety of musical influences that range far beyond his years. These influences include George Strait, Tom Petty, Keith Urban, The Mavericks, Jim Lauderdale, Ray Charles, Dwight Yoakam, The Beatles, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Richman, George Jones, Gypsy Kings, Love, Buddy Holly, The Pixies, Townes Van Zandt, Elvis to Chris Isaak --the list goes on and on. A Notre Dame grad with good roots (hes a descendant of Texas Alamo hero William Barret Travis), his live shows are high energy explosions. Atlanta's Creative Loafing notes, "He's a country troubadour that blends it all together at the bumpy crossroads of slick Nashville and gritty Austin." Jimmy has the rare gift of crossing over without losing authenticity.

www.myspace.com/jimmybarret

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Country, Rock , Pop

PUBLISHING COMPANY

New Heights Entertainment, independent publishing company

Contact

Publishing: http://www.newheightsent.com/contactus/contactus.html
Administrative: Maegan Young - maegan@jimmybarret.com

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

acoustic guitar / vocals

INFLUENCES

George Strait, Townes Van Zandt, Jonathan Richman, George Jones, Willie, the Kinks, the Beatles, the Cars, Weezer, the Pixies, Otis Redding, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Lauderdale, Dylan, Elvis, Warren Zevon, etc...

DAY JOB

Singer/Songwriter

I AM INTERESTED IN

in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a record deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

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