Jason Michael Carroll 'Waiting in the Country' album

Jason Michael Carroll - Waiting in the Country

In the summer of 2004, Franklinton, North Carolina native Jason Michael Carroll was singing country songs for an obscure cover band and performing a few gigs each month. On a whim, he auditioned for a locally-produced television show in Raleigh, NC called Gimme the Mike, a singing contest fashioned after the hit show American Idol. Not only did Jason win the competition, but he caught the eye of Rusty Harmon, the manager who guided Hootie & The Blowfish from obscurity to stardom a decade ago. Soon after, Jason began the transition from cover band to front man. By the summer of 2005, Jason was becoming a regular along Nashville’s famed Music Row.

With talent, patience and perseverance, he established himself as a talented singer / songwriter, signed with the booking agency Monterey Peninsula Artists Nashville and entered a recording agreement with RCA Nashville.

By autumn, good things were happening in quick succession. He was performing with the likes of Montgomery Gentry, Dierks Bentley, Kenney Chesney, Gretchen Wilson and Robert Earl Keen on weekends, while collaborating weekdays with writers like Radney Foster, Jeffrey Steele, Terry McBride, Jim Beavers, Monty Powell, Tom Shapiro and Kelly Lovelace.

With a slew of songs produced by Don Gehman (Pat Green, John Mellencamp, Hootie, REM), Jason’s debut CD will likely drop in 2006. His buzz is steadily growing among country music fans and industry insiders alike. In an interview following some early studio sessions, Gehman predicted, “Jason is going to fill a niche in country music that will include the old guard, the people who have always loved country music, but he will also present a view that is going to include the new audience.”

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Jason Michael Carroll - Waiting in the Country