Jack Ingram
{{short description|American country music singer (born 1970)}}
{{Other people}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jack Ingram
| image = Jack Ingram (14248722558) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Ingram performing in 2014
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Jack Owen Ingram
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|11|15}}
| origin = The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.
| instrument = Vocals, guitar
| genre = Country
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 1992–present
| label = Rhythmic, Rising Tide, Lucky Dog, Columbia Nashville, Big Machine, Blaster
| website = {{URL|jackingram.net}}
}}
Jack Owen Ingram (born November 15, 1970) is an American country music artist formerly signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eleven studio albums, one extended play, six live albums, and 19 singles. Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. Country Top 40 until the release of his single "Wherever You Are" late-2005. A number one hit on the Billboard country charts, that song was also his first release for Big Machine and that label's first Number One hit. Ingram has sent six other songs into the country Top 40 with "Love You", "Lips of an Angel" (a cover version of a song by Hinder), "Measure of a Man", "Maybe She'll Get Lonely", "That's a Man", and "Barefoot and Crazy".
Biography
Ingram was born in Houston, Texas. He started writing songs and performing while studying psychology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he was member of Alpha Tau Omega.
=Musical career=
Jack Ingram began his music career singing at a privately owned bar near the TCU campus of Fort Worth, Texas, which was owned by his friend John Clay Wolfe.
Later, during the early 1990s, Jack toured the state of Texas opening for Mark Chesnutt and other acts.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p89255|pure_url=yes}}|title=Jack Ingram biography|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=AllMusic|access-date=May 28, 2009}} His first release was his self-titled album in 1995 via the Rhythmic label, followed by 1995's Lonesome Questions. Warner Bros. Records eventually signed him and released a live album entitled Live at Adair's, and re-issued his first two indie albums.
In 1997 he had his first time on the 22nd season of Austin City Limits. That same year, he released Livin' or Dyin' via Rising Tide Records, which produced his first chart single in the No. 51-peaking "Flutter". Two years later came Hey You via Lucky Dog, a division of Epic Records, which accounted for a No. 64 country single in "How Many Days". In 2000, he collaborated with Charlie Robison and Bruce Robison for the live album Unleashed Live.
Electric, his second album for Lucky Dog, was also his first album to enter Top Country Albums, despite not producing a chart single. This album was supplemented a year later by an EP entitled Electric: Extra Volts before he left Lucky Dog. Two more live albums followed before he signed to Columbia Nashville for the release of Young Man in 2004, which accounted for no singles. Another live album, Acoustic Motel, was issued in 2005.
On Sunday, February 3, 2013, H-E-B premiered their 'Texas Myths' Super Bowl commercial featuring Jack Ingram.{{Cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLcSPOZoBPw|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206002258/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLcSPOZoBPw|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-06|title=H-E-B 2013 Game Day Commercial: Texas Myths - YouTube|website = YouTube|date=February 6, 2013}}
=2005–2011: Big Machine Records=
In 2005, Ingram signed to the independent record label Big Machine Records. Under the Big Machine banner, Ingram released a predominantly live album entitled Live: Wherever You Are. His first single release on that record label, "Wherever You Are", became Ingram's first top 40, and later his first and only Number One single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, as well as the first Number One for the Big Machine label. "Love You", the only other studio track on Live: Wherever You Are, was also released as a single, peaking at No. 12 on the charts. This song was also recorded by Trent Summar & the New Row Mob (whose frontman, Trent Summar, co-wrote it) on their 2005 album Horseshoes & Hand Grenades.
In late 2006, Ingram released a cover of Hinder's song "Lips of an Angel". Ingram's cover peaked at No. 16 on the country charts "Lips of an Angel" was the lead-off single to This Is It, his second album for Big Machine. This album also produced the No. 18 "Measure of a Man" (a Radney Foster co-write) and the No. 24 "Maybe She'll Get Lonely".
In 2008, Ingram appeared at the Argyle Education Foundation Black Diamond Affair.
He won the Academy of Country Music award for top new male vocalist on May 19, 2008. Ingram also filled in for radio host Bob Kingsley on the countdown show "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40" for the week of September 20–21, 2008.
According to CMT, Ingram's Big Dreams & High Hopes album has "more guts" and Ellis Paul's "The World Ain't Slowing Down" may be the song that takes Ingram to the "next level".Shelburne, Craig. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080930213604/http://blog.cmt.com/2008-09-29/jack-ingrams-new-music-will-have-more-guts/ Jack Ingram’s New Music Will Have “More Guts”.] CMT Blog, September 29, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2008. Ingram says "It'll be fun for me to expose people to a fantastic song from an artist who's had a 20-year career of being a very successful folk artist."Mansfield, Brian. [https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20081226/jackingram26_st.art.htm Ingram has 'Big Dreams' for album.] USA Today, December 26, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2009. The song was cut from the album. Its lead-off single "That's a Man" charted in the Top 20, followed by "Barefoot and Crazy," which became his second Top 10 hit. The album's next three singles all failed to enter the Top 40: "Seeing Stars" (a duet with Patty Griffin), "Free" and a re-recording of "Barbie Doll" with guest vocals from Dierks Bentley.
On August 26, 2009, Ingram set a Guinness record for the most radio interviews in one day, when he was interviewed 215 times.{{cite web|url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/jack-ingram-breaks-guinness-book-world-record-|title=Jack Ingram breaks Guinness book world record|last=Bjorke|first=Matt|date=August 2, 2008|work=Roughstock|access-date=August 27, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613191231/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/jack-ingram-breaks-guinness-book-world-record-|archive-date=June 13, 2011}}
File:Jack Ingram.JPG in Denver at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on October 28, 2012.]]
Ingram and Big Machine amicably parted ways in late 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.radio-info.com/programming/country/country-star-jack-ingrams-surprising-side-job-imaging-voice-for-radio |title=Country Star Jack Ingram's Surprising Side Job: Imaging Voice For Radio|access-date=April 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426111256/http://www.radio-info.com/programming/country/country-star-jack-ingrams-surprising-side-job-imaging-voice-for-radio |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }}
As a sideline, Ingram does voice imaging for a number of country stations, including KRYS-FM Corpus Christi; WSIX-FM Nashville; WMIL-FM Milwaukee; KWJJ-FM Portland, Ore.; and KSCS Dallas.{{cite web|url=http://www.radio-info.com/programming/country/country-star-jack-ingrams-surprising-side-job-imaging-voice-for-radio|title=Country Star Jack Ingram's Surprising Side Job: Imaging Voice For Radio|last=Stark|first=Phyllis|date=April 1, 2012|work=Radio-Info.com|access-date=April 22, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426111256/http://www.radio-info.com/programming/country/country-star-jack-ingrams-surprising-side-job-imaging-voice-for-radio|archive-date=April 26, 2012}}
=Fundraising=
In 2013, Jack teamed up with actor Matthew McConaughey and University of Texas at Austin football coach Mack Brown to create a fundraiser for their favorite children's charities. Dubbed Mack, Jack & McConaughey, the affair was held April 11–12 at Austin's ACL Live at the Moody Theater and featured a gala, golf tournament, fashion show and two nights of music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/mack-jack-mcconaughey-benefit-austin|title=Mack, Jack & McConaughey Benefit In Austin|date=December 2, 2014|website=Grammy.com}} Mack, Jack & McConaughey returned in 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://mackjackmcconaughey.org/schedule-of-events/ |title=Event Opportunities | MJ&M 2014 |access-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520160204/http://mackjackmcconaughey.org/schedule-of-events/ |archive-date=May 20, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Discography
=Studio albums=
=EPs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:18em;"| Title
! style="width:20em;"| Album details |
|---|
| scope="row"| Electric: Extra Volts
|
|
=Live albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details ! colspan="2"| Peak chart |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| US Heat |
| scope="row"| Live at Adair's
|
| — | — |
| scope="row"| Unleashed Live (with Bruce Robison and Charlie Robison) |
| — | — |
| scope="row"| Live at Billy Bob's Texas
|
| — | — |
| scope="row"| Live at Gruene Hall: Happy Happy
|
| — | — |
| scope="row"| Acoustic Motel
|
| — | — |
| scope="row"| Live: Wherever You Are
|
| 33 | 9 |
| colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Single ! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| US ! width="45"| CAN Country |
| rowspan="2"| 1997
! scope="row"| "That's Not Me" | — | — | 89 | align="left" rowspan="2"| Livin' or Dyin' |
| scope="row"| "Flutter"
| 51 | — | 74 |
| rowspan="2"| 1999
! scope="row"| "How Many Days" | 64 | — | — | align="left" rowspan="4"| Hey You |
| scope="row"| "Mustang Burn"
| — | — | — |
| rowspan="2"| 2000
! scope="row"| "Work This Out"{{cite web|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-02-11.pdf|title=Country – Going for Adds|work=Radio & Records|date=February 11, 2000}} | — | — | — |
| scope="row"| "Barbie Doll"
| — | — | — |
| 2002
! scope="row"| "One Thing" | — | — | — | align="left"| Electric |
| rowspan="2"| 2003
! scope="row"| "A Little Bit" | — | — | — | align="left" rowspan="2"| Live at Billy Bob's Texas |
| scope="row"| "Keep on Keepin' On"
| — | — | — |
| 2005
! scope="row"| "Wherever You Are" | 1 | 63 | — | align="left" rowspan="2"| Live: Wherever You Are |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
! scope="row"| "Love You" | 12 | 87 | — |
| scope="row"| "Lips of an Angel"
| 16 | 77 | — | align="left" rowspan="3"| This Is It |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
! scope="row"| "Measure of a Man" | 18 | 108 | — |
| scope="row"| "Maybe She'll Get Lonely"
| 24 | — | — |
| 2008
! scope="row"| "That's a Man" | 18 | 104 | — | align="left" rowspan="5"| Big Dreams & High Hopes |
| rowspan="2"| 2009
! scope="row"| "Barefoot and Crazy" | 10 | 64 | — |
| scope="row"| "Seeing Stars" {{small|(with Patty Griffin)}}
| 54 | — | — |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
! scope="row"| "Free" | 42 | — | — |
| scope="row"| "Barbie Doll" {{small|(re-recording)}}
| 56 | — | — |
| colspan="7" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Year
! style="width:16em;"| Video ! Director |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| 1997
! scope="row"| "That's Not Me" | Michael McNamara |
| scope="row"| "Flutter"
| Jim Hershleder |
| rowspan="2"| 1999
! scope="row"| "How Many Days" |
| scope="row"| "Mustang Burn"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/jack-ingram/70047/mustang-burn.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105123135/http://www.cmt.com/videos/jack-ingram/70047/mustang-burn.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 5, 2008|title=CMT : Videos : Jack Ingram : Mustang Burn|publisher=Country Music Television|access-date=September 19, 2011}}
| Richard Bennett |
| 2000
! scope="row"| "Barbie Doll" | Flick Wiltshire |
| 2002
! scope="row"| "One Thing" | Trey Fanjoy |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
! scope="row"| "Wherever You Are" | David McClister |
| scope="row"| "Love You"
| rowspan="3"| Shaun Silva |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
! scope="row"| "Lips of an Angel" |
| scope="row"| "Measure of a Man" |
| rowspan="2"| 2008
! scope="row"| "Maybe She'll Get Lonely" | Gibbs/Greilech |
| scope="row"| "That's a Man"
| Brian Lazzaro |
| 2009
! scope="row"| "Barefoot and Crazy" | Stephen Shepherd |
| 2016
! scope="row"| "I'm Drinking Through It"{{cite news|last1=Solomon|first1=Dan|title=Music Monday: Jack Ingram Deals With His Problems In The Exclusive Video Premiere Of "I'm Drinking Through It"|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/music-monday-jack-ingram-dealing-problems-way-exclusive-video-premiere-im-drinking/|access-date=August 2, 2016|work=Texas Monthly|date=August 1, 2016}} | Michael Tully |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Association ! Category ! Result |
|---|
| 2007
| Wide Open Country Video of the Year | {{won}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| Top New Male Vocalist | {{won}} |
| CMT Music Awards
| Wide Open Country Video of the Year | {{nom}} |
| 2017
| CMA Awards | Song of the Year – "Tin Man" (with Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall) | {{nom}} |
| 2018
| Grammy Awards | Best Country Song – "Tin Man" (with Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall) | {{nom}} |
| 2018
| Academy of Country Music | Song of the Year – "Tin Man" (with Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall) | {{won}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.jackingram.net/}}
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Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters
Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:Big Machine Records artists
Category:Columbia Records artists
Category:Country musicians from Texas
Category:People from The Woodlands, Texas