Jamey Johnson performs on March 4, 2009 in downtown Nashville at the UMG's "Downtown Shutdown" concert during the annual Country Radio Seminar. Photo by Peyton Hoge, courtesy of UMG Nashville.
March 16, 2009 — Jamey Johnson's latest single, "High Cost Of Living," is one that's earned some attention for its controversial subject matter, including prostitution and drug use.
Mercury Records put it out with some concern about whether radio stations would embrace a song with such dark references. But while it might make a saintly minister blush, it actually gets some fans whooping and hollering. Those polar reactions are, from Jamey's point of view, a positive outcome.
"I think the same lines in the song that make one person holler out like it's a party make another guy cringe with pain," he told The Huffington Post. "And maybe that's what music is supposed to do. They get to make up their own interpretation of what that song means to them, because that doesn't come from me. I just told the story."
Jamey has plenty to whoop and holler about at the moment. His previous single, "In Color," is in the running for Single Record and Song of the Year at the "44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards", while That Lonesome Song is a contender for Album of the Year. Reba McEntire hosts the ceremony April 5 in Las Vegas.
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