STORY

A new face on the scene, David Jameson explores outlaw country themes through a modern lens shaped by global travels and family traditions.

Jameson took a circuitous route to country music. His schooling and early career as a management consultant for the trans-national firm McKinsey led him to spend much of his early twenties outside of the United States. On weekends, in China, he’d often play local pubs as a way to meet friends and practice speaking Mandarin. As his audiences grew, Jameson was invited as a guest on several TV programs – ultimately landing a second place finish on a national singing competition similar to American Idol.

As David’s career took him even further abroad to Latin America, and then Europe, and then back again to China for the Schwarzman Scholars Master’s program in Beijing, his guitar was a constant companion. As he traveled, David found himself continually drawn to the American songbook of the old west as a sort of compass pointing home. When an opportunity to take work in the oil fields of Texas presented itself, Jameson jumped at it as an opportunity to dive deep into the local music scene.

Since, David has been building his chops, sharing bills with Drayton Farley, Cole Chaney, Joshua Ray Walker, and Logan Halstead. With his first studio recording, “25 to Life," Jameson has already attracted interest from fans and musicians alike. W.B. Walker, Ameripolitan DJ of The Year 2018, cut straight to the point calling Jameson’s music “Damn good.” One critic compared David Jameson’s sound to the Irish Whiskey of the same name saying the music has a “warm, golden honey hue…gushing with quality and truth.” Over the next few months, he will release a broad collection of songs recorded with Producer Duane Lundy.

David Jameson’s original songs mirror his life, marked the American folk tradition of narrative storytelling and vivid imagery. The stories featured on his upcoming album are closer to home than most of his adventures, with many of the songs featuring tales of his family that were passed on when David moved back to his hometown during the Covid-19 pandemic. He brings these stories to life by incorporating elements of traditional American country and folk ballads of the 19th and early 20th centuries – as well as ballads of the British Isles that date back even further. This approach inspired Americana Highways to call David “a master writer and storyteller, propelling a significant folk tradition into the modern era.”

David’s new album “Tall Dark Pines” is available now.