Jack Ingram

Biography

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×Wherever You Are10 January 2006 · Album · LiveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Hello0:372Wherever You Are3:373I Would4:004How Many Days4:305Work This Out4:526One Thing4:177Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line4:358Biloxi5:009Mustang Burn5:2510Happy Happy (Country Country)3:1411Barbie Doll6:2112Goodnight Moon4:4213Never Knocked Me Down (live From CMT's 'Outlaws' 2005)4:0314Love You3:30" 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×Measure of a Man2006 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Measure of a Man3:192Measure of a Man3:193Measure of a Man3:17", "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. His first release was his self-titled album in 1995 via the Rhythmic label, followed by 1995's Lonesome Questions×Lonesome Questions12 December 1995 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Lonesome Question4:022Still Got Scars3:133Making Plans2:374Crazy Like The Moon2:565Younger Days3:236Drive On4:337Come Around3:548Mary Go Round3:229Working2:4210Tuesday Night2:5811Beat Up Ford5:3912My Old Man4:4413One Light Town5:21. 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×Unleashed Live26 September 2000 · Album · LiveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1The Good Life3:132Rayne, Louisiana5:173Angry All the Time4:464Red Letter Day2:575My Hometown5:236Sunset Boulevard5:357Loving County7:468Barlight4:229Mustang Barn4:3210Work This Out5:1511Travis County3:2212Barbie Doll5:44.
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×Electric: Extra Volts11 March 2003 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1A Little Bit2Red, White & Blues3She Don’t Love You4Run to Me5Nothing to Gain 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×Acoustic Motel29 March 2005 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Airways Motel4:122Hey You4:183Work This Out3:264I Would5:075Fool8:026Everybody6:507One Thing3:068What Makes You Say3:059Flutter6:0710Drive On6:4111Song for Amy6:3612Nothing Wrong With That (Beat-Up Ford, Part 2)2:3113Mustang Burn4:0314Biloxi7:1015Goodnight Moon4:05, was issued in 2005.
On Sunday, February 3, 2013, H-E-B premiered their 'Texas Myths' Super Bowl commercial featuring Jack Ingram.

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×Wherever You Are10 January 2006 · Album · LiveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Hello0:372Wherever You Are3:373I Would4:004How Many Days4:305Work This Out4:526One Thing4:177Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line4:358Biloxi5:009Mustang Burn5:2510Happy Happy (Country Country)3:1411Barbie Doll6:2112Goodnight Moon4:4213Never Knocked Me Down (live From CMT's 'Outlaws' 2005)4:0314Love You3:30. 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×Measure of a Man2006 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Measure of a Man3:192Measure of a Man3:193Measure of a Man3:17" (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". 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." 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.

Ingram and Big Machine amicably parted ways in late 2011.
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.

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. Mack, Jack & McConaughey returned in 2014.