Jaydee Bixby
(born August 14, 1990) is a Canadian country musician who was the runner-up on the fifth season of Canadian Idol
. In 2008 he signed with Her Royal Majesty's Records and went on to release his debut album Cowboys and Cadillacs
.
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Before Canadian Idol
Bixby was born in
Drumheller, Alberta, where he grew up. He moved to
Red Deer, Alberta where he attended
Hunting Hills High School. He was in a band called the "Bixbys" with his mother, father, and a family friend; they played at bars, weddings and rodeos. Jaydee has five sisters, four older and one younger. His father taught him guitar.
[1]
Canadian Idol
Bixby auditioned for
Canadian Idol
in
Calgary, Alberta. He sang "
Lawdy Miss Clawdy" in his audition, and prompted judge
Zack Werner to ask him what decade it was in Red Deer.
[2] All four judges agreed that Bixby should go on to the
Toronto round. During his first solo in the Toronto rounds, he prompted Werner to tell everyone that he was the competition. During the semi-final rounds of the show, the judges predicted him as a potential winner. He made the top 10, and gained the support of votefortheworst.com. He did well week one of the top 10, but after that failed to really impress the judges, until the top 5 week. After the top 10 Bixby was not favourite to win, and many questioned how he stayed on the show for such a long period of time. Although Bixby never fell into the bottom 3, he was runner-up to
Brian Melo on September 11, 2007.
Songs performed on Canadian Idol
| Week
| Theme
| Song Sung
| Artist
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| Top 22
| Idol's Choice
| "Johnny B. Goode"
| Elvis Presley
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| Top 18
| Idol's Choice
| "I Got A Woman"
| Ray Charles
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| Top 14
| Idol's Choice
| "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"
| John Michael Montgomery
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| Top 10
| Billboard #1 Hits
| "It's Only Make Believe"
| Conway Twitty
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| Top 9
| Songs From the 1960s
| "Runaway"
| Elvis Presley
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| Top 8
| Acoustic Music
| "Time of Your Life"
| Green Day
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| Top 7
| Hits of Queen
| "I Want To Break Free"
| Queen
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| Top 6
| Songs of Pop-Rock
| "Amazed"
| Lonestar
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| Top 5
| Inspiring Artists
| "I Can't Stop Loving You"
| Elvis Presley
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| Top 4
| Pop Standards
| "Fever"
"When You're Smiling"
| Peggy Lee
Louis Prima
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| Top 3
| Judges' Choice
Idol's Choice
| "Break It to Them Gently"
"Ring of Fire"
| Burton Cummings & Gil Grand
Johnny Cash
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| Top 2
| Idol's Choice
Idol Single
New Choice
| "Who Says You Can't Go Home"
"All I Ever Wanted"
"It's Not Unusual"
| Bon Jovi
Brian Melo
Tom Jones
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Career after Canadian Idol
Bixby was a part of the Telus "Winners Tour" for the top 3 of Canadian Idol season 5, along with winner
Brian Melo, and 3rd-place finisher Carly Rae Jepsen. Four shows were sold out in Bixby's hometown of Red Deer, Alberta, although only one was originally scheduled there. Bixby later opened for
Aaron Lines, and toured with the Tennessee three.
Bixby moved from Alberta to
Vancouver to work on his music career, his first time living on his own.
He was signed to
Her Royal Majesty's Records/
International Arts, and his debut album,
Cowboys and Cadillacs
was released on July 8, 2008.
[3] The album was recorded in Vancouver and featured some of his own songwriting.
[4]
His charitable work includes fundraising for
World Vision.
Discography
Albums
| Year
| Album
| Chart Positions
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| CAN Country
| CAN
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| 2008
| Cowboys and Cadillacs
- Released: July 8, 2008
- Label: Her Royal Majesty's Records
| 1
| 8
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Singles
| Year
| Single
| CAN Country
| Album
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| 2008
| "Old Fashioned Girl"
| 13
| Cowboys and Cadillacs
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| "Boys in the Band"
| 34
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| 2009
| "Broken Windows"
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| "My So Called Life"A
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References
- Riess, Kelly-Anne (October 30, 2009). "Bixby making his dreams come true", ''Regina Leader-Post'', p. B4.
- Marchand, François (August 2, 2008). "Old-fashioned Idol happy that he did it his way", ''Ottawa Citizen'', p. F8.
- Jaydee's Official Website ''JaydeeBixby.com''
- Harrison, Tom (February 3, 2009). "The E-List: In Concert: Jaydee Bixby", ''The Province'', p. B2.