Johnathan Rice
is an American singer/songwriter and actor. His first album Trouble Is Real
was released on April 26, 2005.
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Early life
Born in
Alexandria, Virginia on
27 May 1983, he is a graduate of
Gonzaga College High School in
Washington, DC. He also played
Roy Orbison in the 2005
Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line
. He is currently signed to
Warner Bros. Records.
Rice spent the early years of his life growing up in an affluent neighborhood of suburban
Glasgow (
Scotland) called
Bishopbriggs.
Career
After graduating from high school in
Washington, D.C. Rice moved to New York where he began work on his debut album.
Shortly after arriving in the city, the World Trade Center was destroyed and this, along with other themes of war can be heard in his lyrics in songs such as "City on Fire", "Put Me in Your Holy War" and "Stay at Home". The album was recorded several times before Rice was happy with it, finally settling with
Bright Eyes producer Mike Mogis, creating a rich, diverse sound with most tracks leading into one another as a single "work" of music.
Rice has cited
Nick Drake,
Bob Dylan,
Neil Young,
The Beatles, and country legend
Gram Parsons as influences on his work.
One of Rice's friends and prodigies is singer/songwriter Paul Watson of the band The Gui Lows.
The pair grew up in towns only miles apart, and playing "indie-folk".
He is currently dating
Jenny Lewis and was one of the main support acts during her solo 2006
Rabbit Fur Coat
tour and during her solo 2009 tour. He has also supported - and been lauded by -
R.E.M., during their 2005 tour, with his harmony and lap steel band Death Valley. Later that year he also appeared at the "V Festival", performing a solo acoustic set. His autumn tour of Europe that followed featured Death Valley as a coruscating rock band, putting a hard-edged take on the songs from his debut album.
Further North was released in US, through
Reprise Records, on September 11th 2007. The first single taken from the album was "We're All Stuck Out In The Desert (And We're Gonna Die)".
Discography
- Extended Player 24:26
(EP) 2004
- Trouble Is Real
2005
- ''A Girl Called Miami EP (itunes only) 2007
- Further North
2007
Compilations
- ''Music from the OC: Mix 2 (2004 ยท Warner Bros.)
Filmography
- Walk the Line
(2005) ... Roy Orbison
- Mark 8:36
(2005) ... Desk Attendant 1
References