Josh Abbott Band

Josh Abbott Band
Josh Abbott Band performs at Big Texas Dance Hall on Friday, May 3, 2013, in Spring, TX.
Background information
Origin	Lubbock, Texas
Genres	Red Dirt Texas country
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Pretty Damn Tough Josh Abbott Atlantic Nashville
Associated acts	Eli Young Band Randy Rogers Band Casey Donahew Band Kacey Musgraves
Members	Josh Abbott James Hertless Caleb Keeter Edward Villanueva Preston Wait Austin Davis

Josh Abbott Band is a Texas country band from the state of Texas, USA. It is composed of Josh Abbott (vocals, guitar), Austin Davis (banjo), Preston Wait (fiddle, guitar), Edward Villanueva (drums), James Hertless (bass guitar) and Caleb Keeter (guitar).

Biography

Josh Abbott founded the band in 2006 in Lubbock, Texas, while attending Texas Tech University where he was a member of the Texas Epsilon chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He paused college, a thesis away from his Master's degree, to pursue a musical career full time, and founded the band with fraternity brothers Austin Davis, Neel Huey and Drew Hurt. The band recorded a demo including "Taste" in 2007 and began touring in 2008. Huey and Hurt dropped out, and Preston Wait and Eddie Villanueva joined. James Hertless and Caleb Keeter joined in 2010. In 2009, the band recorded and released their first album Scapegoat.

A second album, She's Like Texas, followed in 2010 and entered the Top Country Albums charts.^[1] Michael Berick of Allmusic rated it four stars out of five, comparing it to Steve Earle and saying that Abbott's songwriting showed "maturity". They had their first sell-out crowd at the World's Largest Honky Tonk "Billy Bobs Texas" located in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards on 10 February 2010 which sold 6,000 tickets.^[2]

It includes the single "Oh, Tonight", which entered the Country Songs charts in early 2011 at number 59 and peaked at 42.^[3] The song is a duet with Kacey Musgraves, the Nashville Star season 5 finalist and Universal Music recording artist.^[2]

The band's third CD, Small Town Family Dream, was released on 24 April 2012. It was their highest charting album, debuting at No. 5 on Top Country Albums, selling 21,000 copies in the US in its first week.^[4] The second single, "Touch", was released in early February and was made available digitally on 14 February. Its music video includes the reality TV star Melissa Rycroft and her husband Tye Strickland, another of Abbott's fraternity brothers. The single was featured in the motion picture The Longest Ride, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.

In August 2015, the band announced their fourth studio album, titled Front Row Seat, a concept album detailing Abbott's relationship and failed marriage with his ex-wife.^[5] The first single off of the album, "Amnesia" was released in August 2015 with SiriusXM The Highway premiering the lyric video for the single. "Front Row Seat" was released everywhere on November 6, 2015, and debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 9, selling 12,800 copies in its first week.^[6]

Josh Abbott Band's single "Wasn't That Drunk", featuring Carly Pearce, was released to radio on March 21, 2016. The second single from Front Row Seat, "Wasn't That Drunk" garnered attention from a national radio and media audience. The band is set to make their national television debut with the single on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 31, 2016.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Sales
		US Country [7]	US [8]	US Indie [9]	US Heat [10]
Scapegoat	Release date: March 31, 2008 Label: Pretty Damn Tough	—	—	—	—
She's Like Texas	Release date: February 16, 2010 Label: Pretty Damn Tough	28	—	28	5
Small Town Family Dream	Release date: April 24, 2012 Label: Pretty Damn Tough	5	15	2	—	US: 67,000[11]
Front Row Seat	Release date: November 6, 2015 Label: Pretty Damn Tough, Reviver	9	39	1	—	US: 21,400[12]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [7]	US [8]
Tuesday Night[13]	Release date: September 23, 2014 Label: Atlantic	12	58

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Country [14]	US Country Airplay [15]	US Bubbling [16]
2010	"She's Like Texas"	—	—	—	She's Like Texas
	"Road Trippin'"	—	—	—
2011	"Oh, Tonight" (with Kacey Musgraves)	44	—	—
	"My Texas" (with Pat Green)	—	—	—	Small Town Family Dream
2012	"Touch"	41	—	8
	"I'll Sing About Mine"	—	—	—
2013	"She Will Be Free"	—	—	—
2014	"Hangin' Around"	44	47	—	Tuesday Night
2015	"Amnesia"	45	56	—	Front Row Seat
2016	"Wasn't That Drunk" (with Carly Pearce)	47	37	—
	"Amnesia" (re-release)	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2010	"She's Like Texas"[17]	Evan Kaufmann
	"Road Trippin'"[18]
2011	"Oh, Tonight" (with Kacey Musgraves)[19]
2012	"Touch"[20]
2013	"I'll Sing About Mine"[21]
	"She Will Be Free"[22]
2016	"Wasn't That Drunk" (with Carly Pearce)[23]	Zack Morris
	"Wasn't That Drunk" (with Carly Pearce)[24]	Evan Kaufmann

References

1. "She's Like Texas chart positions". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
2. Berick, Michael. "She's Like Texas review". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
3. "Chart highlights". Billboard. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
4. Wade Jessen (May 3, 2012). "Rascal Flatts Score Their 12th No. 1 With 'Banjo'". Billboard.
5. "Josh Abbott Band Ready Raw New Breakup Album 'Front Row Seat'". Rolling Stone Country. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
6. Matt Bjorke (November 26, 2014). "Country Album Chart Report For November 26, 2014". Roughstock.
7. "Josh Abbott Band Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
8. "Josh Abbott Band Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
9. "Josh Abbott Band Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
10. "Josh Abbott Band Album & Song Chart History - Heatseeker Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
11. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015.
12. Bjorke, Matt (January 23, 2016). "Country Album Sales Chart: January 25, 2016". Roughstock.
13. Thompson, Gayle (September 4, 2014). "Josh Abbott Band Announce EP". The Boot. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
14. "Josh Abbott Band Album & Song Chart History - Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
15. "Josh Abbott Band Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
16. "Bubbling Under Hot 100 Week of March 3, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
17. "CMT : Videos : Josh Abbott Band : She's Like Texas". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
18. "CMT : Videos : Josh Abbott Band : Road Trippin'". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
19. "CMT : Videos : Josh Abbott Band : Oh, Tonight". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
20. "CMT : Videos : Josh Abbott Band : Touch". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
21. "CMT : Videos : Josh Abbott Band : I'll Sing About Mine". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
22. "CMT : Videos : Josh Abbott Band : She Will Be Free". Country Music Television. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
23. "CMT : Videos : Josh Abbott Band, Carly Pearce : Wasn't That Drunk (with Carly Pearce)". Country Music Television. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
24. "CMT : Videos : Josh Abbott Band : Wasn't That Drunk (with Carly Pearce)". Country Music Television. Retrieved 29 April 2016.