Jaime Wyatt

One Liner:  Classic country sound with a little brassy Outlaw to her.

Wikipedia Genre:  Country, Outlaw country, Americana

Home: Nashville via L.A. via Tacoma, Washington

Poster Position: not on the poster, late addition
Weekend Two Only.
Friday at 1:40

Thoughts:  Her top songs are really solid - but I have been busy the last two days and let her stuff play for too long.  Finally, I got down into her insanely jenky debut single called "Marijuana Man" that sounds like some hella crappy Tanya Tucker copycat singing on a streetcorner in Baton Rouge in the mid-90s.  Do not go that far back in her catalog.

Because before that, she's got a really good, classic country sound that had me feeling okay about just letting her roll for a while.  She was raised outside of Tacoma, Washington, on a rural island by two musician parents who weaned her on Tom Petty, Hank Williams, and the country stars of the 90's.  She moved to L.A. at age 17 and scored her first record deal.  She released her first album out there.  Apparently, several songs appeared in shows and movies, including one being on a soundtrack for something called Wicker Park.  More recently, she relocated to Nashville and released her second disc.  Still just those two discs - 2017's Felony Blues and 2020's Neon Cross, and the hits are definitely from the second one.

"Neon Cross" has 1.9 million streams.

Reminds me a little of Nikki Lane and her semi-rock, semi- Americana, lots of sass approach.  She's got a good sound and that is a fun chorus mixing country and Christian imagery.  Apparently, this disc was recorded with Shooter Jennings, which is pretty helpful to increasing your Outlaw bonafides.  Her other track with over a million streams is also from the new disc, and is a more traditional country number.  "Hurt So Bad" with 1.8 million streams.

Never hurts to have model good looks and a strong voice!  Her voice is cool too, in that she has some rasp in it, but then can belt cleanly too.  Good stuff.  I doubt I'll be around on Weekend Two Friday at 1:40, but nothing wrong with her classic country sound.