Johnathan Rice

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Johnathan Rice is a singer/songwriter. His first album Trouble Is Real was released on April 26, 2005. 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. 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.

He has also collaborated with Jenny Lewis.

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singer-songwriter, indie, folk, acoustic, alternative
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1	So Sweet	247
2	We're All Stuck Out In The Desert full track	132
3	Break So Easy	111
4	You're My Baby	91
5	Behind the Frontlines	70
6	Kiss Me Goodbye	65
7	It Couldn't Be Me full track	63
8	Lady Memphis	49
9	I Wouldn't Miss It for the World	45
10	Mid-november	41
10	Short Song for Strings	41
12	End Of The Affair	39
13	The Middle Of The Road full track	36
13	Mid November	36
13	Further North full track	36

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Premiumpils wrote:
Saturday afternoon

The Acrobat

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dee823 wrote:
26 days ago

damien rice and johnathan rice have no connection.

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gej-blog wrote:
December 2008

cute one! :>

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[deleted-user] wrote:
November 2008

JOIN Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club!
airlights wrote:
October 2008

so good.

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thinkofengland wrote:
October 2008

i love love love "salvation day".

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ohnoshelby wrote:
October 2008

<3

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rwl_haase wrote:
October 2008

is damien rice his brother?

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luthienofold wrote:
September 2008

bless your heart, j rice!

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lesleyjl21 wrote:
September 2008

what a meaningful photo.

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eltongita wrote:
September 2008

en un mundo equivocado

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[deleted-user] wrote:
September 2008

I love "What Am I Going To Do?". Great tune.
Blackberry-bush wrote:
August 2008

great man great music

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overproduced wrote:
June 2008

he is the perfect man.

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whitecollarboy_ wrote:
June 2008

"THC" is so groovy.

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satH4n wrote:
March 2008

I saw him for the first time last night opening for Matt Costa and it was awesome!

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sadieenglish wrote:
February 2008

when i listen to 'The Acrobat' I have to listen to it on loop. I love, love, love.

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jennybeth wrote:
January 2008

Oh, Johnathan, you are a babe.

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kristenbrutus wrote:
December 2007

he was in walk the line for all of like a minute screen time.

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jessucckaa wrote:
November 2007

I fell in love with this man when I saw him with Ben Gibbard. Fabulous.

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