According to the weak sales of its debut CD, “The Dollar”, Jamey Johnson lost his record deal with BNA Records, the now in Alabama-born singer songwriter a new contract with Mercury Nashville Records signed.
Helpful in the negotiations was probably that Johnson the CMA and ACM Song of the Year, George Strait “Give It Away” (from the album “It Just Comes Natural”), has written, because when Strait MCA Nashville, a sister label Mercury Nashville under contract.
