Josh
Thompson (born January 23,
1978) is an American country music artist.
He has released two studio albums: Way Out Here for Columbia Records Nashville, and Turn It Up for Show Dog-Universal Music,
and has charted six singles on Hot Country Songs and/or Country Airplay, the highest-peaking being "Way Out Here" at
No. 15. Thompson has also written songs for Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Justin Moore, Brad Paisley, Brett Young, and Darius Rucker. Thompson was born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. He worked in construction starting at age
twelve.As a young adult, he took a nature course in
the Nicolet
National Forest.Thompson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in
2005. He worked as a songwriter, with his first cut
being the title track to Jason Michael Carroll's
album Growing Up Is Getting Old. By 2009, Thompson had signed to Columbia Records' Nashville division. He released his debut
single "Beer on the Table" in
late 2009, and it debuted at No. 55 on the BillboardHot Country Songs charts dated for the week ending August
15, 2009. This song was followed by a four-song
digital extended play which
included that song and three other tracks.Way Out Here, his
debut album, was released in February 2010 under the production of Michael
Knox. Thompson wrote or co-wrote every one of the
album's ten tracks, and promoted the album at the Northern Lights
Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin."Beer
on the Table" peaked at number 17 on the country music charts. The album's
second single, its title track, was released to radio in March 2010. Besides
the two singles, the tracks "Won't Be Lonely Long"
and "Blame It on Waylon" were made into music videos. Starting in February 2010, Thompson began
touring with Eric Church on a
32-stop tour and was tapped for portions of Brad Paisley's 2010 H2O Tour.The album's third single "Won't Be Lonely
Long" released to country radio on November 22, 2010. Thompson also
co-wrote "Church Pew or Bar Stool", a song recorded by Jason Aldean on his 2010 album My Kinda Party. In 2011 he co-wrote a song on Brad Paisley's album This Is Country Music the
song is entitled "A Man Don't Have to Die". In August 2011, Thompson
and labelmate Miranda Lambert transferred
to RCA Nashville as part
of a corporate restructuring. He released his first RCA Records single,
"Comin' Around", in
late 2011. However, Thompson parted ways with RCA Nashville in July 2012.