Jamie Lee Thurston is an American

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singer. He was raised in

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and performed with his father starting at age 15. After moving to Los Angeles, California, he moved again to

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in 1999. In 2003, he released the album ''I Just Wanna Do My Thing'' via View 2. The album included the single "It Can All Be Gone", which peaked at number 59 on the

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charts. He later signed to

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Nashville, then to Country Thunder. Thurston wrote

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' 2009 single " 15 Minutes", and cuts by

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and

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. In 2013, Thurston appeared on

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's '' Family Trade'' to compose a jingle for G. Stone Motors in exchange for a new truck. The jingle, "We Trade for Anything" was also used as the show's opening credits theme music. Thurston's life is the basis of a screenplay co-written by Tim Rhys, the founder of ''

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'' magazine.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thurston, Jamie Lee American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Living people Singers from Vermont People from Montpelier, Vermont Warner Records artists Year of birth missing (living people)