John Joseph "Jay" Joyce is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In the 1990s, Joyce, with Chris Feinstein and Brad Pemberton, recorded and toured as Iodine. He also fronted the band Bedlam, featured on the soundtrack to the Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs. and began working as a record producer, working with artists such as The Wallflowers, Tim Finn, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, White Reaper, Lainey Wilson and Cage the Elephant. In the 2000s, Joyce began producing for Eric Church, Halestorm, Zac Brown Band, Brandy Clark, Amos Lee, Declan McKenna, Fidlar and Little Big Town. He has also played guitar for Crowded House, The Wallflowers, John Hiatt, Iggy Pop, Brendan Benson and Macy Gray.
In recent years the Grammy Award-Winning Producer of the Year has worked with Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Brothers Osborne and Miranda Lambert, as well as played a major role in helping newcomers Ashley McBryde, LANCO, Devin Dawson and Tenille Townes find unique sounds and hone their songwriting abilities. In 2014 Joyce partnered with Warner/Chappell to establish Neon Cross Music, a publishing company with a roster of rock, pop and country artists and writers.
Joyce has also received four CMA Awards and five ACM Awards including Producer of the Year. In 2018, rock critic Rob Harvilla of The Ringer named Joyce "the most influential—and hardest-rocking—man in Country music."
Discography
Songwriting discography Year Artist Album Song Co-written with1999Chantal KreviazukColour Moving and Still"Before You"Chantal KreviazukShelby LynneI Am Shelby Lynne"Dream Some"Shelby Lynne, Dorothy Overstreet2004Marc BroussardCarencro"Save Me"Marc BroussardLow MillionsEx-Girlfriends"Here She Comes"Adam CohenLiam TitcombLiam Titcomb"Cross Yourself"Tift MerrittTambourine"Wait It Out"Tift Merritt2005Faith HillFireflies"The Lucky One"Brad Warren, Brett Warren2009Love and TheftWorld Wide Open"Freedom"Stephen Barker Liles, Brad Warren, Brett Warren2011Emmylou HarrisHard Bargain"Cross Yourself"2012Little Big TownTornado"Leavin' In Your Eyes"Jimi Westbrook, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Brett Warren, Brad Warren2013Thomas RhettIt Goes Like This"All-American Middle Class White Boy"Thomas Rhett, Brett Warren, Brad WarrenKeith UrbanFuse"Lucky Charm"Keith Urban, Jeremy Spillman2014Little Big TownPain Killer"Good People"Natalie Hemby, Jeremy Spillman"Turn the Light On"Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, Natalie Hemby, Jeremy Spillman"Silver and Gold"Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jedd Hughes
Production discography Year Artist Album Song(s)1998Patty GriffinFlaming RedAll tracks except "One Big Love"1999Tim FinnSay It Is SoAll tracksChantal KreviazukColour Moving and Still2000RubyhorseHow Far Have You Come?The Warren BrothersKing of Nothing"King of Nothing"2001Tim FinnFeeding the GodsAll tracksJohn HiattThe Tiki Bar Is Open2002RubyhorseRise2003ShayeThe Bridge2004Low MillionsEx-Girlfriends2005Screaming OrphansCirclesAll tracks2006Eric ChurchSinners Like Me2008Cage the ElephantCage the Elephant2009Eric ChurchCarolina2010Jonathan Tyler and the Northern LightsPardon Me2011Cage the ElephantThank You, Happy BirthdayEric ChurchChiefEmmylou HarrisHard Bargain2012Little Big TownTornadoThe WallflowersGlad All Over2013Cage the ElephantMelophobiaEric ChurchCaught in the ActPatty GriffinSilver BellAll tracks (co produced w/Craig Ross)Amos LeeMountains of Sorrow, Rivers of SongAll tracksThomas RhettIt Goes Like This"Whatcha Got in That Cup", "Something to Do with My Hands", "Make Me Wanna","Front Porch Junkies (Remix)", "All-American Middle Class White Boy", "Beer with Jesus"Keith UrbanFuse"Love's Posters Child", "Lucky Charm" (both co-produced w/Urban)2014Eric ChurchThe OutsidersAll tracksLittle Big TownPain KillerRandy Rogers BandHomemade Tamales – Live at Floore'sSleeper AgentAbout Last Night2015Eric ChurchMr. MisunderstoodAll tracksCoheed and CambriaThe Color Before the SunAll tracks (co produced w/Coheed and Cambria)FIDLARTooAll tracksHalestormInto the Wild LifeCarrie UnderwoodStoryteller"Renegade Runaway", "Dirty Laundry", "Smoke Break", "Choctaw County Affair", "Like I'll Never Love You Again", "Chaser"Zac Brown BandJekyll + Hyde"Homegrown", "Bittersweet" (both co-produced w/Zac Brown)2016Brothers OsbornePawn ShopBrandy ClarkBig Day in a Small TownAll tracks2017 Little Big TownThe Breaker2018Devin DawsonDark HorseBrothers OsbornePort Saint JoeAshley McBrydeGirl Going NowhereMikky EkkoFAMEEric ChurchDesperate ManRainbow Kitten SurpriseHow To: Friend, Love, Freefall2019White ReaperYou Deserve Love2020 Declan McKennaZeros Brandy ClarkYour Life Is a Record Miranda LambertWildcard Ashley McBrydeNever Will2021 Devin DawsonThe Pink Slip Lainey WilsonSayin' What I'm Thinkin'Eric ChurchHeart&Soul2022 Orville PeckBroncoZella DaySunday In HeavenAll tracks except "Radio Silence" and "Sunday In Heaven"Lainey WilsonBell Bottom CountryAll tracks2023Chris Ryan and Jelly RollSingle"Scared to Go to Church" 2024Lainey WilsonWhirlwindAll tracksThe Black CrowesHappiness Bastards2025Jon PardiHonkytonk HollywoodEric ChurchEvangeline vs. the MachineMolly TuttleSo Long Little Miss SunshineWhiskey MyersWhomp Whack ThunderRainbow Kitten SurpriseBones
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