CTV is reporting that Canadian Idol season 5 runner up, Jaydee Bixby, will soon be releasing his debut album! Recorded in Vancouver, BC, his album “Cowboys and Cadillacs” stays true to Jaydee’s country vibe. The first single to be released is called “Old Fashioned Girls“, which you can listen to in the photo montage below.
Look for “Cowboys and Cadillacs” in stores on July 8th!
Read what Jaydee said about his debut album and Idol experience after the jump!
*written by Lauren for Jeanne Dupuis who is attending a conference
Even before performing on Canadian Idol, the Drumheller native was familiar with performing in front of crowds. Since the age of 11, Jaydee has been singing with his family’s band.
“If I’m able to entertain a bunch of people who have been drinking all night it’s a little easier than being on Canadian Idol,” said Jaydee. “I got to go (to the bars) when I was 11 and I got to have people hang off me and say, ‘You’re an amazing singer,’ and (I could smell) everything they’ve been drinking or chewing or smoking or just everything on their breath, and my eyes are starting to water and I’m just like, ‘Thanks very much.’ I definitely learned a lot in those first few years playing with my parents in a band.”
The title track of the album is reflective of Bixby’s experience since the finale of Canadian Idol last year.
“That’s talking about before Idol, going onto Idol, after Idol, going to Vancouver and Toronto and stuff. I was always a small town boy and it was just talking about a simple ease of living in the country and stuff. I had a horse when I was young and was just trying to put the saddle on and stuff and then you’re working in the city but the country’s still your home and life hasn’t just been the same without ‘Cowboys and Cadillacs.’”
He talks about the meaning of his song, “Old Fashioned Girls”, saying that the song expresses his preference with girls who dress more conservatively.
“You know how you watch the rap videos and all the MuchMusic videos and they have girls dancing around half-naked and younger kids see that and they think ‘well that’s what I’ve got to do to be cool and be like the people on TV’ (but) there’s nothing more attractive than a girl who dresses down and doesn’t let (everything) hang all out when she’s going out, a genuine old-fashioned girl who likes her hair up in ponytails or something. I always heard if you can find a woman like your mother, you’re good.”
Bixby co-wrote two of the tracks and commented that he was glad he took the time to make sure the album suited him well.
“I really wanted the album to represent me. When you do a really fast job on it, people will notice. If you take time to work on it and nurture it … I wouldn’t have let it go out unless I felt like this is how I want people to see me, this is how I want my career to start.”
He also mentioned that he shot his first music video on a farm near Delta, BC and that it was awkward to be without his guitar while singing to his song.
“It was a new experience for me to be up on a hill, singing along to my song. I felt kind of silly because usually I’m performing with a guitar or something. I was standing on a hill and I didn’t know what to do with my hands. All I could think of was Nelly Furtado in her video spinning around in circles and I was thinking, ‘Oh, I hope I don’t look like that’. She’s Nelly Furtado, (but could you see) George Jones or Johnny Cash spinning around in a circle?”
“Canadian Idol was amazing. It got me to where I am today. (But instead of) ‘Jaydee from Canadian Idol,’ I want to be known for ‘Jaydee that has that song on the radio.’”
I hope everything goes well for Jaydee! He’s really quite talented and has a tremendous amount of soul which will hopefully bring him far.
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