Background
Joey Allcorn was born in Columbus, Georgia. He was first exposed to traditional country music at the age of 14 by his mother after she purchased a Hank Williams Greatest Hits Civil Defense.
Joey Allcorn was born in Columbus, Georgia. He was first exposed to traditional country music at the age of 14 by his mother after she purchased a Hank Williams Greatest Hits Civil Defense.
He attended Jordan High School for two years before transferring and graduating from Shaw High School.
He has recorded three studio albums, 50 Years Too Late (2006) and All Alone Again (2009), both having been released on his Blue Yodel Records label, and one, Nothing Left To Prove, set to be released in 2014. He cites Hank Williams Senior, Ernest Tubb, Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell, and Jimmie Rodgers among his idols and modern-day influences include BR549, Wayne Hancock, Robbie Fulks and Dale Watson. Growing up an only child, Joey listened primarily to mainstream country music of the time until the early 1990s when bands like Nirvana and Alice In Chains became popular.
Inspired by Williams music, Joey began writing his own songs and learning to play guitar.
On June 28, 2007, Allcorn appeared before the United States House Committee on Small Business, arguing against federal royalty increases on internet radio stations. Allcorn presented himself as a niche market performer whose success depended, in large part, on his music"s online accessibility.
"The United State Of Americana, Volume 2" (Shut Eye Records, 2005) (Contributing Track: "I Just Don"t Know") "Outlaw Radio Chicago Compilation, Volume
I (Solitary Records, 2010) (Contributing Track: "Gone But Not Forgotten Blues") "Southern Independent Volume
II (Black Country Rock, 2011) (Contributing Track: "Whatever Kills Maine First") "Outlaw Radio Chicago Compilation, Volume II (Solitary Records, 2012) (Contributing Track: "Sad Songs And Waltzes") "River Town Rock House" (Razor Point Records, 2012) (Contributing Tracks: "Son of a Ramblin" Manitoba" and "Down in Lousianne") "Long Gone Daddy" (Hank Williams III, Curb Records, 2012) (Contributing Track: "This Ain"t Montgomery") "Ashes & Angels" (Fifth on the Floor, eOne Entertainment, 2013) (Vocals on "Same Old Thing") "Midnight: The Death Of Hank Williams" (Various Artists, 2013) (Vocals on "Midnight", "The Death Of Hank Williams", "Death Is Only A Dream" & "Are You Sure Hank Done lieutenant This Way").
