Career
Originally signed to Reprise Records in 1993 as a recording artist, Camp charted two minor singles on the United States. Billboard Hot Country & Tracks charts that year. Since then, he has found success as a songwriter, having co-written hit singles for many country music artists, including Garth Brooks, Josh Turner, Brooks & Dunn, and Blake Shelton, although he continues to record his own material as well. Camp was raised in Perryville, Arkansas by a musical family.
In 1987, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee and worked in the backing bands of such acts as The Grand Priarie Boys, Osborne Brothers, Alan Jackson, Suzy Bogguss and Trisha Yearwood.
In 1991, he was signed to Reprise Records, with two minor Top 40 singles charting in 1993. The first of these, "Fallin" Never Felt So Good", was previously recorded by Dude Mowrey.
Camp recorded a second album for Reprise, but never released it due to creative differences. He then began writing for other artists.
Later that same year, Brooks & Dunn also reached Number One with "How Long Gone", another Camp co-write.
Camp released Lucky Silver Dollar in 2001. In 2006, he was nominated as Songwriter of the Year by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music. Also, Billboard ranked him Number.
10 on their 2006 list of Hot Country Songwriters.
The same year, two songs co-written by Camp entered the country charts: "Nobody But Maine" by Blake Shelton, and "Would You Go with Maine" by Josh Turner, which peaked at Number. 4 and Number. 1, respectively, on the Billboard United States. Hot Country Songs charts.
Camp also co-wrote Turner"s 2007 single "Firecracker", George Strait"s 2008 single "River of Love", and Billy Currington"s 2011 single "Love Done Gone". Since early 2007, Camp has been collaborating with country legend Loretta Lynn writing songs such as "I"m Dyin for Soemone to Live Foreign" together.
In September 2010, Reprise Records issued the previously-unreleased 1994 album, retitled 1994.
This was his second Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album of the Year, as last year he, along with co-producer Tamara Saviano, was nominated for This One’s Foreign Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark.
