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〕 |origin =Nashville, Tennessee |instrument =Vocals, Guitar |genre =Country |occupation =Singer-songwriter |years_active =2003–present |label =DreamWorks Nashville Big Machine Records Valory Music Group |website =(Official Website ) |associated_acts =Tracy Byrd, Hall & Oates, Whitney Duncan }} Jimmy Wayne Barber (born October 23, 1972) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He released his self-titled debut album in 2003 on the DreamWorks Records label. Four singles were released from it, including "Stay Gone" and "I Love You This Much", which both reached Top Ten on the ''Billboard'' country charts. A second album, ''Do You Believe Me Now'', was released in August 2008 via Big Machine Records subsidiary Valory Music Group, and its title track became his first Number One hit in late 2008. ''Sara Smile'' followed in 2009. == Early life == Jimmy Wayne (Barber) was born on October 23, 1972 in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.〔 His biological father abandoned him at an early age. He and his sister were sometimes raised in foster homes or were left with other people when their mother would leave them or go to jail. She served four months in prison in 1985 when Wayne was 12.〔 After entering a county home, Wayne ran away and lived with his mother for a brief time before living on the streets and with his sister, Patricia, for a short while.〔 He eventually moved in with an elderly couple, Russell and Bea Costner, (just down the road from where his mother was living), after being hired to mow their lawn.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jimmy Wayne biography )〕 After finishing high school, he worked as a guard at the Gaston Correctional Facility, where he took songwriting advice from an inmate.〔 He earned an associate's degree in criminal justice at a community college. Afterwards he worked as a corrections officer for 4 years before moving to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue his musical interests. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy Wayne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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