Joshua Lee Turner Explained

Joshua Lee Turner
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Years Active:2007–present
Birth Place:Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Label:Bring Luck

Joshua Lee Turner is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and internet personality based in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Early life and education

Turner began singing at nine years of age and began playing guitar five years later, in January 2006. Over the next few years he became proficient at several other instruments.

In July 2007, he created his YouTube channel, where he began posting covers of popular songs.[2] His first viral video was his cover of "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits. As of June 2022, the video has 12 million views,[3] and his channel over 700,000 subscribers.[4]

Turner studied music at Butler University, where he also participated in the Butler Chorale, and was music director for the a cappella group Out of the Dawg House.[5] [6] In 2014, his senior year, he appeared on Good Morning America to perform segments of his cover of Paul Simon's song "Graceland," which became popular on YouTube.[7] [8]

Career

In 2018 and 2019 Turner was a cast member in the touring show The Simon & Garfunkel Story[9] and in 2019 starred as Paul Simon in Graceland Live.

Turner released his first full-length solo album, As Good a Place as Any, in April 2019, and his second album, Public Life, on August 7, 2020.

In addition to his solo work, Turner is part of the folk duo The Other Favorites alongside Carson McKee. They released an EP, Fools, in 2017, an original studio album, Naysayer, in 2018, and a live album, Live in London, in 2019.[10] In 2021, the duo released the album Unamericana. Turner and McKee frequently perform in YouTube videos and on tour with singer-songwriter Elle Cordova and Toni Lindgren.

After meeting Allison Young online in 2017, Turner formed a duo with Young called The Bygones. The Bygones independently funded their debut album and kicked off a subsequent tour via a Kickstarter campaign in less than 48 hours in 2023.

Discography

Solo

TitleAlbum details
As Good a Place as Any [11]
  • Release date: April 2019
  • Label: Bring Luck Record
Public Life [12]
  • Release date: August 2020
  • Label: Bring Luck Records

The Other Favorites

TitleAlbum details
Novelty
Josh Turner, Carson Mckee
  • Release date: 2011 [13]
  • Label: The Other Favorites (Self-release)
The Other Favorites (EP)
(Josh Turner, Carson Mckee)
  • Release date: 2012 [14]
  • Label: The Other Favorites (Self-release)
Fools (EP)
(Josh Turner, Carson Mckee)
  • Release date: September 2017 [15]
  • Label: The Other Favorites (Self-released)
Naysayer
(Josh Turner, Carson Mckee)
  • Release date: June 2018 [16]
  • Label: The Other Favorites (Self-released)
Live in London
(Josh Turner, Carson Mckee)
  • Record date: August 20, 2019 [17]
  • Label: Last Triumph
Unamericana
(Josh Turner, Carson Mckee)
  • Release date: November 19, 2021 [18]
  • Label: The Other Favorites (Self-released)

Other albums

TitleAlbum details
Josh & Larkin
(Josh Turner, Larkin Dodgen)
  • Release date: March 2014 [19]
  • Label: Josh & Larkin (Self-released)
Armed and Dangerous
(Josh Turner, Carson McKee, Bob Barrick)
  • Release date: April 2017 [20]
  • Label: Kingdom Jasmine

Popular YouTube Videos

> 1.5 Million views as of 12/2020
Song Release Date Instrument Release Channel Additional
Collaborators 		Views
(mil)
July 4, 2012 Josh Turner Guitar - 12 [21]
December 8, 2018 Josh Turner Guitar Carson Mckee 6.7 [22]
December 8, 2019 Josh Turner Guitar Carson McKee
Reina del Cid
Toni Lindgren 		6.7 [23]
May 13, 2017 Josh Turner Guitar Carson Mckee 5[24]
November 9, 2011 Josh Turner Guitar Carson Mckee 4.3[25]
Acoustic Blues in D February 3, 2015 Josh Turner Guitar - 3.5[26]
April 1, 2013 Josh Turner Guitar Carson Mckee 3.1[27]
May 11, 2018 Josh Turner Guitar Allison Young 4.2[28]
July 7, 2019 Reina del Cid Carson McKee
Reina del Cid
Toni Lindgren 		5[29]
August 23, 2015 Josh Turner Guitar Larkin Dodgen 2.7[30]
February 14, 2017 Josh Turner Guitar - 3.1[31]
July 18, 2017 Amber Taylor Music Amber Ordaz
Taylor Neita 		3[32]
November 15, 2018 Josh Turner Guitar Alec Hamilton
Ben Cooley
Taylor Bloom
Marc Encabo
Bob Sale 		3.9 [33]
June 28, 2016 Josh Turner Guitar Carson Mckee
Kingdom Jasmine 		2.2[34]
October 21, 2016 Josh Turner Guitar - 2.3[35]
July 7, 2019 Josh Turner Guitar Carson McKee
Reina del Cid
Toni Lindgren 		3.2[36]
February 13, 2013 Josh Turner Guitar - 2[37]
January 30, 2017 Josh Turner Guitar Carson Mckee 2.1[38]
November 25, 2019 Josh Turner Guitar Carson McKee
Marie [39] 		2.8[40]
February 3, 2014 Josh Turner Guitar - 1.5[41]
July 2, 2019 Josh Turner Guitar Alec Hamilton
Ben Cooley
Taylor Bloom
Marc Encabo
Bob Sale 		2.4[42]

References

  1. Web site: Rollins. Scott. June 29, 2020. Album Review: Sophomore effort Public Life by Joshua Lee Turner out August 7. August 4, 2020. The Cosmic Clash. en-US.
  2. Web site: BWW News Desk. GRACELAND LIVE Starring YouTube Guitar Sensation Josh Turner Makes its World Premiere. August 4, 2020. BroadwayWorld.com. en.
  3. Web site: Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits (Josh Turner Cover) - YouTube. August 4, 2020. Youtube.com.
  4. Web site: Josh Turner Guitar - YouTube. August 4, 2020. Youtube.com.
  5. News: June 4, 2014. Senior Josh Turner Performs on ABC's 'Good Morning America'. Butler Stories. August 4, 2020. August 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200806225146/https://stories.butler.edu/content/senior-josh-turner-performs-abcs-good-morning-america. dead.
  6. Web site: August 26, 2017. Knopfler Solo Technique with Josh Turner – "In The Gallery". August 4, 2020. DireStraits. en-US.
  7. Web site: College Student's Cover of Paul Simon Is Uncanny. August 4, 2020. ABC News. en.
  8. Web site: Video: Open Mike: Paul Simon Cover Goes Viral. August 4, 2020. ABC News. en.
  9. Web site: Simon and Garfunkel jukebox musical coming to the Bing The Spokesman-Review. August 4, 2020. Spokesman.com.
  10. Web site: October 15, 2017. Artist Interview: The Other Favorites – Josh Turner and Carson McKee prove to be clever songwriters, not fools at all. August 4, 2020. Ear To The Ground Music. en-US.
  11. Web site: 'As Good a Place as Any' album. April 5, 2019.
  12. Web site: 'Public Life' album. August 3, 2020.
  13. Web site: 'Novelty' album. 2011.
  14. Web site: 'The Other Favorites' album. 2012.
  15. Web site: 'Fools' album. September 5, 2017.
  16. Web site: 'Naysayer' album. June 12, 2018.
  17. Web site: 'Live in London' album. August 20, 2019.
  18. Web site: THE OTHER FAVORITES - UNAMERICANA CD. December 14, 2021.
  19. Web site: 'Josh & Larkin' album. March 5, 2014.
  20. Web site: 'Armed and Dangerous' album. April 30, 2017.
  21. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner Cover "Sultans of Swing" . April 7, 2012.
  22. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner and Carson McKee Cover "Folsom Prisoner Blues". August 12, 2018.
  23. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner, Carson McKee, Reina del Cid and Toni Lindgren Cover "Stuck in the Middle with you". August 12, 2019.
  24. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner and Carson McKee Cover "Take it Easy". May 13, 2017.
  25. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner and Carson McKee Cover "Don't Think Twice Its All Right". September 11, 2011.
  26. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner Cover "Acoustic Blues in D" . March 2, 2015.
  27. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner and Carson McKee Cover "Kockin' on Heaven's Door". January 4, 2013.
  28. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner and Allison Young Cover Patsy Cline's "Crazy". November 5, 2018.
  29. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner, Carson McKee, Reina del Cid and Toni Lindgren Cover "Harvest Moon". July 7, 2019.
  30. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner and Larkin Dodgen Cover "Feeling Good". August 23, 2015.
  31. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner Cover "Elanor Rigby" . February 14, 2017.
  32. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner, Amber Ordaz and Taylor Neita Cover "Can't help falling in love with you". July 18, 2017.
  33. Web site: Watch the Back of the Bus Boys Perform "Sloop John B". November 15, 2018.
  34. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner, Carson McKee and Kingdom Jasmine Cover "Kockin' on Heaven's Door". June 28, 2016.
  35. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner Cover "Honkey Tonk Women" . October 21, 2016.
  36. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner, Carson McKee, Reina del Cid and Toni Lindgren Cover "Operator". July 7, 2019.
  37. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner Cover "Graceland" . February 13, 2013.
  38. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner and Carson McKee Cover "The Times They Are a-Changin". January 30, 2017.
  39. Web site: Who is Marie? (6:00 mark). October 9, 2016.
  40. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner and Carson McKee Cover "Mamma Mia". November 25, 2019.
  41. Web site: Watch Joshua Lee Turner Cover "Little Wing" . March 2, 2014.
  42. Web site: Watch the Back of the Bus Boys Perform "For What It's Worth". February 7, 2019.

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