Interview with James House

Published: April 21, 2015, 11 p.m.

Songwriter and Recording Artist\xa0JAMES HOUSE co-wrote Grammy Nominated Country Song of the Year \u201cAin\u2019t That Lonely Yet\u201d (recorded by Dwight Yoakam) and CMA Nominated Song of the Year \u201cA Broken Wing\u201d (recorded by Martina McBride) along with another smash hit\xa0"In A\xa0Week Or Two\u201d (recorded by Diamond Rio).\n\nOther artists to record his songs include Tina Turner, Olivia Newton-John, Rod Stewart, The Mavericks and Sara Evans - to name just\xa0several.\n\n\nBorn & raised in Sacramento, California,\xa0James pursued music in L.A. before making the move\xa0to\xa0Nashville in the late 1980s. Not long after the move, he was signed to MCA Records, where he began a string of chart hits like \u201cDon\u2019t Quit Me Now\u201d and \u201cHard Times For An Honest Man.\u201d\xa0\n\nA switch to Epic Nashville produced the critically-acclaimed Days Gone By album and yielded the top 5 hit \u201cThis Is Me Missing You,\u201d and top 20 singles \u201cReal Good Way To Wind Up Lonesome\u201d and \u201cLittle By Little.\u201d\n\n\nHis latest album is entitled Songwriters Serenade.\xa0It features 10 songs co-written with James by some of the most successful songwriters in country music. One of the most talked about\xa0tracks has James singing\xa0the\xa0duet "Over Getting Over You"\xa0with newcomer Natalie Noone (daughter of famed founder/member of the Herman's Hermits, Peter Noone).