Biography
Jamie Lin Wilson first built her profile in the late 2000s by fronting the Americana group the Sidehill Gougers and later singing in the close-harmony country quartet the Trishas. Her warm Texan delivery and sharply observed, everyday material helped establish her as both a sought-after collaborator and a skilled songwriter before she stepped out on her own with the 2015 album Holidays & Wedding Rings and its 2018 follow-up Jumping Over Rocks.
Born in Sealy, Texas, she later settled in the Hill Country near Austin. A solo set by Natalie Maines during a Dixie Chicks show prompted her to pick up the guitar while studying at Texas A&M. Within a year she had joined the formation of the Sidehill Gougers, a lively Americana band that became a regional favorite and issued the independent albums The Runaway Scrape in 2003 and A Long Day for the Weathervane in 2008, the latter released simply under the name the Gougers. Around the same period she co-founded the Trishas, an all-female country-folk ensemble alongside Liz Foster, Kellee Mickwee, and Savannah Welch. What began as a one-time tribute performance for Savannah Welch’s father, the veteran songwriter Kevin Welch, quickly evolved into a lasting project whose stacked vocal harmonies and collective songwriting drew a dedicated audience. While touring with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Todd Snider, the Trishas issued their 2010 debut EP They Call Us the Trishas; Wilson also put out her own solo EP Dirty Blonde Hair that year, though the quartet remained her main focus until it returned with the 2012 full-length High, Wide & Handsome.
Once the Trishas paused activity, Wilson seized the chance to pursue a full solo path, releasing Holidays & Wedding Rings in 2015 and following it three years later with Jumping Over Rocks.
Born in Sealy, Texas, she later settled in the Hill Country near Austin. A solo set by Natalie Maines during a Dixie Chicks show prompted her to pick up the guitar while studying at Texas A&M. Within a year she had joined the formation of the Sidehill Gougers, a lively Americana band that became a regional favorite and issued the independent albums The Runaway Scrape in 2003 and A Long Day for the Weathervane in 2008, the latter released simply under the name the Gougers. Around the same period she co-founded the Trishas, an all-female country-folk ensemble alongside Liz Foster, Kellee Mickwee, and Savannah Welch. What began as a one-time tribute performance for Savannah Welch’s father, the veteran songwriter Kevin Welch, quickly evolved into a lasting project whose stacked vocal harmonies and collective songwriting drew a dedicated audience. While touring with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Todd Snider, the Trishas issued their 2010 debut EP They Call Us the Trishas; Wilson also put out her own solo EP Dirty Blonde Hair that year, though the quartet remained her main focus until it returned with the 2012 full-length High, Wide & Handsome.
Once the Trishas paused activity, Wilson seized the chance to pursue a full solo path, releasing Holidays & Wedding Rings in 2015 and following it three years later with Jumping Over Rocks.
Albums
Singles