Jason Sellers Biography
Jason Sellers is an American country music singer-songwriter and bass guitarist. After several years of touring the United States in his family's band, Sellers joined the road band of Ricky Skaggs. By 1997, he was signed to a recording contract with BNA Records, for whom he recorded two studio albums: 1997's I'm Your Man and 1999's A Matter of Time. These two albums produced five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts; each album's title track reached Top 40 on that chart. Although he has not recorded any albums since A Matter of Time, Jason has had continued success as a songwriter, with acts such as Lonestar, Kenny Chesney, and Montgomery Gentry having recorded his songs. In addition, he holds several credits as a session bass guitarist and background vocalist.
His musical beginnings were as a member of his family's gospel music group, the Sellers Family, which toured throughout the Western United States. In 1990, he married Lee Ann Womack, who would later become a successful country music artist herself. They had one daughter together, Aubrie Lee, born in 1991, and they divorced in the late 1990s.
Sellers moved to Nashville, Tennessee while still in his late teens. He then persuaded Vince Gill to allow him to play bass guitar in Gill's road band when the band's regular bassist was unavailable. Gill then recommended Sellers to Billy Joe Royal, in whose band Sellers soon became bassist. Afterward, Sellers moved to Ricky Skaggs' road band, also becoming a songwriter and road manager for Skaggs. While with Skaggs, Sellers also worked on his songwriting skills, and eventually had cuts recorded by Pam Tillis, Lonestar, and Wade Hayes. He was subsequently signed to BNA Records in 1997, recording two albums for that label and charting two Top 40 singles. One day after the release of Sellers' second album, A Matter of Time, he parted ways with BNA Records; however, he continues to contribute as a songwriter, session bass guitarist and harmony vocalist. Songs that Sellers has written for other artists include "Some People Change" (recorded by both Kenny Chesney and Montgomery Gentry, the latter of whom released it as a single); "You Can't Hide Beautiful" by Aaron Lines; "The One in the Middle" by Sarah Johns; "I Still Miss You" by Keith Anderson; and "If You Didn't Love Me" by Phil Stacey.
