Happy Birthday to Jelly Roll! He turns 40 years old, here are 10 Jelly Roll facts you may or may not know:
1. Jelly’s real name is Jason DeFord. His mom gave him his stage name when he was younger because he was “the chubby kid.”
2. He was convicted of robbery as a teenager, and possession with intent to distribute when he was 21. In total, he went to jail 40 times for various offenses.
3. Jelly is a college graduate. He got his GED in jail, and then went on to get his associate degree in sociology from Volunteer State University.
4. He got engaged and married to Bunnie Xo on the SAME NIGHT.
5. Jelly has two older brothers. Their names are Roger and Scott.
6. His musical influences are: Johnny Cash, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Three 6 Mafia.
7. In addition to his country success, he also has a #1 song in rock music too. “Dead Man Walking” was on top of the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in 2022.
8. His song, “Tears Could Talk”, features a duet with his daughter, Bailee Ann DeFord. Jelly also has a son named Noah.
9. Jelly loves Waffle House so much, that he included their logo and name on his 2013 mixtape called, “Whiskey, Weed, and Waffle House”. But the breakfast chain didn’t think it was funny and sent him a cease-and-desist letter.
10. Jelly’s guilty pleasure is golf. He said, “I love golf because people drink early in the morning.”
One of the earliest and most influential recordings in country music history came in 1927, when producer Ralph Peer met up with Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family to put out “The Bristol Sessions”. Now another recording has now been found that pre-dates “The Bristol Sessions” by over 30 YEARS. And it might just be the earliest country music recording ever made. It dates back to 1891, and is sung by Louis Vasnier from New Orleans. The song is called, “Thompson’s Old Gray Mule”.
Post Malone performed “America the Beautiful” at the last Super Bowl, and starred in a Big Game commercial. But this year, he’ll perform a FREE show at the Fillmore in New Orleans on February 7th – 2 days before the Super Bowl just down the street. The show is called Bud Light Backyard Presents Post Malone.
“Rolling Stone” just put out its list of the 100 Best Songs of 2024, and country music only took up a few spots.
3. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey
8. “Pink Skies” by Zach Bryan
11. “Ya Ya” by Beyoncé (Well, it’s from “Cowboy Carter”.)
27. “I Had Some Help” by Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen
37. “Darkest Hour (Helene Edit)” by Eric Church
46. “Austin” Dasha
53. “Cardinal” by Kacey Musgraves
87. “Use Me” by Zach Top
90. “Damnit Randy” by Miranda Lambert
Barry Manilow has accepted a lifetime residency in Las Vegas.
Orlando Brown is 37. Eddie from “That’s So Raven”.
Jelly Roll is 40. Country singer. “Save Me”.
Lila McCann is 43. Country singer. “With You”.
Tyra Banks is 51.
Kevin Sussman is 54. Stuart Bloom on “The Big Bang Theory”.
Jay Z is 55
Fred Armisen is 58. Former “SNL” cast member who now plays Uncle Fester on “Wednesday”.
Marisa Tomei is 60.
Chelsea Noble is 60. Kate on “Growing Pains”. She married Kirk Cameron, both on and off the show.
Jeff Bridges is 75.
Max Baer, Jr. is 87. Jethro on “The Beverly Hillbillies”.
Wink Martindale is 91. Amazing host of “Tic Tac Dough”.
