James Otto (born James Allen Otto on July 29, 1973, in Fort Lewis, Washington) is an American country music artist. Otto began his career on Mercury Nashville Records in 2002, charting three minor singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and recording his debut album Days of Our Lives for the label before being dropped in 2004. In late 2007, he signed to Warner Bros Records. His second album, Sunset Man, was released in April 2008. It was produced by John Rich (of Big & Rich) and Jay D...
James Otto (born James Allen Otto on July 29, 1973, in Fort Lewis, Washington) is an American country music artist. Otto began his career on Mercury Nashville Records in 2002, charting three minor singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and recording his debut album Days of Our Lives for the label before being dropped in 2004.
In late 2007, he signed to Warner Bros Records. His second album, Sunset Man, was released in April 2008. It was produced by John Rich (of Big & Rich) and Jay DeMarcus (of Rascal Flatts), the latter of whom is Otto's brother-in-law. The lead-off single to Sunset Man, "Just Got Started Lovin' You", became Otto's first US #1 hit, as well as the #1 US country single of 2008 (according to Billboard).
Otto released a non-album single, "Since You Brought It Up", in April 2009. His third album, Shake What God Gave Ya (produced by Paul Worley) was released on September 14, 2010.
In March 2011, Otto announced on Twitter that he had exited Warner Bros Records. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.