Jim Photoglo

Jim Photoglo
Jim Photoglo
	Jim Photoglo playing with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 2024.
Background information
Origin	Inglewood, California, U.S.
Genres	Soft rock; country;
Occupations	Musician; singer-songwriter;
Instruments	Vocals; bass guitar; acoustic guitar;
Years active	1980-present
Labels	20th Century Fox, Casablanca
Member of	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Formerly of	Run C&W
Website	jimphotoglo.com

James G. Photoglo is an American soft rock singer and songwriter from Inglewood, California. He released two charting albums in the early 1980s and had two hit singles, "We Were Meant to Be Lovers" (No. 31, 1980) and "Fool in Love with You" (No. 25, 1981).^[1] He has also performed simply as Photoglo.

After his career as a pop artist, he became a successful country music songwriter in Nashville. He wrote songs for Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, the Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield, Lee Roy Parnell, Patty Loveless, Highway 101, the Oak Ridge Boys, Pam Tillis, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Neal McCoy, John Anderson, and Kathy Mattea. Four recordings made the top ten of Billboard's country chart, and two went to No. 1: "Fishin' in the Dark" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and "Hometown Honeymoon" by Alabama. In addition, his song "She Loves Me (The Best That I Can Be)" was covered by pop/R&B singer James Ingram.

He released solo albums again in the 1990s and 2000s. Photoglo was also one of four members of a short-lived novelty country band called Run C&W, which recorded two albums for MCA between 1993 and 1995. He had a long-running association with Dan Fogelberg, serving as bass player and backup vocalist in Fogelberg's touring band for much of the 1980s and 1990s.

His most recent folk album, Halls of My Heart, was released in July 2014. It is the first album on which Photoglo wrote nearly all of its songs single-handedly.

Since 2016, Photoglo has been touring as a sideman with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, playing bass guitar and acoustic guitar, as well as adding background vocals.

Discography

Albums

1980 – Photoglo (U.S. #194)^[2]
1981 – Fool in Love with You (U.S. #119)^[2]
1983 – The Thin Man
1993 – Pure Love
1996 – Passage
2000 – Fly Straight Home
2005 – Sparks in the Radio
2009 – Is It Me?
2014 – Halls of My Heart

Singles

1980 – "We Were Meant to Be Lovers" - U.S. Billboard #31,^[3] U.S. AC #14^[4]
1980 – "When Love Is Gone" - U.S. AC #44^[5]
1981 – "Fool in Love with You" - U.S. Billboard #25,^[6] U.S. AC #12,^[7] Cash Box #23; CAN AC #11^[8]
1981 – "More to Love" - U.S. AC #36^[9]
1981 - "Don't Play Another Sad Song"
1981 – "Tonight Will Last Forever"
1983 - "I Think We're Alone Now"
1983 – "Don't Say Goodnight"
1993 - "Will of the Wind"
1993 - "Pure Love"
2000 - "Fly Straight Home"
2005 - "Sparks in the Radio"
2009 - "Is It Me"
2014 - "Halls of My Heart"