Idol Chatter & Voice Views

His audition: Joey Green, 35, of Crowley, Texas, performed “Baba O’Riley” by The Who. In spite an impressive rock performance, it wasn’t until near the end of the song that Jennifer Hudson and Blake Shelton turned around. Blake complimented his range and the rasp in his voice. Joey decided to join Team Blake.

His background: To supplement his income from music, he runs a t-shirt screen printing business out of his kitchen. He considers his genre post-Americana and considered his audition song a tribute of sorts to one of his biggest supporters, his sister. He also said it was her passing from a heart attack at age 41 that taught him to seize every opportunity that comes his way. And she loved it when he played rock and roll, Joey recalled.

On picking Team Blake: Joey told Media Hub he likes the fact that Blake is familiar with artists making the transition from the Texas red dirt country scene to Nashville. “I think Blake and me probably have a lot more in common than either one of us would admit. He’s an Oklahoma boy, I’m a Texas boy, so I think we might think along the same lines,” he added. “Working with him — he’s very laid back and cool, nice and honest. And he’s a hugger. And that’s a big hug coming from a giant man.”

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* Joey says he got his start singing “Duke of Earl” in a sixth-grade talent show. By the time he was a high school senior, he had his own band and they were playing gigs around their hometown.

* On Facebook, he lists his genres as Americana, rock and country. During an interview with Media Hub, he described it this way: “americana with a pop sensibility, story songs with banger hooks.”

* Joey Green and/or his band have at least six albums to their credit, the latest being “The War,” an 11-song project released in 2015. You can check out the impressive title track below.

* Joey released his debut album, “Outside the Circle,” in 2004, and for a while performed in a band called Defining Briscoe.

* Other releases include “Vinyl Destination” (2008), “Whatever Lady” (2009), “EP Tone Home” (2011), “Lo 5” (2013), “Live at the Whiskey Girl Saloon” (2013).

* His most popular tunes on Spotify are “Natchitoches Blues” and “Rodeo Clown,” each with more than 130,000 streams.

* According to his Facebook bio, Joey has toured or performed with national acts, including the Eli Young Band, Kevin Fowler and Randy Rogers.

* For at least the past two years, he’s been part of a series of shows in London called The Texas Music Takeover with some other performers Voice fans might recognize — Luke Wade, Josh Halverson and Austin Allsup.

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