# Sherman Halsey

Sherman Brooks Halsey (February 22, 1957 – October 29, 2013) was an American music video and television director, producer, and artist manager. Sherman Halsey produced and directed hundreds of television shows and music videos for artists such as Tim McGraw, Brooks and Dunn, Alan Jackson, B. B. King, Michael Bolton and Dwight Yoakam.

## Career

After college, Halsey split his time between the Agency, Management and Record Company division headquartered in Tulsa, and their Beverly Hills office where he and Dick Howard developed the television production arm of the Jim Halsey Company. As vice chairman of the Jim Halsey Company, the largest agency in country music in the world at that time, he was involved in all aspects of the artists' careers. The Jim Halsey Company represented 47 of country music's top stars, Roy Clark, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Bellamy Brothers, The Judds, Waylon Jennings, Reba McEntire, Merle Haggard, Roy Orbison and many others. Halsey was vice chairman of the Jim Halsey Company from 1980 to 1990 when the Halseys sold the Agency division to William Morris. The Halseys maintained ownership of the Management and Production divisions of the company.
Halsey discovered and managed an unknown Dwight Yoakam. Drawing upon his directing talent, Halsey combined his management and marketing skills to design and implement a plan which would develop Yoakam's career through the newly emerging video market. As Yoakam's manager, he produced and directed numerous music videos for Yoakam including one of the first big budget music videos, “Honky Tonk Man”. Halsey also worked as manager of the group The Clark Family Experience. He discovered them after seeing a videotape of one of their performances, but with no contact information on the tape, it took him six months to find them. He asked them if they wanted to open for Tim McGraw, and got them signed to Curb Records, within a few weeks of meeting them.
Halsey became a prolific music video director, especially for Tim McGraw. Regarding their work together, McGraw said in an interview, ""Sherman has documented pretty much everything and almost all the videos I've done." McGraw delayed plans for a television network special, eventually titled, Tim McGraw: Sing Me Home, until he could be assured that Halsey would direct the special.

## Personal life

Halsey was the son of artist manager, agent, and impresario Jim Halsey.

## Death

Halsey died on October 29, 2013, at his Nashville home. He was 56. Funeral services for Halsey were conducted November 5, 2013, at Memorial Hall, Independence, Kansas and were attended by approximately 400 people as well as family. Roy Clark, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Tim McGraw attended the services. Jana Jae played a violin farewell and Leon Russell sent a videotape tribute. A eulogy was delivered by his father, Jim Halsey and another was delivered by his sister, Gina.

## Filmography
### Television shows

| Season | Title | Involvement | Network |
| 1982–1983 | "Country Music USA" | Associate Producer | HBO Entertainment |
| 1987–1988 | "Country Music – A New Tradition" | Director Producer | Cinemax |
| 1997–1999 | "The Oak Ridge Boys From Las Vegas" | Creator Producer Executive Producer | The Nashville Network (TNN) |
| 2002–2003 | "Tim McGraw: Sing Me Home" | Director Producer | NBC Entertainment, Primetime Special |
| 2004–2005 | "Tim McGraw: Here and Now" | Director Co-Producer | NBC Entertainment, Primetime Special |
| 2005–2006 | "Tim McGraw: Reflected" | Director Producer | NBC Entertainment, Primetime Special |

### Music videos directed

80 music videos are currently listed here.
| Year | Video | Artist |
| 1982 | "So Fine" | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1984 | "The Chicken in Black" | Johnny Cash |
| 1985 | "Centerfield" | John Fogerty |
| 1986 | "Honky Tonk Man" | Dwight Yoakam |
| 1986 | "Guitars, Cadillacs" | Dwight Yoakam |
| 1986 | "Heartbeat in the Darkness" | Don Williams |
| 1987 | "Little Sister" | Dwight Yoakam |
| 1987 | "La Bamba" | Los Lobos |
| 1987 | "Rose in Paradise" | Waylon Jennings |
| 1988 | "Always Late with Your Kisses" | Dwight Yoakam |
| 1988 | "Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight" | J.C. Crowley |
| 1989 | "Fool's Paradise" | Larry Boone |
| 1991 | "Drift Off to Dream" | Travis Tritt |
| 1991 | "Back to the Well" | Tom Wopat |
| 1991 | "Adios Mexico" | Texas Tornados |
| 1991 | "It's Chitlin' Time" | The Kentucky Headhunters |
| 1992 | "No Man's Land" | Leon Russell |
| 1992 | "Anything Can Happen" | Leon Russell |
| 1992 | "The Letter" | Wayne Newton |
| 1992 | "Too Much" | Pirates of the Mississippi |
| 1992 | "Going Out of My Mind" | McBride & the Ride |
| 1992 | "This Broken Heart" | The Mavericks |
| 1992 | "Watch Me" | Lorrie Morgan |
| 1992 | "I Want You Bad (And That Ain't Good)" | Collin Raye |
| 1993 | "Hard Workin' Man" | Brooks & Dunn |
| 1993 | "I Guess You Had to Be There" | Lorrie Morgan |
| 1993 | "Blame It on Your Heart" | Patty Loveless |
| 1993 | "Reno" | Doug Supernaw |
| 1993 | "Half Enough" | Lorrie Morgan |
| 1993 | "I Fell in the Water" | John Anderson |
| 1993 | "That Was a River" | Collin Raye |
| 1993 | "Were You Really Livin'" | Brother Phelps |
| 1993 | "I Don't Call Him Daddy" | Doug Supernaw |
| 1994 | "Indian Outlaw" | Tim McGraw |
| 1994 | "Little Rock" | Collin Raye |
| 1994 | "(Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love Again" | Hal Ketchum |
| 1994 | "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" | Gibson/Miller Band |
| 1994 | "Don't Take the Girl" | Tim McGraw |
| 1994 | "State Fair" | Doug Supernaw |
| 1994 | "Down on the Farm" | Tim McGraw |
| 1994 | "High Hopes and Empty Pockets" | McBride & the Ride |
| 1994 | "Not a Moment Too Soon" | Tim McGraw |
| 1995 | "Gonna Get a Life" | Mark Chesnutt |
| 1995 | "Little Miss Honky Tonk" | Brooks & Dunn |
| 1995 | "Refried Dreams" | Tim McGraw |
| 1995 | "I Like It, I Love It" | Tim McGraw |
| 1995 | "Trouble" | Mark Chesnutt |
| 1995 | "Tall, Tall Trees" | Alan Jackson |
| 1995 | "Can't Be Really Gone" | Tim McGraw |
| 1996 | "All I Want Is a Life" | Tim McGraw |
| 1996 | "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It" | Tim McGraw |
| 1997 | "It's Your Love" | Tim McGraw with Faith Hill |
| 1997 | "Honky Tonk Truth" | Brooks & Dunn |
| 1997 | "Everywhere" | Tim McGraw |
| 1998 | "One of These Days" | Tim McGraw |
| 1999 | "Don't Make Me Beg" | Steve Holy |
| 2000 | "Blue Moon" | Steve Holy |
| 2000 | "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" (with Deaton-Flanigen) | The Clark Family Experience |
| 2001 | "Angel Boy" | Tim McGraw |
| 2002 | "The Cowboy in Me" | Tim McGraw |
| 2002 | "She's My Kind of Rain" | Tim McGraw |
| 2002 | "The Most Inconvenient Christmas" | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 2002 | "Winter Wonderland" | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 2003 | "Real Good Man/The Ride" | Tim McGraw |
| 2004 | "Live Like You Were Dying" | Tim McGraw |
| 2004 | "Someplace Green" | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 2005 | "Drugs or Jesus" | Tim McGraw |
| 2006 | "When the Stars Go Blue" | Tim McGraw |
| 2006 | "My Little Girl" (with Michael Mayer) | Tim McGraw |
| 2007 | "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" | Tim McGraw |
| 2007 | "I Need You" | Tim McGraw with Faith Hill |
| 2008 | "Suspicions" | Tim McGraw |
| 2008 | "Nine Lives" | Def Leppard with Tim McGraw |
| 2009 | "Southern Voice" | Tim McGraw |
| 2010 | "Still" | Tim McGraw |
| 2010 | "Still" (live) | Tim McGraw |
| 2011 | "What'cha Gonna Do" | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 2012 | "One of Those Nights" | Tim McGraw |
| 2013 | "Shoot Straight" | Michaelis |
| 2013 | "Kiss You There" | Ronnie Dunn |