# Joshua Lee Turner

Joshua Lee Turner is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and internet personality based in Brooklyn, New York. He is known for his eclectic guitar and vocal covers posted on his YouTube channel Josh Turner Guitar for which he and long time collaborator Carson McKee have gained millions of views.

## Early life and education

Turner began singing at nine years of age and began playing guitar five years later, in January 2006. Over the next few years he became proficient at several other instruments.
In July 2007, he created his YouTube channel, where he began posting covers of popular songs. His first viral video was his cover of "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits. As of January 2025, the video has had 13 million views, and his channel over 737,000 subscribers.
Turner studied music at Butler University, where he also participated in the Butler Chorale, and was music director for the a cappella group Out of the Dawg House. In 2014, his senior year, he appeared on Good Morning America to perform segments of his cover of Paul Simon's song "Graceland"; the clip became popular on YouTube.

## Career

In 2018 and 2019 Turner was a cast member in the touring show The Simon & Garfunkel Story and in 2019 starred as Paul Simon in Graceland Live.
Turner released his first full-length solo album, As Good a Place as Any, in April 2019, and his second album, Public Life, on August 7, 2020.
In addition to his solo work, Turner is part of the folk duo The Other Favorites alongside Carson McKee. They released an EP, Fools, in 2017, an original studio album, Naysayer, in 2018, and a live album, Live in London, in 2019. In 2021, the duo released the album Unamericana. Turner and McKee frequently perform in YouTube videos and on tour with singer-songwriter Elle Cordova and Toni Lindgren.
After meeting Allison Young online in 2017, Turner formed a duo with her called The Bygones. The duo announced that they would not be continuing work on the project on February 10, 2025.

## Discography
### Solo

| Title | Album details |
| As Good a Place as Any | Release date: April 2019 Label: Bring Luck Record |
| Public Life | Release date: August 2020 Label: Bring Luck Records |

### The Other Favorites

| Title | Album details |
| Novelty Josh Turner, Carson Mckee | Release date: 2011 Label: The Other Favorites (Self-release) |
| The Other Favorites (EP) (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) | Release date: 2012 Label: The Other Favorites (Self-release) |
| Fools (EP) (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) | Release date: September 2017 Label: The Other Favorites (Self-released) |
| Naysayer (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) | Release date: June 2018 Label: The Other Favorites (Self-released) |
| Live in London (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) | Record date: August 20, 2019 Label: Last Triumph |
| Unamericana (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) | Release date: November 19, 2021 Label: The Other Favorites (Self-released) |

### The Bygones

| Title | Album details |
| May 9-12 (EP) (Josh Turner, Allison Young) | Release date: July 1, 2022 Label: Bring Luck Records |
| The Bygones (Josh Turner, Allison Young) | Release date: April 4, 2024 Label: Tone Tree |

### Other albums

| Title | Album details |
| Josh & Larkin (Josh Turner, Larkin Dodgen) | Release date: March 2014 Label: Josh & Larkin (Self-released) |
| Armed and Dangerous (Josh Turner, Carson McKee, Bob Barrick) | Release date: April 2017 Label: Kingdom Jasmine |

## Popular YouTube videos

> 1.5 Million views as of 12/2020 :
| Song | Release Date | Instrument | Release Channel | Additional Collaborators | Views (mil) |
| Sultans of Swing | July 4, 2012 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 12 |
| Folsom Prison Blues | December 8, 2018 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 6.7 |
| Stuck in the Middle with You | December 8, 2019 | Bass guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson McKee Reina del Cid Toni Lindgren | 6.7 |
| Take it Easy | May 13, 2017 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 5 |
| Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | November 9, 2011 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 4.3 |
| Acoustic Blues in D | February 3, 2015 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 3.5 |
| Knockin' on Heaven's Door | April 1, 2013 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 3.1 |
| Crazy | May 11, 2018 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Allison Young | 4.2 |
| Harvest Moon | July 7, 2019 | Bass guitar | Reina del Cid | Carson McKee Reina del Cid Toni Lindgren | 5 |
| Feeling Good | August 23, 2015 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Larkin Dodgen | 2.7 |
| Eleanor Rigby | February 14, 2017 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 3.1 |
| Can't Help Falling in Love | July 18, 2017 | Acoustic Guitar | Amber Taylor Music | Amber Ordaz Taylor Neita | 3 |
| Sloop John B | November 15, 2018 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Alec Hamilton Ben Cooley Taylor Bloom Marc Encabo Bob Sale | 3.9 |
| Paradise | June 28, 2016 | Banjo | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee Kingdom Jasmine | 2.2 |
| Honky Tonk Women | October 21, 2016 | Electric guitar Bass guitar Cowbell Drums | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 2.3 |
| Operator | July 7, 2019 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson McKee Reina del Cid Toni Lindgren | 3.2 |
| Graceland | February 13, 2013 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 2 |
| The Times They are a-Changin' | January 30, 2017 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 2.1 |
| Mamma Mia | November 25, 2019 | Banjo | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson McKee Marie | 2.8 |
| Little Wing | February 3, 2014 | Mandolin Ukulele Bass Cajon | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 1.5 |
| For What It's Worth | July 2, 2019 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Alec Hamilton Ben Cooley Taylor Bloom Marc Encabo Bob Sale | 2.4 |