Sundance Head

Jason "Sundance" Head (born July 9, 1978) is an American country-soul singer and songwriter. He is the son of American singer Roy Head. In 2007, he was a semi-finalist on the sixth season of the Fox television series American Idol but was eliminated one week before the finals. In 2016, he became the winner of season 11 of the American The Voice. He was part of Team Blake Shelton.^[1] His winning song is "Darlin' Don't Go". In 2018, he signed onto Dean Dillon's Wildcatter Records^[2] and released the single Leave Her Wild.^[3]

Sundance Head
Head performing in 2015
Background information
Born	Jason Head (1978-07-09) July 9, 1978 (age 47)
Origin	Porter, Texas
Genres	Country Southern soul blues rock
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals guitar bass guitar piano
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Wildcatter, Dreamcatcher
Website	sundancehead.com

Career

Sundance Head performs at Freiheit Country Store in New Braunfels, Texas in 2017

American Idol

Main article: American Idol season 6

American Idol performances

Week #

Theme

Song choice

Original artist

Order #

Result

Auditions

N/A

"Stormy Monday"

T-Bone Walker

N/A

Qualified

Top 24 (12 Men)

N/A

"Nights in White Satin"

The Moody Blues

3

Safe

Top 20 (10 Men)

N/A

"Mustang Sally"

Mack Rice

10

Safe

Top 16 (8 Men)

N/A

"Jeremy"

Pearl Jam

3

Eliminated

Post-Idol career

In May 2007, his father reported that he signed a recording contract with Universal Music Group.^[4] In late July 2007, he released a duet with Sabrina Sloan, who was also a semi-finalist in Season 6 of American Idol.^[5]

The Voice (2016)

Main article: The Voice (American TV series) season 11

The Voice performances

  – Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes

Stage	Song	Original artist	Date	Order	Result
Blind Audition	"I've Been Loving You Too Long"	Otis Redding	Sept. 19, 2016	1.4	Adam Levine and Blake Shelton turned Joined Team Blake
Battles (Top 48)	"Feel Like Makin' Love" (vs. Dan Shafer)	Bad Company	Oct. 10, 2016	7.4	Saved by Blake
Knockouts (Top 32)	"The Climb" (vs. Josh Gallagher)	Miley Cyrus	Oct. 24, 2016	11.1
Live Playoffs (Top 20)	"Blue Ain't Your Color"	Keith Urban	Nov. 7, 2016	15.9	Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 12	"My Church"	Maren Morris	Nov. 14, 2016	17.1
Live Top 11	"No One"	Alicia Keys	Nov. 21, 2016	19.2
Live Top 10	"Me and Jesus"	Tom T. Hall	Nov. 28, 2016	21.9
Live Semifinals (Top 8)	"Love Can Build a Bridge"	The Judds	Dec. 5, 2016	23.7
Live Finale (Final 4)	"Darlin' Don't Go" (original song)	Sundance Head	Dec. 12, 2016	25.4	Winner
	"Treat Her Right" (with Blake Shelton)	Roy Head and the Traits		25.8
	"At Last"	Glenn Miller and his orchestra		25.10

Non competition performances

Order	Collaborator(s)	Song	Original Artist
19.1	Austin Allsup, Courtney Harrell, and Blake Shelton	"The Heart of Rock & Roll"	Huey Lewis and the News
22.2	Josh Gallagher	"Feelin' Alright?"	Traffic
25.8	Kiss	"Detroit Rock City" / "Rock and Roll All Nite"	Kiss
25.11	Austin Allsup and Courtney Harrell	"Ain't Worth the Whiskey"	Cole Swindell

Personal life

On November 15, 2024, Head accidentally shot himself in the stomach at his Smith County, Texas ranch. According to Head in a statement released by his agent, Head had grabbed his own .22 caliber firearm from his Jeep and that it had slipped out of the holster, striking the outside of the vehicle before discharging, striking him in the stomach. Head did not have his phone with him at the time and was alone, so he went to the end of his driveway and flagged down multiple vehicles before one driver eventually stopped and contacted first responders. Head was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Tyler and ultimately did not require surgery.^[6]

Discography

Releases from The Voice

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		US [7]	US Country [8]
The Voice: The Complete Season 11 Collection	Released: December 13, 2016 Label: Republic Format: Digital download	30	36	US: 3,000[9]
2016 & Gruene	Released: March 17, 2012 Label: Sundance Head Format: CD, digital download	-	-	US: N/A
Soul Country	Released: April 25, 2015 Label: Sundance Head Format: CD, digital download	-	-	US: N/A
Stained Glass and Neon [10][11][12][13][14]	Released: January 25, 2019 Label: WildCatter Records Format: CD, digital download	-	-	US: N/A
Starting Again	Released: September 16, 2022 Label: Sundance Head Format: digital download	-	-

Competition singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Sales
		US [15]	US Country [16]
"No One"	2016	—	32	US: 23,000[17]
"Me and Jesus"		—[A]	21	US: 48,000[19]
"Love Can Build a Bridge"		—	27	US: 26,000[19]
"Darlin' Don't Go"		67	4	US: 61,000[19]
"Treat Her Right" (with Blake Shelton)		—	24	US: 26,000[19]
"At Last"		89	11	US: 44,000[19]

Texas Radio Singles

• 2016: "13 Years" #1
• 2017: "How I Want to Be" #1
• 2017: "Everything to Lose" #1
• 2018: "Leave Her Wild" #12
• 2019: "Close Enough to Walk" #1
• 2019: "Not Give a Damn" #9
• 2021: "I Bleed" #10
• 2021: "Showing Off" #1
• 2022: "Drive me to Drinking" #4
• 2022: "Three People (Me, Jim Beam, and You)" #1
• 2023: "Bars and Churches" #1

Notes

1. "Me and Jesus" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 13 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.^[18]