Biography

Joe Purdy a singersongwriter from Arkansas put in his time working at a loading dock and as a counselor at a private high school before his song Wash Away became synonymous with the 2004 season of ABCs Lost Purdy left Arkansas for California in 2001 where he learned how to play the piano and began writing songs He went on to record several homemade albums breaking into the LA music scene with 2003s StompinGrounds It was around this time that Purdy was contacted by JJ Abrams the executive producer of Lost who asked Purdy to write a song for the show Purdy who at the time was visiting an island on a river in upstate New York wrote Wash Away which went on to chart in the Top 25 on the iTunes country charts The album that featured the song Julie Blue was released in 2004 Only Four Seasons followed it up two years later Margaret Reges All Music Guide