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Joe Lunsford Posey (born May 11, 1967), is a Christian Minister and Concert Promoter from Birmingham, Alabama, who has been instrumental in the Christian music industry since 1988. As a founding member of Dragonslayer Productions and TMI Productions Joe was the first to bring live Christan music to the UAB Bartow Arena and Visionland Theme Park.

Early life and education Joe was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on May 11, 1967, a son of Billy Ray Posey Sr. and Betty Jo Ratliff Posey (Wicks). He has three brothers Billy Ray Posey Jr., Steve Posey, and Randy Posey. Betty and the boys (Bill Jr, Steve, Joe, and Randy) were forced to move more than most due to an early divorce and no financial support from his father. Joe attended nine different schools before graduating from Gardendale High School, in Gardendale, Alabama. Due to the constant moving Joe and the brothers became more dependent on each other and less involved in school, church, or community activities. Music became their one common interest.

 Dragonslayer Productions (1987 - 1991) In 1987 Joe along with a few others began promoting Christian concerts in the Birmingham area. Ruscha and Greg X. Volz was their first concert at the new UAB Arena on the campus of the University of Alabama in Birmingham. The next few years they would promote concerts for Petra, Tim Minor, Mylon & Broken Heart, DC Talk, Newsboys, White Heart, Legend Seven, Whitecross, Jacob's Trouble, Geoff Moore & The Distance, Stryper, and Carman.

Dreamer Ministry (1990 - 1998) Psalms 126: 1-2. When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed. 2 Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy.

Joe began Dreamer Ministry in an effort to start a grassroots campaign in order to introduce new Christian artists to mainstream music listeners. Dreamer was a way to expose great music that just happen to be created and recorded by Christians. Dreamer took an MTV stage style set into churches and host a Christian music night and the event would conclude with a message of hope and invitation to accept Christ or request prayer for those in attendance. The integration of music with the internet Dreamer became less effective and was ended in 1998.

Mac & JJ Radio Show (1998 - 1999) Joe and Micheal Scott McKinney became the Mac & JJ Radio Show with Jeremy (Doc) Adams. The Mac & JJ Show had a relatively short life. In the summer of 1998 Scott and Joe were approached by a local radio station manager to put together a radio team. Mac (Scott McKinney) and JJ (Joe), along with Doc began a nightly radio show comprised of 70% music and the rest homegrown comedy. The most successful characters were Maynard (Price McKinney a regular on the show) a fictional redneck local folk hero known for offbeat and colorful hip hop tunes and fictional character Drakler (Rick Glaze who also was a regular on the show). Who is a southern relative of Dracula that was known as the Vampire from Empire. Due to his severe tooth decay he only had one fang and was forced to survive by killing stray dogs and chickens. The Mac & JJ show found instant success on Z 92.5 fm in Birmingham, but the radio station itself would only last a couple of years. There were constant but very true jokes about the radio station being based out of a single wide mobile home with no running water and not restroom. That was probably the first indication that the radio station and all involved would be short lived.

Mission Belize (1992 - 2000) Joe is a founding member of Mission Belize, an independent Christian mission team to Belize, Central America. Mission Belize was the first organization to take the Campus Crusade for Christ Jesus Film to Belize and is a vital part of church planting as well as providing medical supplies to those in need. The targeted people group for Mission Belize is primarily those living on the agriculture plantations. In 1993 Joe also took the Jesus film translated in French Creole to Haiti.

Three Mile Island Productions (2001 - Present) In 2001 Joe began a new production company to provide family entertainment for Visionland Theme Park in Bessemer, Alabama. The first concert for Visionland was Christian Music Weekend with Sonicflood, Bride, and Thousand Foot Krutch. Followed by the first Christian Music Festival at the Theme Park with headliners 4 Him, Bob Carlisle, and Clay Crosse. Next TMI Productoins began providing family entertainment for several festivals in the Birmingham area including Magnolia Festival in Gardendale, Founder's Day Festival in Fultondale, Trussville Dog Daze, Five Mile Creek Festival, and the Butterbean Festival. The most notable artists from the festivals are Phil Stacey from American Idol, Echoing Angels, For King & Country, The Museum, Jess Meuse from American Idol, Rollin' In The Hay, 1 Girl Nation, and Ohio Avenue. TMI has also promoted the 2010 Creation Music Festival Tour with Thousand Foot Krutch, Decyfer Down, and Ivoryline. Also the AsOne Student Conference with DecemberRadio and Nine Lashes.

Joe is also accredited with assisting Nine Lashes with their signing to Tooth and Nail Records via Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch. He was also one of the first to hire Jess Meuse to play the festivals. Jess would later be a final 4 on American Idol.

Personal Life Joe is marrieds to Katherine Bagby Posey and they live in the Tarrant area with their 3 rescued dogs from a Winn Dixie parking lot (Dazy, Maze, and Maggie) and 2 cats (June and Hisser).