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Post by sabre14 on Jan 21, 2014 13:25:56 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:Artist: Lonestar Single: "No News" Writers: Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin, Mark D. Sanders Album: LonestarLabel: BNA Video Director: Deaton-Flanigen Productions Year Released: January 8, 1996 Billboard Peak: #1 Lonestar is a country music band that has been making albums since the mid 90's. The current group consist of Richie McDonald, Michael Britt, Dean Sams, and Keech Rainwater. John Rich was a member of Lonestar up until 1998 when he was fired from the band for creative differences. All 5 original members were from Texas. They began as Texassee, but soon would changed their name to Lonestar in 1992 and signed to BNA in 1995. Their debut was "Tequila Talkin'" (#8) in 1995. "No News was the groups first #1 in 1996. The song spent three weeks at #1 in April 1996. The only other top 10 on their self titled debut was "Runnin' Away With My Heart (#8). The second album Crazy Nights would include "Come Cryin To Me" (#1) and "Everything's Changed" (#2). The group decided to change their style as a band after Rich left. The album that would make them well known outside of country music was Lonely Grill. After the led single "Saturday Night" flopped, only peaking at #47, they would score one of the biggest hits in country music history with "Amazed". The song spent 8 weeks at #1 and became a huge pop hit as well. CMT also named it one of the top 10 love songs in the genre's history. Ever since "Amazed" came out Lonestar's sound was more contemporary and Pop friendly. Many criticized the group for being too pop and trying to please the middle age women crowd. They were very successful though at this time period. Two singles later would be one of the biggest country singles of the year 2000 "What About Now" (#1). They closed the album with their fourth #1 off Lonely Grill "Tell Her". From 2000 to 2005 Lonestar would only miss the top 10 twice ("Unusually Unusual" #12, and "Class Reunion" #12). They had three other huge hits in that stretch including "I'm Already There", "My Front Porch Looking In", and "Mr.Mom". All three songs hit #1. After failed success of singles such as "I'll Die Tryin" (#43), and "Nothing To Prove" (#51), Richie McDonald left the group to pursue a solo career. The group got a new lead singer in 2008 with Cody Collins (Former member of McAlyster). They would however not have any top 40 singles. By this time they had already left BNA Records. McDonald rejoined in 2011, and since then have had two charting singles "The Countdown" (#52), and "Maybe Someday" (#56). Lonestar has sent 32 singles to country radio, with 18 top 10's, and 9 #1 singles. They have recorded 9 studio albums, with 7 compilation albums and two Christmas albums. Truth be told I'm not the biggest fan of Lonestar. "No News" is still my favorite song of theirs. I just didn't enjoy the singles they put out for the most part after "Amazed". Basically I think of them as the group before "Amazed" and the group after "Amazed". Songs like "Mr. Mom" were so incredibly corny, I just couldn't get past the lyrics. That goes for "My Front Porch Looking In" as well. Some of my favorites by them along with "No News" were "Everything's Changed", "What About Now", "Unusually Unusual", and "Class Reunion (That Used To Be Us)". That last one might be a guilty pleasure for me .
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Post by carriekins on Jan 21, 2014 13:37:51 GMT -5
No News used to be my JAM! I loved that song. :)
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 21, 2014 13:38:32 GMT -5
I'm with you on your last paragraph. When Lonestar came out, they were competing with another new group in Ricochet (remember them?). Anyway, the cowboy look they had between Lonestar and Crazy Nights pointed them in a traditional direction. Then, Amazed came and everything changed for them. BNA, their label, wanted to push them in an adult contemporary slant and Lonestar's fortunes began to fade. Really, sweet potatoes in my lazy chair in Mr. Mom? From the same group that namechecked Pearl Jam in No News? These days, you would not find Lonestar in cowboy hats.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 21, 2014 13:44:44 GMT -5
I'm with you on your last paragraph. When Lonestar came out, they were competing with another new group in Ricochet (remember them?). Anyway, the cowboy look they had between Lonestar and Crazy Nights pointed them in a traditional direction. Then, Amazed came and everything changed for them. BNA, their label, wanted to push them in an adult contemporary slant and Lonestar's fortunes began to fade. Really, sweet potatoes in my lazy chair in Mr. Mom? From the same group that namechecked Pearl Jam in No News? These days, you would not find Lonestar in cowboy hats. If there is one line alone in "Mr. Mom" that keeps me from enjoying it, it's "Sweet Potatoes In My Lazy Chair". And no country song should ever have the lovable purple dinosaur "Barney" in the chorus.
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Post by onebuffalo on Jan 21, 2014 13:46:12 GMT -5
I'm with you on your last paragraph. When Lonestar came out, they were competing with another new group in Ricochet (remember them?). Anyway, the cowboy look they had between Lonestar and Crazy Nights pointed them in a traditional direction. Then, Amazed came and everything changed for them. BNA, their label, wanted to push them in an adult contemporary slant and Lonestar's fortunes began to fade. Really, sweet potatoes in my lazy chair in Mr. Mom? From the same group that namechecked Pearl Jam in No News? These days, you would not find Lonestar in cowboy hats. If there is one line alone in "Mr. Mom" that keeps me from enjoying it, it's "Sweet Potatoes In My Lazy Chair". And no country song should ever have the lovable purple dinosaur "Barney" in the chorus. You're right. I am trying to get SpongeBob Squarepants in a song myself!
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Post by Andy on Jan 21, 2014 15:08:11 GMT -5
"No News" is such a great tune. Love quirky, offbeat songs like that.
But yeah, Lonestar's music got real corny real fast. I do admit that I love "I'm Already There", but it's probably more out of nostalgia than anything else.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2014 19:39:32 GMT -5
The Lonestar music from the '90's is great. "Everything's Changed" is my favorite song by them, and it is still one of my all-time favorite songs. "No News" is great--that one is up there as well, in terms of my favorite Lonestar singles. I actually liked all of their single releases through "Not A Day Goes By" in 2002 ("What About Now" is a pretty fun song, and I love the sound of "With Me"), but the quality of their music fell pretty quickly after that. The 2 singles from their greatest hits album weren't too bad, but I don't go out of my way to listen to either. I do like "Amazed" yet to this day (very nostalgic song for me) but their first 2 albums were definitely the best, and they steadily declined from there, at least in my opinion.
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Post by countryfan15 on Jan 21, 2014 23:36:06 GMT -5
I agree that Lonestar's first two albums were the best and then it just got more unbearable as they went on in their career, aside from "Walking In Memphis". My favorites from them were "Tequila Talkin", "No News", "Everything's Changed", "Smile", and "Running Away With My Heart". Wish we still had good songs like those being played even though i still hear "No News" every once in a while.
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Post by tim on Jan 21, 2014 23:47:27 GMT -5
The Lonestar music from the '90's is great. "Everything's Changed" is my favorite song by them, and it is still one of my all-time favorite songs. "No News" is great--that one is up there as well, in terms of my favorite Lonestar singles. I actually liked all of their single releases through "Not A Day Goes By" in 2002 ("What About Now" is a pretty fun song, and I love the sound of "With Me"), but the quality of their music fell pretty quickly after that. The 2 singles from their greatest hits album weren't too bad, but I don't go out of my way to listen to either. I do like "Amazed" yet to this day (very nostalgic song for me) but their first 2 albums were definitely the best, and they steadily declined from there, at least in my opinion. Am I the only one who didn't like "Amazed?" It's not a bad song really, but I get burned out from songs like that (never liked Friends in Low Places or Live Like You Were Dying as examples). Songs that get overplayed are instant radio changers for me. That was one then and is still today. Still, I never found "Amazed" to be all that amazing of a song really, especially when compared to their other material. Have to agree with everyone else on "Everything's Changed" as it'll always been one of my favorites from them. One song I've always enjoyed was "You Walked In." It doesn't get mentioned much, likely because it never made the top 10, but it's a fun song to listen to even now. onebuffalo mentioned Ricochet…I've always been a fan of theirs. Not only was their debut album great, but I've always enjoyed their sophomore release Blink of An Eye. They scored a top 20 with "He Left a Lot to Be Desired" but didn't have another one after that. They had a lot of good material I thought…"The Girl Formely Known As Mine" comes to mind as one of those songs. They just couldn't find a home at country radio. Oddly enough I do remember one of their band members, Eddie Kilgallon, finding success in co-writing George's 1997 big hit "One Night At A Time."
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 22, 2014 0:12:57 GMT -5
The Lonestar music from the '90's is great. "Everything's Changed" is my favorite song by them, and it is still one of my all-time favorite songs. "No News" is great--that one is up there as well, in terms of my favorite Lonestar singles. I actually liked all of their single releases through "Not A Day Goes By" in 2002 ("What About Now" is a pretty fun song, and I love the sound of "With Me"), but the quality of their music fell pretty quickly after that. The 2 singles from their greatest hits album weren't too bad, but I don't go out of my way to listen to either. I do like "Amazed" yet to this day (very nostalgic song for me) but their first 2 albums were definitely the best, and they steadily declined from there, at least in my opinion. Am I the only one who didn't like "Amazed?" It's not a bad song really, but I get burned out from songs like that (never liked Friends in Low Places or Live Like You Were Dying as examples). Songs that get overplayed are instant radio changers for me. That was one then and is still today. Still, I never found "Amazed" to be all that amazing of a song really, especially when compared to their other material. Have to agree with everyone else on "Everything's Changed" as it'll always been one of my favorites from them. One song I've always enjoyed was "You Walked In." It doesn't get mentioned much, likely because it never made the top 10, but it's a fun song to listen to even now. onebuffalo mentioned Ricochet…I've always been a fan of theirs. Not only was their debut album great, but I've always enjoyed their sophomore release Blink of An Eye. They scored a top 20 with "He Left a Lot to Be Desired" but didn't have another one after that. They had a lot of good material I thought…"The Girl Formely Known As Mine" comes to mind as one of those songs. They just couldn't find a home at country radio. Oddly enough I do remember one of their band members, Eddie Kilgallon, finding success in co-writing George's 1997 big hit "One Night At A Time." Nope, I always thought "Amazed" was overrated. It came out when I was only 10 years old, so maybe I couldn't appreciate it as much as I could of if I was older. But that obviously didn't stop me from enjoying "No News", and "Everything's Changed" . It wasn't a bad song like you said, but I still don't quite understand how that song, out of all the songs with that subject, spent 8 weeks at #1. It was simply everywhere I went back in 1999/2000. I couldn't avoid the darn thing. I decided to re-listen to "Everything's Changed" tonight. I might be with Jamie on that one. That might be my favorite of Lonestar's, with "No News" being a very close second. "Heartbroke Every Day" was also a forgotten one I liked (The only John Rich sang single). That one though was a 180 from the stuff they had in the 2000's.
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Jan 22, 2014 1:28:55 GMT -5
Here's a double-shot of two songs with almost exactly opposite titles that were on the chart at the same time.
Artist: Patty Loveless Single: "Like Water Into Wine" Writer: Gretchen Peters Album: Long Stretch of Lonesome Label: Epic Video Director: Deaton Flanigen Year Released: 1998 Billboard Peak: #57
Artist: T. Graham Brown Single: "Wine Into Water" Writers: T. Graham Brown, Ted Hewitt, Bruce Burch Album: Wine Into Water Label: Intersound Video Director: Tom Bevins Year Released: 1998 Billboard Peak: #44
Patty's career was recently summarized in this thread. When she released "Like Water Into Wine" in 1998 (the third single from her Long Stretch of Lonesome album her hit-making peak had passed. Her final Top 10 hit was in 1996 and "Like Water Into Wine" broke a streak of 30 consecutive Top 40 solo hits (she did miss the Top 40 with her duet with Dwight Yoakam, "Send a Message to My Heart," in 1992). Subsequent to this song she did hit the Top 40 five more times, 4 as a solo artist and her duet with Vince Gill ("My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man").
T. Graham Brown hit the Top 40 15 times between 1985 and 1991 (14 solo appearances plus a duet with Tanya Tucker, "Don't Go Out." He hit the Top 10 11 times, including his duet with Tanya. Three of his hits ("Hell and High Water," "Don't Go to Strangers," and "Darlene") went to #1. His first chart single was a non-album song, "Drowning in Memories" (#39 in 1985) and his last was "With This Ring" (#31 in 1991). His first Top 10 was the lead single and title cut from his debut album, "I Tell It Like It Used to Be" (#7 in 1985). That began a streak of 9 consecutive Top 10 hits, which went through "Come As You Were" (#7 in 1988). The streak ended when "Never Say Never" peaked at #30 in 1989. After that he had one final Top 10 solo hit ("If You Could Only See Me Now," #6 in 1990), plus his duet with Tanya. "Wine Into Water" was both his first album and first single since 1991. He had 4 more chart singles after that, but all peaked lower than "Wine Into Water." The video I posted is a performance from Bill Anderson's Family Reunion series; the official video I found on YouTube had poor audio quality.
I remember a radio station I listened to back then (back when I still listened to terrestrial radio) played these songs back-to-back at least a couple times. Patty turned the water into wine, then T. Graham turned the wine back into water.
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Post by Andy on Jan 22, 2014 8:25:37 GMT -5
I enjoy "Amazed" well enough, but I can easily understand how grating it must have become when radio constantly overplayed it.
Great selections, Old Fart in NC. I'm a big fan of the Gretchen Peters-penned Patty Loveless tune. "Wine Into Water" is also a great song, and I remember being blown away by it the first time I heard it. I'm not especially familiar with T. Graham Brown's music other than this song, but I've always been a fan of this one.
As an aside, Bill Anderson's Family Reunion series, much of which is on Youtube, is pure gold. A large gathering of veteran country artists sitting around swapping stories and playing the classics. Highly recommended.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 22, 2014 13:42:29 GMT -5
Random Video Of The Day:
Artist: Josh Gracin Single: "Stay With Me (Brass Bed)" Writers: Jedd Hughes, Brett James, Terry McBride Album: Josh Gracin Label: Lyric Street Video Director: Trey Fanjoy Year Released: April 11, 2005 Radio And Records Peak: #4 Billboard Peak: #5
Josh Gracin is a 33 year old country music singer from Westland, Michigan. He joined the Marines after attending Western Michigan University. He was assigned to Camp Pendleton as a supply clerk. After coming home, he decided to audition for American Idol in 2003. He placed fourth in the competition. He sang Rascal Flatts "I'm Movin On" in one of the episodes, and Rascal Flatts were so impressed they reached out to Josh and set up a meeting after he was eliminates with Marty Williams of Lyric Street. He signed with the label in 2004 and released his debut "I Want To Live" (#5). His second single would be his only #1 "Nothin To Lose", which topped the charts in the spring of 2005. "Stay With Me (Brass Bed)" was third off his self-titled debut album and peaked at #4 on mediabase in late 2005. It was supposed to be titled "Brass Bed", but the radio promo had it changed to the quirky title when it was officially given to radio.
"Favorite State Of Mind" was released in February, 2006 and was supposed to be the lead for his second album All About Y'all. The single peaked at #19, and Lyric Street decided to delay the album in hopes for a bigger single. There were some who said that "Favorite State Of Mind" was too rockin' and strayed away from the country standard. "I Keep Coming Back" was the second off the unreleased album, but only peaked at #25 in early 2007. Then Josh's second biggest hit "We Weren't Crazy" was released in late 2007 and spent 40 weeks on the singles chart peaking at #9 on mediabase in 2008. There were two more from the album "Unbelievable (Ann Marie)" (#36), and "Telluride" (#34). The former was also recorded by Tim McGraw on his Set This Circus Down album. Josh was dropped after "Telluride" peaked in 2009. His only other charted single since then was "Cover Girl" (#57) via Average Joes Entertainment in 2010. His latest single was "Drink It Gone" on Private Label Studios. Josh has sent 14 singles to country radio with 4 top 10's and 1 chart topper. He has recorded three albums and has charted two Christmas songs.
Josh Gracin had some good songs I thought. He had a good voice, but not a great one. His vocal delivery was very good I thought though on some of his songs. My favorite of his is "I Keep Coming Back", with "Nothin' To Lose, and "Brass Bed" being up there as well. He was actually the first of many artist that signed to Nashville labels from Idol. Following him were Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Phil Stacey, Danny Gokey, and Casey James.
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 22, 2014 14:02:43 GMT -5
Catch-up time:
* I loved "Me and Emily". LOVED it. Easily one of my favorites from 2000-2010.
* The few times I heard "Something Worth Leaving Behind", I thought it was pseudo-motivational gibberish just like "I Hope You Dance".
* I agree that Lonestar declined around "Amazed", but still occasionally turned out something good. "Smile", "What About Now", "With Me", "Unusually Unusual", and "Class Reunion", and "You're Like Coming Home" were still good, the "Walking in Memphis" cover was amazing, and they did a surprisingly gritty and energetic concert when I saw them in fall 2005. (I also loved the radio mix of "Tell Her" moreso than the album version, but I can't find the radio mix anywhere. Anyone?)
* I saw T. Graham Brown a few months ago, and he told the story of how in the mid 90s, he was drinking and doing a lot of drugs. Then he hit rock bottom, cleaned up, and wrote "Wine into Water" about his experience with coming clean and finding God. (As an aside, a local station's PD said that T. did a concert here ca. 1997, and he was clearly drunk throughout.)
* "Stay with Me" is hands down the best thing Josh Gracin ever did. Love the lush Celtic feel that song has.
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Post by carriekins on Jan 22, 2014 15:04:33 GMT -5
Stay With Me was good, but Nothin' To Lose is where it's AT. I might have been slightly obsessed with that song back in the day. Maybe. You can't prove anything.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 22, 2014 15:08:02 GMT -5
Stay With Me was good, but Nothin' To Lose is where it's AT. I might have been slightly obsessed with that song back in the day. Maybe. You can't prove anything. Why not . I can get a hint ;).
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Post by Old Fart In NC on Jan 22, 2014 17:06:10 GMT -5
As an aside, Bill Anderson's Family Reunion series, much of which is on Youtube, is pure gold. A large gathering of veteran country artists sitting around swapping stories and playing the classics. Highly recommended. I first found out about Country's Family Reunion last April when I was in Nashville for a conference and attended a weekend Opry show. Whisperin' Bill was one of the segment hosts and he put a plug in for the show. I found out about the Marty Stuart Show the same way; Marty was one of the other segment hosts and mentioned his show. I've been regularly watching both shows on RFD-TV ever since.
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Post by kw9461 on Jan 22, 2014 18:43:06 GMT -5
Catch-up time: * I loved "Me and Emily". LOVED it. Easily one of my favorites from 2000-2010. * The few times I heard "Something Worth Leaving Behind", I thought it was pseudo-motivational gibberish just like "I Hope You Dance". * I agree that Lonestar declined around "Amazed", but still occasionally turned out something good. "Smile", "What About Now", "With Me", "Unusually Unusual", and "Class Reunion", and "You're Like Coming Home" were still good, the "Walking in Memphis" cover was amazing, and they did a surprisingly gritty and energetic concert when I saw them in fall 2005. (I also loved the radio mix of "Tell Her" moreso than the album version, but I can't find the radio mix anywhere. Anyone?) * I saw T. Graham Brown a few months ago, and he told the story of how in the mid 90s, he was drinking and doing a lot of drugs. Then he hit rock bottom, cleaned up, and wrote "Wine into Water" about his experience with coming clean and finding God. (As an aside, a local station's PD said that T. did a concert here ca. 1997, and he was clearly drunk throughout.) * "Stay with Me" is hands down the best thing Josh Gracin ever did. Love the lush Celtic feel that song has. Haha, same here: Me And Emily is an absolute favorite of mine as well - probably as close as the 00's came to Independence Day, such a shame it didn't have as lasting an impact. Early Lonestar was flat out fantastic. No News, Come Crying to Me, Tequila Talkin', and Everything's Changed are all pantheon songs for me. They had some solid songs in their later years (most of the ones Hammer listed I would agree with), but only Walking In Memphis matched the excellence of their early years. One of the very best covers I can think of. I loved both of Josh Gracin's albums, but while Stay With Me and Nothin' To Lose were both excellent, his best in my book was We Weren't Crazy.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jan 22, 2014 19:24:55 GMT -5
I love love Josh's singles and music videos from his first two albums (excluding "Unbelieveable"). He also had some really great album tracks, my personal favorite of which was "The Other Little Soldier", but "Sweet September" & "The Long One" also come close. I wish he'd have had a better run with his singles but he's still making music at least, now I just hope he can continue doing that!
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 22, 2014 19:43:30 GMT -5
"Me And Emily" was such a well written song I thought. Everything about the lyrics were spectacular. And I love the final line in the song. "At Least There's One Good Thing He Gave Me, And She's Starting To Wake Up".
Emily did a great job with that song. #18 was way too low for a peak.
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Post by Andy on Jan 22, 2014 20:02:04 GMT -5
I'll join the chorus and agree that "Me and Emily" was fantastic. I can't believe it wasn't a big hit.
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Post by Todd on Jan 23, 2014 9:35:42 GMT -5
Here's one from back in the early 90's...by a lesser known trio called the Remingtons.
Artist: The Remingtons Single: "A Long Time Ago" Writers: Richard Mainegra Album: Blue Frontier Label: BNA Video Director: Gustavo Garzon Year Released: 1991 Billboard Peak: #10
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 23, 2014 10:31:01 GMT -5
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Artist: The Wilkinsons Single: "26 Cents" Writers: William Wallace, Steve Wilkinson Album: Nothing But Love Label: Giant Records Video Director: Jim Shea Year Released: June 16, 1998 Billboard Peak: #3
Forgive me for having to rip this from Daily motion, but it was the only place I could locate this video. It will take about 15 seconds to load but it's good quality once the video gets going :).
The Wilkinsons were a Canadian Country music group from Trenton, Ontario. After struggling to find work after being laid off, Steve Wilkinson and his daughter and son decided to give Nashville a shot and caught the attention of Giant Records who signed them in early 1998 as a family group. "26 Cents" was their debut single and peaked at #3. The follow up was "Fly (The Angel Song)" in 1999 and reached #15. They would fail to reach the top 40 with any follow up off their debut album Nothing But Love. The lead for their only other Nashville based label was "Jimmy Got A Girlfriend" in 2000 and peaked at #34. It was off the album Here And Now and produced the single "Shame On Me" (#49). Giant Records closed in 2001 and they moved to BNA. But after they finished a third album, the label wanted Amanda Wilkinson to record a solo album, which led them to be let go from the label. The trio has released two more albums in Canada on Open Road Records.
Amanda Wilkinson signed with Universal South in the mid 2000's and released her solo album, which was produced by Tony Brown. The album would also include a song done by Rebecca Lynn Howard "That's Why I Hate Pontiacs". Tyler would form an alternative rock band called Motion Picture Ending. In 2008 the trio disbanded from performing together. But in 2012, Amanda and Tyler decided to form a brother/sister son duo called Small Town Pistols, and have since released four singles on Canadian country radio including "Living On The Outside".
"26 Cents" was always on the radio when I was a kid and brings me back to the time I was 9 or 10 years old. I have not heard this song on any radio station in God knows how long, but found the video here. It's a shame that they only got to have two top 20 American hits. They were a great talent, but at least it's cool to see Amanda and Tyler get back as a duo. "26 Cents also won song and single of the year at the Canadian County Music Awards in 1999. These are the kind of songs IMO that are sorely lacking on today's country radio.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 16:02:16 GMT -5
That's a great one, sabre14. I never knew who sang that song and I probably haven't heard it in 15 years, but I recognized it immediately. I would've been 8 back in 1998. Wow. Nostalgia!
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Post by matty005 on Jan 23, 2014 16:27:48 GMT -5
Random Video Of The DayArtist: The Wilkinsons Single: "26 Cents" Writers: William Wallace, Steve Wilkinson Album: Nothing But LoveLabel: Giant Records Video Director: Jim Shea Year Released: June 16, 1998 Billboard Peak: #3 Forgive me for having to rip this from Daily motion, but it was the only place I could locate this video. It will take about 15 seconds to load but it's good quality once the video gets going :). The Wilkinsons were a Canadian Country music group from Trenton, Ontario. After struggling to find work after being laid off, Steve Wilkinson and his wife and son decided to give Nashville a shot and caught the attention of Giant Records who signed them in early 1998 as a family group. . Fantastic song! But isn't it his daughter and son? Not wife and son?
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 23, 2014 16:28:58 GMT -5
Well apparently the "26 Cents" video is unavailable for mobile users :(. So to be fair to everyone I'll do one more. Is it a pain, yeah. But I got nothin' better to do at the moment ;).
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Artist: Chely Wright Single: "The River" Writers: Chely Wright Album: The Metropolitan Hotel Label: Dualtone Video Director: Brent Hedgecock Year Released: 2005 Radio And Records Peak: Did Not Chart (Below Top 60) Billboard Peak: Did Not Chart (Below Top 60)
Chely Wright is a 43 year old country music singer/songwriter from Kansas City, Missouri, but grew up in Wellsville, Kansas. She was signed by Mercury/Polygram in 1994 and released two albums (Women In The Moon, Right In The Middle Of It). But she didn't score a top 40 single out of the 6 singles from both albums. The highest was "The Love That We Lost" (#41) in 1996. She was asked to be let out of her contract and signed with MCA Nashville in 1997. Her first top 20 hit "Shut Up And Drive" (#14) was the lead off her Let Me In album. After two under performing singles "Just Another Heartache" (#39), and "I Already Do" (#36) she would have by far the biggest hit of her career and one of the biggest in 1999 "Single White Female". The song holds the honor of replacing "Amazed" at #1. The follow up off her Single White Female album was "It Was" (#11). Her last major label album was Never Love You Enough that produced The title track (#26), and "Jezebel" (#23). She parted ways with MCA in 2003.
She signed with Vivation in 2004 and released "Back Of The Bottom Drawer" (#40). After the single "Everything" didn't chart she parted ways with Vivation after her album to be never materialized. After the internet success of "Bumper Of My SUV" in 2004 it lead to Dualtone signing her and releasing the song to radio and eventually peaking at #35. It would be her final single to chart as "The River" and "C'est La Vie" both failed to chart. She signed with Vanguard Records in 2008 and put out her Lifted Off The Ground album. Chely has officially sent 21 singles to country radio with three top 20 singles and 1 #1 single. She has recorded 7 studio albums with 2 EP's, and 2 compilations.
I always loved this song by Chely. It was such an organic, unpolished written song that I felt showed the emotion in the vocal performance. Although it did not chart, I remember my Dad being a big fan of the song and from there is how I learned to like it. Chely co-wrote "Come On Over Tonight" on Brad Paisley's Part II album, and Clay Walkers top 10 single "I Can't Sleep" in 2003.
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sabre14
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 23, 2014 16:34:28 GMT -5
To answer Matty, My bad. I just catch a break with these typos lately . Thanks to both Matt and Jamie for the kind words. Glad you guys enjoy these :). "26 Cents" was great. I thought Amanda Wilkinson had a awesome underrated voice and her vocal performance of that song made it a classic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 22:59:35 GMT -5
"Straight Tequila Night" is a song written by Debbie Hupp and Kent Robbins, and recorded by American country music singer John Anderson. It was released in December 1991 as the second single from Anderson's album Seminole Wind. It reached number-one on the country charts in the United States and Canada.[1] It was Anderson's first number one song since 1983 and considered his comeback single. from wikipedia.
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carriekins
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Post by carriekins on Jan 23, 2014 23:04:39 GMT -5
Straight Tequila Night is a damn good song. I hear it on Sirius Prime Country on a regular basis and it never fails to make me smile and sing along. Ah. Thanks for posting!!!
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Ten Pound Hammer
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 24, 2014 0:17:29 GMT -5
The Remingtons, The Wilkinsons, Chely Wright — three acts I did "Bobby's One Hit Wonders" columns on.
"Straight Tequila Night" is great, agreed. I wonder why John's comeback fizzled out by '95.
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