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Country Evolution
''Country Evolution'' is the seventh studio album by the American a cappella band Home Free and the last before their current lineup. It was released on September 18, 2015, with pre-orders being made available on August 21. The album includes five original songs and nine covers, including collaborations with The Oak Ridge Boys, Charlie Daniels, and Taylor Davis. Commercial performance The album debuted at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 48 on the Billboard 200, selling 9,700 copies in its debut week in the US. The album has sold 63,200 copies in the US as of April 2017. Track listing Personnel * Austin Brown - tenor lead and backing vocals * Rob Lundquist - tenor lead and backing vocals * Chris Rupp - baritone lead and backing vocals, bass backing vocals * Tim Foust - vocal bass, bass lead and backing vocals, baritone and tenor lead vocals * Adam Rupp - vocal percussion, beatboxing Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primaril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home Free (band)
Home Free is an American country a cappella group of five vocalists: Austin Brown, Rob Lundquist, Adam Rupp, Tim Foust, and Adam Chance. Starting as a show group, they toured with approximately 200 shows a year across the United States. The group won the The Sing-Off (season 4), fourth season of ''The Sing-Off'' on NBC in 2013. They sang an arrangement of Hunter Hayes' "I Want Crazy" as their final competitive song, earning the group $100,000 and a recording contract with Sony BMG, Sony. The band released their first major label album, ''Crazy Life'', in February 2014. Their most recent album, ''So Long Dixie'', was released in November 2022. History Home Free was originally formed in January 2001 by Chris Rupp in Mankato, Minnesota, Mankato, Minnesota, when some of its members were still in their teens. The five founding members were brothers Chris and Adam Rupp, Matt Atwood, Darren Scruggs, and Dan Lemke. They took their name from a boat owned by Atwood's grandfather who h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Rogers
Randall "Ronnie" Rogers (born in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Rogers charted eight singles on the ''Billboard'' country charts, including the top 40 hits "Gonna Take My Angel Out Tonight" and "My Love Belongs to You". He recorded for the Lifesong, Epic and MTM labels. Rogers has also co-written several singles for the band Alabama, including the number one hits "Dixieland Delight" and "Jukebox in My Mind "Jukebox in My Mind" is a song written by Dave Gibson and Ronnie Rogers, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in July 1990 as the second single from their album '' Pass It On Down''. The song reached number one o ...." Singles References American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Epic Records artists Living people MTM Records artists People from Nashville, Tennessee Year of birth missing (living people) Singer-songwriters f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boondocks (song)
"Boondocks" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released in May 2005 as the first single from their second studio album ''The Road to Here''. It became their first Top 10 hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. It was written by Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads, Phillip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook and Wayne Kirkpatrick. The song is one of the band's most enduring and popular hits and they often perform it at the end of their concerts. Background and writing Originally, the song was titled "Waiting For the Sun to Go Down". According to Karen Fairchild, one of the group's members, "When we wrote it, it just wasn't there... We kind of set it aside for a few days and then Wayne irkpatrick, one of the song's co-writerscame back." The group later decided on turning the song into a Southern anthem, at which point Kirkpatrick suggested "I'm born and raised in the boondocks" (The line "waiting for the sun to go down" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishin' In The Dark
"Fishin' in the Dark" is a song written by Wendy Waldman and Jim Photoglo, and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, with Jimmy Ibbotson singing lead. It was released on June 7, 1987, as the second single from their album ''Hold On''. It reached number-one on the U.S. and Canadian country charts. It was the band's third number-one single on the U.S. country music charts and the second in Canada. After it became available for download, it has sold over a million digital copies by 2015. Sales figures givehere/ref> It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on September 12, 2014. Content The premise of the song is a couple contemplating a late-night fishing expedition. Specifically, the adventurers plan to make their way to an undisclosed river and chart constellations during an evening in which a full moon is present. Furthermore, the tentative date for this excursion is set in the late spring to early summer. Cover versions *Ed Bruce originally recorded th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nolan Sipe
Nolan Sipe is an American songwriter and record producer. He is the son of the Cleveland Browns football player, Brian Sipe Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world. It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meani .... Songwriting discography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sipe, Nolan Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American record producers American male songwriters 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Grammer
Andrew Charles Grammer (born December 3, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is signed to S-Curve Records. His debut album, ''Andy Grammer'', was released in 2011 and spawned the singles " Keep Your Head Up" and " Fine by Me". His second album ''Magazines or Novels'' was released in 2014, and featured "Honey, I'm Good" which is his most successful song to date, peaking at number 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. This single has been certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and was ranked one of the ten best-selling songs of 2015 by Nielsen SoundScan. The ''Magazines or Novels'' album also featured the certified gold single "Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah)". Personal life Andrew Charles Grammer was born in Los Angeles, the son of Kathryn Willoughby and recording artist Robert Crane "Red" Grammer. He is of German and English descent. He grew up in Chester, New York and graduated from Monroe-Woodbury High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honey, I'm Good
"Honey, I'm Good" is the second single from American musician Andy Grammer's second studio album, ''Magazines or Novels'' (2014). It was first released in the US in November 2014 and began receiving radio airplay in February 2015. The song peaked at number 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it Grammer's first top 10 hit and highest-charting single to date. It has been certified triple-platinum by the RIAA and was ranked one of the 10 best-selling songs of 2015 by Nielsen SoundScan. It also reached number four in Canada and was certified five-times platinum in the country. The single was written by Grammer and Nolan Sipe, and was produced by Steve Greenberg, Brian West and Sipe. A duet with the Eli Young Band was released to country radio on July 27, 2015. Lyrical meaning and composition The song's lyrics revolve around the concept of monogamy and staying faithful in a relationship. Upon being asked about the inspiration behind the song, Grammer stated, "The song's about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garth Brooks
Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him popularity, particularly in the United States with success on the country music single and album charts, multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking List of Garth Brooks concert tours, live performances, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena.. Archived frothe original on March 21, 2017. Brooks is the only artist in music history to have released nine albums that achieved RIAA certification#RIAA Diamond certifications, diamond status in the United States (surpassing the Beatles' former record of six); those albums are ''Garth Brooks (album), Garth Brooks'' (diamond), ''No Fences'' (17× platinum), ''Ropin' the Wind'' (14× platinum), ''The Chase (Garth Brooks album), The Chase'' (diamond), ''In Pieces'' (diamond), ''The Hits (Garth Brooks album), The Hits'' (diamond), ''Sevens (album), Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewayne Blackwell
Dewayne L. Blackwell (September 17, 1936 – May 23, 2021) was an American songwriter active since the 1950s. His songs include " Mr. Blue", a 1959 hit for the Fleetwoods; "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home", a 1982 hit for David Frizzell; and " Friends in Low Places", a 1990 hit for Garth Brooks. His songs have been recorded by the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Bobby Vinton Stanley Robert "Bobby" Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is a American former singer and occasional actor, who also hosted his own self-titled TV show in the late 1970s. As a teen idol, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music paid trib .... He also wrote songs for movie soundtracks. Lived for a short time in Haines, Alaska. Footnotes 1936 births 2021 deaths American male songwriters {{US-songwriter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagles (band)
The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles and six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards and five American Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America. Founding members Glenn Frey (guitars, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitars, vocals), and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals) were recruited by Linda Ronstadt as band members, some touring with her, and all playing on her third solo album, before venturing out on their own on David Geffen's new Asylum Records label. Their debut album, ''Eagles'' (1972), spawned two top-20 singles in the US and Canada: "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman". The next year's follow-up album, ''Desperado'', peaked at only number 41 in the US, although the song "Desperado" became a popular track. In 1974, guitarist Don Felder joined, and ''On the Border'' produced the top-40 hit " Already Gone" and the Eagles' first numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Young (musician)
Steve Young (July 12, 1942 – March 17, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, known for his song "Seven Bridges Road" (on '' Rock Salt & Nails'' & ''Seven Bridges Road''). He was a pioneer of the country rock, Americana, and alternative country sounds, and also a vital force behind the " outlaw movement" that gave support to the careers of Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr. and more. Young was also featured in the 1975 Outlaw Country documentary ''Heartworn Highways''. He was the subject of the song "The All Golden" by Van Dyke Parks. Young's first album, ''Rock Salt & Nails'', on A&M, featured Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, and other musicians from the 1969 musical community in Southern California. Biography Born in Newnan, Georgia, United States, he grew up in Gadsden, Alabama, and the state of Texas, moving from place to place as his family searched for work. By the time he had completed high school, Young was playing and writing songs that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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