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Ride (Jo Hikk Album)
''Ride'' was the first album released by the band Jo Hikk. It was released by Landis Productions Ltd. in 2009. The album includes the hit singles " Sweet City Woman" and "My Kind of Radio." "Closer" was previously recorded by Thrasher Shiver on its self-titled debut and "It's Only Monday" was previously a single for Brice Long in 2005. Track listing #"Ride" – 3:01 #"Scarecrow" – 4:04 #"West Texas Crude" – 3:44 #"Pimp My Tractor" – 3:27 #"Shame on the Moon" – 3:55 #" Sweet City Woman" – 3:18 #"Dancing with the Devils" – 4:14 #"Suck It Up" – 4:09 #"My Kind of Radio" – 4:00 #"It's Only Monday" – 3:51 #"Closer" – 3:43 Personnel * Kenny Sitter - guitar, backing vocals, banjo * Don Jorgensen - keyboards, mandolin * Kelly Sitter - bass, lead vocals * Al Doell - drums, backing vocals References * ''Ride''at allmusic''Ride''at Country Music News ''Country Music News'' was a Canadian monthly periodical published in Ottawa by Larry Delaney and Joanne Delaney. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Hikk
Jo Hikk is a Canadian country music group founded in Calgary, Alberta. This four-piece band is composed of brothers Kelly Sitter (lead vocals, bass guitar) and Kenny Sitter (guitar, ganjo, vocals), Al Doell (drums, vocals) and Don Jorgensen (keyboards, mandolin). Their first album, '' Ride'', was re-released in early 2009. Their first single, "Closer", charted in the Top 40. The song was written and originally recorded by Thrasher Shiver in 1996. Jo Hikk scored two more hit singles with "My Kind Of Radio" and "Sweet City Woman"(cover version of a hit song by The Stampeders].(both hit top #20), while another key track, "Pimp My Tractor," was placed on the Big Rock compilation. With the success of "Ride", Jo Hikk was nominated at the CCMA Awards 'Rising Star' three years in a row and for 'Group or Duo of the Year'. Jo Hikk's second album, ''The Game'', was released in August 2010. A music video was shot on location in Toronto with Warren P. Sonoda for the first single, "The Big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of Hawaiian, New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Country music often consists of ballads and honky-tonk dance tunes with generally simple form, folk lyrics, and harmonies often accompanied by string instruments such as electric and acoustic guitars, steel guitars (such as pedal steels and dobros), banjos, and fiddles as well as harmonicas. Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. The term ''country music'' gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to '' hillbilly music'', with "country music" being used today to describe many styles and subgenres. It came to encomp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Canyon
George Canyon (born Frederick George Lays, August 22, 1970) is a Canadian country music singer. He was the runner up on the second season of ''Nashville Star'' in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia before he moved west to Calgary, Alberta. He also holds an appointment in the Canadian Forces as the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Biography George Canyon has held many jobs: he spent time working as a bylaw enforcement officer/special constable, a slaughterhouse beef inspector, and the owner/operator of his own recording studio. He always dreamed of becoming a professional musician. Canyon is the father of two children. His wife worked three jobs during the day so that he could sing at night. In 2004, George Canyon competed in ''Nashville Star 2''. He was the runner-up in the competition, but became very well known in Canada and garnered much support, being the only Canadian to make the cut for the competition. After the competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet City Woman
"Sweet City Woman" is a 1971 song by Canadian rock band The Stampeders, appearing on their debut album ''Against the Grain'' (retitled ''Sweet City Woman'' in the US). It features a banjo as a primary instrument, which is also mentioned in the lyrics: "The banjo and me, we got a feel for singing." Chart performance The single spent four weeks as a number 1 hit in Canada, and reached number 8 in the US. It also climbed to number 1 on the Canadian country music and adult contemporary charts. The song was also marketed in Canada by Quality Records with instrumental and French lyric versions. Weekly charts Year-end charts Awards The band and song won numerous Juno Awards in 1972, including Best Single, Songwriter of the Year (guitarist Rich Dodson), Record Producer of the Year (Mel Shaw), and the band was named Canada's Top Group. Cover versions The song has been covered by many musicians over the years, most notably: *American country music artist Johnny Carver, in 1977. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrasher Shiver
Thrasher Shiver was an American country music duo composed of Neil Thrasher and Kelly Shiver, both of whom sang lead vocals and played acoustic guitar. In late 1996, the duo released a self-titled album for Asylum Records, and charted two singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. After the duo split up in 1997, Thrasher found work as a songwriter, writing for Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, and others. Biography Thrasher Shiver was founded in 1995, when singer-songwriters Neil Thrasher and Kelly Shiver were introduced to each other by Bob Doyle, owner of a management company who managed Garth Brooks. When the two began writing and singing songs together, they discovered that their voices blended well, so they decided to form a duo. Both members sang all the lead vocals together, as opposed to one singing lead and the other singing harmony. In 1995, Thrasher Shiver was signed to Asylum Records. The duo's self-titled debut album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrasher Shiver (album)
''Thrasher Shiver'' is the only album by the American country music duo Thrasher Shiver, which was composed of singer-songwriters Neil Thrasher and Kelly Shiver. Their only album, it was issued in 1996 on Asylum Records. Two singles were released from it: "Goin' Goin' Gone" and "Be Honest", which respectively reached #65 and #49 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. Thrasher Shiver produced the album along with Justin Niebank, while Archie Jordan also co-produced "Be Honest". "Between the Stones and Jones" was previously recorded by Daron Norwood on his 1995 album '' Ready, Willing and Able'', and "Closer" was later recorded by the Canadian band Jo Hikk on its 2008 debut album ''Ride''. After this album's release, Thrasher and Shiver parted ways, and Thrasher has since become a songwriter for other artists. Critical reception Giving it three stars out of five, Thom Jurek of Allmusic called it "polished but impassioned country-rock that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brice Long
William Brice Long (born August 25, 1971) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to Columbia Records in 2005, Long charted one single on the ''Billboard'' country chart that year: "Anywhere but Here", which was also released by Chris Cagle a year later. In addition, Long co-wrote Gary Allan's 2004 Number One single " Nothing On but the Radio", Jon Pardi's Number One single " Heartache on the Dance Floor" and Randy Houser's singles "Anything Goes" and "Like a Cowboy". Biography Brice Long was born and raised in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. In the 1990s, he pursued a career in the rodeo, until his father persuaded him to pursue musical goals instead.Columbia Records Nashville signs Brice Long For the next several years, Long toured as an opening act for other artists, including |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Music News
''Country Music News'' was a Canadian monthly periodical published in Ottawa by Larry Delaney and Joanne Delaney. It calls itself "The Voice Of Country Music in Canada". Overview ''Country Music News'' was first published on 1 April 1980. The magazine, published monthly, was started with the name Capital Country News which was changed to Country Music News in 1982. Its mission was to provide Canadian country music artists, songwriters, and the industry with accurate and meaningful print media exposure in Canada and around the world. It was the only national print media serving Canadian country music artists and fans of the genre. ''Country Music News'' established a string of reporters from across Canada, contributing monthly reports on the country music happenings in all parts of Canada. These regular columns were supported by a monthly Nashville country music report as well as in-depth CD reviews, feature articles, industry news, songwriter features, and a "Top 100 Cancountry Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2009. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2009 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 albums Albums An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ... 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
