Brokedown Cadillac is an American
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, ...
band fronted by actress
Corri English
Corri English (born Corri Englisby; May 10, 1978) is an American actress.
Life and career
As a young girl during the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was a frequent host of '' Kid's Beat'' and a few other kids shows on TBS (prior to the merg ...
. The band consists of 4 other players, including English's song-writing partner Randy Dunham (song-writing, guitar, vocals), Jeff Legore (Bass), Don Ian (lead guitar), and Danny Reuland (drums).
The band's debut album "Somewhere In America" was released in conjunction with their performance in the 2009
Disney
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film ''
Race to Witch Mountain'' starring
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name The Rock, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, he was integral to the developm ...
. Two of the band's songs appear on the
Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, and country genres, as well as specializing in mature recordings not suitable for the flagship Walt Disney Records l ...
released soundtrack for the film.
In 2010 Brokedown Cadillac recorded a cover of
Sweet's "
The Ballroom Blitz" which was placed on
The CW Television Network's ''
Hellcats
''Hellcats'' is an American cheerleading comedy-drama television series that originally aired on The CW in the United States from September 8, 2010, to May 17, 2011. Based on the book ''Cheer: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders'' b ...
'', and appears on the
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the ...
-released soundtrack for the show, along with tracks by
Ashley Tisdale
Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer. During her childhood, she was featured in over 100 advertisements and had minor roles in television and theatre. She achieved mainstream success as Maddie Fitzpatr ...
and
Aly Michalka.
Corri English from Brokedown Cadillac Poses on the Set of Hellcats
English co-wrote the song "Fly Away" on multi-platinum recording artist Sugarland
Sugarland is an American country music duo founded in Atlanta, Georgia. The duo consists of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles (lead vocals) and Kristian Bush (vocals, guitar, mandolin). They were founded in 2002, at which point Kristen Hall (vo ...
's debut album ''Twice the Speed of Life
''Twice the Speed of Life'' is the debut studio album by American country music group Sugarland, released on October 26, 2004, through Mercury Nashville Records. The album peaked at number 16 on the Billboard 200 and number three on the Top Count ...
''.
References
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External links
Brokedown Cadillac
Country music groups from Georgia (U.S. state)