The Ranch was a New Zealand-Australian-American

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trio, which formed in 1997 by Keith Urban (guitar, keyboards and vocals), Jerry Flowers (bass guitar and background vocals) and Peter Clarke (drums and vocals). Most of the group's material was co-written by Urban and Vernon Rust. They issued a self-titled album on

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in that year, and two related singles, "Walkin' the Country" and "Just Some Love", which appeared on the country charts before the group disbanded in 1998. Besides its two singles, ''The Ranch'' included "

Some Days You Gotta Dance "Some Days You Gotta Dance" is a song written by Troy Johnson and Marshall Morgan, and recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was released in September 2001 as the eighth and final single from their album ''Fly''. The song peak ...

", which was issued in 2001 as a single by the

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, and also had Urban on guitar. After disbanding The Ranch, Urban resumed his solo career. Due to his solo success, The Ranch's album was re-issued in February 2004 on Capitol/

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as ''Keith Urban in The Ranch'' with two bonus tracks: "Billy" and "

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", the latter is a cover version of a single by the 1970s band Stealers Wheel. It also featured two music videos, "Walkin' the Country" and "Clutterbilly". After The Ranch disbanded, Urban began a solo career. Many of his solo efforts have included Flowers.

Discography

Albums

*^AChart position of 2004 re-release as ''Keith Urban in The Ranch''.

Singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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are a set of annual ceremonies presented by

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(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

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, , ''The Ranch'' , , ARIA Award for Best Country Album , , , , ARIA Award previous winners.

References

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