Natalie Stovall and the Drive was an American

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group composed of Natalie Stovall (lead vocals, fiddle), Miguel Cancino (guitar), Zach Morse (bass), Joel Dormer (guitar, vocals), and James Bavendam (drums). Their debut single, "Baby Come On with It", was released in February 2014 after receiving airplay on

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. Stovall was raised in

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. She had performed on the

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and ''

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''. She met Bavendam in college, recruited Cancino through a

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ad, then met Morse and Dormer through mutual friends. Their debut album, released on Hitshop/

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, will be produced by

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and Clarke Schleicher. In advance of its release, the band released a self-titled

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that includes the single and five additional songs. In 2014 the group released their single, "Mason Jar". Leading up to the 2014 CMA Awards, the group was featured in the "On The Road To The CMA Awards" digital series with JCPenney. Their first national television commercial was aired during the show, with behind the scenes footage available on the JCPenney YouTube

''The Voice''

Natalie Stovall took part in season 13 of the American ''

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''. In the Blind Audition broadcast on

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on October 9, 2017, she performed

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's " If It Hadn't Been For Love" and joined Team

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. In the battles, she faced off against Adam Cunningham, singing

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's song, "

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". Stovall lost her battle, and was sent home. However, Shelton brought her back into the competition for the playoffs, giving her one more chance as his comeback artist. She was eliminated again after her performance of "

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" during the playoffs. In May 2020, Stovall joined the group

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. During the

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, she presented livestream performances of the

alongside

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Discography

As Natalie Stovall

As Natalie Stovall And The Drive

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

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