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American land/Christian music band

Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio performing at Kunsan Air Base, 2006

Diamond Rio performing at Kunsan Air Base, 2006
Background information
Also known every bit
  • Grizzly River Boys
  • Tennessee River Boys
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres Country
Years agile 1982–present
Labels
  • Arista Nashville
  • Word
  • Rio Hot
Associated acts
  • Heartbreak Mountain
  • Jed Zeppelin
  • Monty Powell
  • Nashville Tribute Band
Website http://diamondrio.com
Members
  • Dan Truman
  • Marty Roe
  • Jimmy Olander
  • Brian Prout
  • Factor Johnson
  • Dana Williams
Past members
  • Matt Davenport
  • Danny Gregg
  • Ty Herndon
  • Larry Bristles
  • Mel Bargain
  • Al DeLeonibus
  • Ed Mummert
  • Anthony Crawford
  • Virgil True
  • Jimmy "J.J." Whiteside

Diamond Rio is an American country music band. The band was founded in 1982 every bit an attraction for the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally known as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys. Information technology was founded by Matt Davenport, Danny Gregg, and Ty Herndon, the last of whom became a solo artist in the mid-1990s. Afterwards undergoing several membership changes in its initial years, the band has consisted of the same six members since 1989: Marty Roe (pb vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Johnson (mandolin, guitar, fiddle, tenor vocals), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, banjo), Brian Prout (drums), Dan Truman (keyboards), and Dana Williams (bass guitar, baritone vocals).

Subsequently assuming the name Diamond Rio, the band was signed to Arista Nashville and debuted in 1991 with the unmarried "Meet in the Centre", which made them the first band always to send a debut single to No. ane on the Billboard Hot State Songs charts. The ring charted 32 more singles between then and 2006, including 4 more than that reached No. 1: "How Your Dearest Makes Me Feel" (1997), "One More Day" (2001), "Cute Mess" (2002), and "I Believe" (2003).

Diamond Rio has recorded nine studio albums, four Greatest Hits compilations, and an anthology of Christmas music. 3 of the band's albums have achieved RIAA platinum certification in the United States. In addition, Diamond Rio has received iv Group of the Twelvemonth awards from the Country Music Association, ii Top Vocal Group awards from the Academy of Country Music, and one Grammy Award. The band is known for its vocal harmonies, varied instrumentation, and near-sectional use of only its own ring members on recordings instead of session musicians. Their sound was originally defined by mainstream country, bluegrass, and stone influences, but later albums drew more influence from Christian land music and land pop.

Beginnings [edit]

Ty Herndon (seen here in 2009) was an early on fellow member of the Grizzly River Boys, who afterward became Diamond Rio.

In 1982, Matt Davenport and Danny Gregg founded a band at Opryland USA, a quondam country music-based amusement park in Nashville, Tennessee. The band was beginning named the Grizzly River Boys, later a new river rafting ride at the park, but rapidly changed names to the Tennessee River Boys due to its members disliking the original name.[1] Originally intended to promote the park through a one-time television special, the band proved popular enough that information technology became one of many regular performers there. Davenport, Gregg, and Ty Herndon alternated as lead vocalists, with Davenport as well playing bass guitar and Gregg on rhythm guitar; completing the lineup were Larry Beard (lead guitar, dabble, banjo), Mel Deal (steel guitar), Al DeLeonibus (piano), and Ed Mummert (drums).[2] The group "swapped lead voices, told jokes, and balanced one-time-school country concert shtick with a contemporary audio".[1] Herndon left the group in 1983 to compete on the talent evidence Star Search,[3] and became a solo artist for Epic Records between 1995 and the early 2000s.[iv] Herndon was temporarily replaced past Anthony Crawford and then Virgil True earlier his role was taken over past Marty Roe, who had originally toured nationally with the Christian band Windsong,[5] and worked in the park by doing impersonations of Larry Gatlin. Following Herndon'due south difference, DeLonibus and Mummert quit every bit well, with Dan Truman (who had previously played in Brigham Young University'southward Young Ambassadors[six]) and Jimmy "J. J." Whiteside taking their places. Beard quit shortly afterward and ultimately became a session musician, and quondam Mel McDaniel sideman Jimmy Olander took his place.[vii] The band, through the assistance of Bill Anderson's drummer Len "Snuffy" Miller, submitted demos to various Nashville record labels with no success.[eight]

By 1985, the Tennessee River Boys had quit working at Opryland. Co-ordinate to Roe, while the ring enjoyed playing at the park, they as well felt that their status every bit a theme park attraction discredited them as "existent musicians" to those in the Nashville community.[8] For the next few years, they played at modest venues, such every bit high school auditoriums, and usually worked no more than four concerts a calendar month.[9] They also competed on Star Search, but were eliminated in the first round.[10] Frustrated by the desultory touring schedules, Whiteside quit the group and was replaced by Brian Prout, who previously performed in Hot Walker Band and Heartbreak Mountain.[v] [6] Around 1986, Deal and Gregg both left the group, the latter due to health complications from a serious affliction he had developed every bit a teenager.[11] They initially chose to operate as a quintet, with Davenport every bit the sole lead singer and Roe and Prout singing harmony; when this arrangement proved unsuccessful, they found mandolinist Gene Johnson, a former member of the bluegrass group Eddie Adcock's IInd Generation, which Olander was a fan of every bit a child.[12] Johnson debuted at a concert in Clewiston, Florida, in May 1987. Also at this betoken, the band members supplemented their incomes with outside jobs: Johnson continued to work in carpentry, Olander and Roe mowed lawns, and Prout drove bout buses.[thirteen]

In 1988, the band caught the attention of Keith Stegall, a vocalist-songwriter who would later on become known primarily for his work as Alan Jackson's record producer. Stegall produced demos for the Tennessee River Boys, but noted that Davenport could non record the pb vocal and bass parts at the same time, as they would be hard to split in the command room. As a result, Stegall had Roe sing a "scratch" vocal track live with the other musicians, which would then be replaced by Davenport's vocalization in mail service-production. Upon hearing Roe sing the "scratch" track, Stegall successfully convinced the other members that Roe should be the lead vocaliser instead.[xiv] Due to his discomfort outside the lead role and his wife'south dissatisfaction with his career, Davenport quit in tardily 1988, becoming the terminal founding member to leave. The group quickly had to find a replacement, as they were scheduled to announced on the talk testify Nashville Now on January 23, 1989. Alan LeBeouf, who had merely left Baillie & the Boys, expressed interest in replacing Davenport only ultimately declined due to other commitments. They finally chose Dana Williams, a nephew of the bluegrass group Osborne Brothers and former sideman for Jimmy C. Newman, who had been a fan of the Tennessee River Boys since Herndon was a member.[15]

1990: Signing with Arista Nashville [edit]

Williams officially joined earlier the Nashville Now appearance, only the band nevertheless did not have a record deal at this betoken. They continued to record demos in Prout's garage with help from Monty Powell, who had previously hired Roe and Olander for recording jingles, but wanted to produce commercial music. Powell was a friend of sound engineer Mike Clute, who would later become ane of the band'due south producers, and songwriters Tim DuBois and Van Stephenson. DuBois was talking with record executive Clive Davis about creating a country music branch of Arista Records called Arista Nashville;[16] Stephenson would later sign to the characterization in 1993 as a fellow member of Blackhawk.[17] Initially, DuBois was hesitant about signing the Tennessee River Boys, as he felt that there were too many pop bands in state music, and he was about to sign both Asleep at the Wheel and Exile. He expressed interest in signing Roe as a solo artist, merely at Powell's insistence, he agreed to see the band open for George Jones at a May 1989 concert,[18] and officially signed them to Arista Nashville in 1990.[19] The band members also decided to cull a new proper noun, every bit they thought that Tennessee River Boys sounded more suitable for a bluegrass or gospel group than a country i.[xx] Among the names they had called were Kilroy and T-Town Mavericks, the latter of which was rejected by Arista executives. Prout suggested Diamond Rio, afterward the truck manufacturing company Diamond Reo Trucks.[21] The proper noun had been previously rejected by another country band, Shenandoah, whose lead singer Marty Raybon (also a erstwhile fellow member of Heartbreak Mountain) gave Prout permission to use the name even though Shenandoah "conducted concern" under that name.[22]

Shortly afterward the band received its tape deal, the ring underwent a series of misfortunes when Olander, Johnson, and Williams came downward with health problems. On Baronial 9, 1990, Johnson was injured in a carpentry blow in Arkansas a day earlier his 41st birthday, severely cutting his left pollex. Robert Bolin substituted for Johnson during the band's tour in Brazil with Kevin Welch and Jann Browne. On September 6, four weeks after Johnson's accident, Williams was water skiing with his family unit in Cookeville, Tennessee, as his boat came forward at high speed when his wife was picking him upwards. The propeller slashed Williams' legs, and he was rushed to a infirmary for his injuries.[23] Brian Helgos and Paul Gregg (Danny Gregg's brother, and a member of Restless Heart[24]) substituted for Williams. Meanwhile, Olander discovered that he had a lemon-sized tumor that was pressing against his esophagus. The tumor was never successfully diagnosed, although it ultimately vanished.[25]

Musical career [edit]

1991–1992: Diamond Rio [edit]

After Olander, Williams, and Johnson had recovered, the six musicians set to work on their debut anthology. In doing so, Johnson soon discovered that the injuries to his hands had altered his dexterity on the mandolin, and threatened to walk abroad later Powell offhandedly remarked that he would have Roe dub in his own tenor harmonies instead of having Johnson sing them.[26] The band likewise had commitments to finish every bit the Tennessee River Boys, to the point that they occasionally had to promote themselves under both names in the same day.[27]

Arista Nashville released Diamond Rio's debut single, "Meet in the Centre", on February 6, 1991.[28] As the atomic number 82 single to their cocky-titled debut album, "Encounter in the Middle" went on to spend two weeks at No. ane on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts,[29] making Diamond Rio the kickoff country music group ever to send its debut single to the top of that chart.[30] [19] Following its release, the band performed its starting time official concert equally Diamond Rio on May iv, 1991. They shared the bill with Wild Rose, whose membership included Prout'south so-wife, Nancy Given Prout.[31] Released 3 weeks after[32] with DuBois and Powell every bit producers,[33] Diamond Rio was met with positive disquisitional reception from critics such as Allmusic, Chicago Tribune, and Entertainment Weekly, which praised the band'southward vocal harmonies, instrumentation, and vocal choices.[32] [34] [35]

Four more singles were released from Diamond Rio, all reaching top 10 on the Billboard country singles charts: "Mirror, Mirror", "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me", "Norma Jean Riley" (which was previously the B-side of "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me"[29]), and "Nowhere Bound", the latter two of which were co-written by Powell. Roe and Prout had found both "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me" and "Mirror, Mirror" by attending shows at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, a pop spot for performances by aspiring songwriters. Truman and an employee of Arista had found "Norma Jean Riley", which was originally titled "Pretty Piddling Lady" until DuBois remarked that the lady in the vocal should have a name: "Information technology could be 'Norma Jean Riley', anything!"[36] Johnson spoke positively virtually "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me", which was written and originally recorded by Larry Cordle, and the impact that it had on fans. He recalled a alphabetic character sent to him by a female fan who had run away from dwelling and chose to render afterward hearing that vocal, and said that "We already didn't wanna practice the drinkin' songs and stuff ... if you're gonna touch on someone, touch them with something that'due south positive."[37]

Diamond Rio was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Clan of America (RIAA) for shipping one one thousand thousand copies in the United States.[38] In addition, the band won the Academy of Country Music'due south Top Vocal Grouping for 1992, an laurels they would receive again in 1993, 1994, and 1997.[29] They were besides nominated for Summit New Vocal Duet or Group past the same association in 1992.[39] A cut from the album, the instrumental "Poultry Promenade", gave the band its start Grammy Laurels nomination.[40]

1992–1995: Close to the Edge and Beloved a Little Stronger [edit]

Shut to the Border, the grouping's 2nd album, was released in 1992. Certified gold by the RIAA for U.South. shipments of 500,000 copies,[41] the album produced the Pinnacle 5 country hits "In a Week or Two" and "Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby",[29] the latter of which was originally recorded by George Strait on his 1989 album Beyond the Blue Neon.[42] The next singles, "This Romeo Ain't Got Julie Nevertheless" and "Sawmill Road", both failed to reach top 10.[xix] [29] Roe considered Close to the Border a weaker album than their debut because the ring just had one month to pick the songs for it; in a 1994 interview with New State mag, he stated: "There aren't ten keen songs out in that location for everybody, certainly not that you could find in a 30-day catamenia of fourth dimension."[5] Olander was besides critical of the novelty factor of "This Romeo Ain't Got Julie Yet", which he co-wrote, saying that information technology was "by far non my favorite Diamond Rio recording – but that'southward at the time when I'm thinkin', 'Oh, this is easy, allow's write this. It's kinda cute.'"[43] Brian Mansfield of Allmusic was also disquisitional of the song, but described the balance of the album with favor, saying that its "strongest fabric emphasizes the virtues of God, family and honest living – traditional stuff, no doubt influenced past the members' bluegrass background",[44] while Jack Hurst of the Chicago Tribune idea that "In a Week or 2" and "Sawmill Road", "which is nearly the diverse trails some rural schoolmates follow in adulthood", were the strongest tracks.[45]

In 1994, the band released its tertiary album, Honey a Little Stronger.[19] The album was recorded on a more relaxed schedule than the previous album; every bit a result, they did not have a single on the charts for three months after "Sawmill Road" fell off the charts.[five] For this album, Clute joined DuBois and Powell equally co-producer, a role that he has held on all of the band'due south subsequent releases. The title track (co-written by Billy Crittenden, later a fellow member of the vocal group four Runner), reached a peak of No. ii on the Billboard land singles charts, and No. 1 on the state singles chart published past Radio & Records.[6] It was followed by the No. ix hit "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart",[46] originally recorded past J. P. Pennington in 1991.[47] Next were the Peak twenty hits "Bubba Hyde" and "Terminate What We Started". Because the band had taken a longer period of time to choose songs for Dear a Fiddling Stronger, they considered it a superior album to its predecessor;[v] Mansfield shared a like opinion in his review of the album, stating that "Spurred by the relatively lackluster operation of Close to the Border ... Diamond Rio explored the musical possibilities of its talents rather than digging for piece of cake commercial success."[48] Bob Cannon of New Country was more mixed, proverb that "the production on Dearest a Little Stronger is so sparkling clean it could've been recorded in an operating room."[49] This album also earned the band its 2nd platinum certification.

1996–1999: 4, Greatest Hits, and Unbelievable [edit]

4, Diamond Rio's quaternary album, was released in 1996. Information technology was the "first state release recorded entirely on a digital console";[50] specifically, a Fairlight console which recorded the album directly to a hard drive. Produced past DuBois, Clute, and the ring itself, it was too their beginning album non to have Powell every bit a co-producer. According to DuBois, Powell left this role on good terms, as he "saw a demand to go in a certain direction, and the guys saw a demand to go in a different direction." Roe thought that the anthology benefited from a new characterization policy that allowed label personnel to respond more apace to pitches from songwriters, specifically recalling to Billboard that the label's head of artists and repertoire (A&R) recommended the lead single "Walkin' Abroad" while co-writer Craig Wiseman (who co-wrote "Bubba Hyde") was still recording its demo, and the ring was able to record the vocal in the same 24-hour interval that the demo was completed.[51] "Walkin' Away" peaked at No. 2 on the country charts in early 1996.[29] Three more singles were released from the album: the top 10 hits "That's What I Get for Lovin' You lot" and "Holdin'" (also written by Wiseman), with the elevation 20 "Information technology'southward All in Your Head", co-written by Van Stephenson, in between.[29] The music video for "Information technology'due south All in Your Head" featured Martin Sheen and Ramon Estevez, the former playing the part of a snake handling preacher.[52]

A yr later Four, Diamond Rio released its first Greatest Hits package, which included 11 of the singles from their first 4 albums, plus the anthology cut "She Misses Him on Sunday the Most" from Iv and two new songs: "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" and "Imagine That". "How Your Beloved Makes Me Feel" became the ring'southward 2nd No 1 on Hot Land Songs, too as their longest-lasting at 3 weeks,[29] making it the biggest chart hit for any land group that year.[52] "Imagine That", co-written by Bryan White,[50] reached Top 5 by early 1998.[29] Greatest Hits became the band's tertiary platinum album.

Diamond Rio was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in April 1998, condign the first band in fourteen years to exist inducted.[53] Later in the year, the band released its fifth studio album, Unbelievable. Contributing songwriters to the album included Paul Williams, former NRBQ fellow member Al Anderson, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and Huey Lewis.[54] The pb single was the ballad "You're Gone", which reached acme 5 on the country charts.[29] Later on it was the title rails, which peaked at No. ii on the country charts and became the band's outset entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where information technology reached No. 36.[29] The third and final unmarried was "I Know How the River Feels", originally recorded on Herndon'south 1996 album Living in a Moment [55] and later released as a unmarried by McAlyster in 2000.[56] Diamond Rio's rendition peaked at 33 on the country charts, their lowest chart peak at the time.[29]

In 1998, Prout began dating Mary Bono, the widow of singer and politician Sonny Bono.[57] The two became engaged just later ended their human relationship in 2001.[58] On Dec 28 of the aforementioned twelvemonth, Prout married singer-songwriter Stephanie Bentley, best known for co-writing Faith Hill's 1999 single "Breathe".[59]

2000–2002: One More than Day [edit]

Diamond Rio released its twenty-third official chart single, "Stuff", in May 2000.[29] The song was originally intended to be the title runway to their sixth studio album, which would take been released on August 22 of the same year, but co-ordinate to Truman, "Certain radio stations, for some reason, didn't desire to play 'Stuff'."[60] Every bit a result, "Stuff" was withdrawn subsequently peaking at number 36 on the country charts,[29] and the album was delayed until February 2001.[60] Following this song's failure, the band released "One More Day" after in 2000. The song was written by Steven Dale Jones and Bobby Tomberlin, the same 2 writers who wrote "She Misses Him on Sunday the About".[60] "1 More Day" went on to spend two not-sequent weeks at No. i on the country charts,[29] with the album, past this signal re-titled One More Day, having its release date moved upward to February half-dozen, 2001.[61] The song also peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100,[29] in add-on to reaching top 10 on the Adult Contemporary charts (the band'due south first advent on that nautical chart). Regarding the vocal'due south popularity among fans who have used the vocal to cope with personal losses, Prout said, "Actually, 'Ane More Day' was recorded as a love song. Then i of Oklahoma State'southward basketball team's aeroplane went down, so in early on 2001 nosotros lost Dale [Earnhardt] in Daytona, and then of form, 9/11 came after that. And every event of that twelvemonth, the song took on a different significant to different people ... We hear quite oftentimes in e-mails and people talking to u.s.a. in shows. If y'all're asking how it makes us feel? Pretty darn special ... to know that you had that touch on someone's life and helped in a tough time of healing and hope."[62]

The third and quaternary singles from One More Day were less successful: "Sweet Summer" made Top 20, while "That's Just That" failed to make Acme 40.[29] The anthology featured a invitee vocal from Chely Wright on "I'm Trying",[61] making for the band's showtime ever duet with another artist on one of their own albums.[63] It also included a cover of "Hearts Against the Current of air", originally recorded past J. D. Souther and Linda Ronstadt for the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. Chris Neal of State Weekly idea that the album showed a greater musical diverseness than its predecessors, specifically noting the "spoken-word verses" of "Here I Go Fallin'", the "Hearts Against the Wind" cover, and the Wright duet every bit standout tracks.[63] Rick Cohoon of Allmusic cited the album's singles and the Wright duet as the album'due south best tracks, adding that "If whatever flaw can be found here it would exist the band's choice not to experiment with new sound, simply then again, why tamper with a good thing?"[64]

Starting in 2001, the other members had noticed that Roe was having difficulty maintaining proper pitch in concert. Although they did not want to confront him about information technology for fearfulness of "bruis[ing] his ego",[65] they eventually convinced Roe of his bug by listening to concert recordings together. Roe also consulted unsuccessfully with song coaches and throat doctors at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The band attempted to cover up Roe's problems by removing sure songs from concert set lists, lowering the primal on others, having Truman sometimes have the lead vocal, and using pitch correction software, but even these did not fully right the bug.[66] Finally, they consulted vocal coach Diane Sheets, a friend of Johnson'due south son-in-police. She determined that Roe was over-compensating for a modest degree of hearing loss typical of musicians who take performed live for long periods of time, thus tightening muscles in his throat and diaphragm and causing him to lose pitch. Although Roe was initially "contemptuous" toward Sheets'southward coaching, she was ultimately successful in restoring his voice.[67]

2002–2007: Completely, Tin't You Tell, and Greatest Hits Two [edit]

In 2002, Diamond Rio released its seventh studio anthology, Completely. The band originally conceived it as a double album, featuring traditional state on one disc and more pop-oriented state on the other, but according to Prout, this concept did not fully materialize considering "country music has blinders on as far every bit what'due south adequate – and what isn't", although Olander and Williams noted that the idea allowed them "more than elbowroom in choosing songs".[68] In addition to earning a gold certification, it produced two sequent No. ane singles in "Beautiful Mess" and "I Believe",[19] the latter being the band's last single to acme Hot Country Songs. Third single "Wrinkles" made Summit 20, while the last unmarried, "We All Fall Downward" (too written by Steven Dale Jones), failed to reach tiptop 40.[29] Two of the anthology's tracks were previously recorded by other artists: "Make Sure Y'all've Got It All", written by Bill Anderson and Steve Wariner, was originally recorded on Collin Raye's 1998 album The Walls Came Down,[69] and "If You'd Like Some Lovin'" past its co-writer, David Ball, on his 1996 album Starlite Lounge.[70]

Rick Cohoon of Allmusic praised the album for its musical variety, saying, "With artists likewise anchored in the business organization equally Diamond Rio, the musical quality is a given. The existent challenge is outdoing yourself and coming up with fresh concepts. The selections on this anthology seem to be the fruition of that search for musical renewal". He cited "Beautiful Mess" and "I Believe" as standout tracks.[71] Ray Waddell of Billboard also thought that the singles were among the best tracks on the album, while highlighting the instrumental track "Rural Combo" (which Olander had originally intended to tape for a solo album[68]) as an example of the ring's strong musicianship.[72] Chrissie Dickinson of the Chicago Tribune was less favorable, commending the "masterful musicianship" and Roe's "light vocal timbre", while criticizing the song selections as "more often than not a pigment-past-numbers trip around the musical cake, from the predictable power balladry of 'I Believe' to the saccharine sentiments of 'We All Fall Down.'"[73]

A 7th album, tentatively titled Tin't Yous Tell, was recorded in 2003, just it was cancelled[74] later on its starting time two singles – the championship track and "One Believer" – both failed to make Elevation 40 upon their releases in belatedly 2004 and early on 2005 respectively.[29] Diamond Rio'southward second Greatest Hits package, Greatest Hits II, was released in 2006. Similar their first Greatest Hits album, this compilation included several new songs likewise every bit the band's greatest hits; 1 of these new songs, "God Only Cries", was released as a single, peaking at No. thirty.[29] Shortly after the album'south release, Diamond Rio parted ways with Arista Nashville.

2007–nowadays: New record characterization, The Reason, and I Made It [edit]

On August 31, 2007, Diamond Rio signed with Discussion Records, a Christian music label based in Nashville.[75] Their first album for Word was a Christmas album entitled A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines, which they recorded in Olander'south basement studio. Roe said in an interview with CMT that "nosotros simply didn't try to copy anybody else. We tried to make up our ain arrangements."[76] The group released its beginning contemporary Christian album, The Reason, on September 22, 2009. It earned the band three Pigeon Accolade nominations: Song of the Year for "God Is There", Country Song of the Year for the title runway, and Country Album of the Year.[77]

In 2014, Olander told The Arizona Republic that the group was no longer signed to Word Records and planned to release new material independently.[78] "I will say that I was proud of the material, but maybe it's not the all-time version of Diamond Rio," Olander told the publication. "We were kind of in a no-man's land. We didn't fit in with land radio and we didn't fit with Christian radio. It was something that wasn't fully realized."[78] The band began releasing records independently, starting with a live anthology in 2014 and following in 2015 with the studio album I Made It.[79]

Outside contributions [edit]

Diamond Rio has been featured on several projects featuring multiple country artists, including three tribute albums released between 1993 and 1994. The get-go was a cover of the Eagles' 1975 hit "Lyin' Optics" for Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, an album released in late 1993 via Giant Records which featured various country musicians covering that band'southward songs.[twoscore] Diamond Rio had originally wanted to tape the song for Beloved a Little Stronger, simply DuBois rejected the idea because he felt that they were not nonetheless well-established plenty to tape a encompass vocal on one of their ain albums.[fourscore] The second was Keith Whitley: A Tribute Anthology, to which they contributed a cover of Keith Whitley'southward 1986 hit "Ten Feet Abroad",[81] and the tertiary was a comprehend of Merle Haggard's "Workin' Human Blues" for a tribute album entitled Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard. This rendition, which featured guest appearances from Lee Roy Parnell and Steve Wariner (both of whom were likewise signed to Arista Nashville at the time), was credited to "Jed Zeppelin".[38] [82] The song peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard country charts from unsolicited airplay,[83] and was made into a music video.[82] In 1996, the band covered "Dazzler and the Beast" for the multi-artist compilation The Best of Country Sing the All-time of Disney [84] and contributed the original song "Christmas Spirit" (which Powell and Roe co-wrote) to Star of Wonder: Country Christmas Collection, a Christmas album featuring diverse artists on Arista Nashville's roster.[85] A twelvemonth later, Diamond Rio contributed a recording of the gospel standard "Walkin' in Jerusalem" to a compilation entitled Peace in the Valley: A Country Music Journey Through Gospel Music.[40] Diamond Rio and Collin Raye too sang backing vocals on Kenny Rogers' 2000 single "He Will, She Knows".[86] In 2002, the band was featured on land parodist Cledus T. Judd'south "Homo of Constant Borrow", a parody of "Man of Constant Sorrow" on his album Cledus Envy.[87] Jerrod Niemann's late-2017 album This Ride features Diamond Rio on the song "I Own't All There".[88]

Some of the private members take as well contributed to songs by other artists. Roe sang duet vocals with then-labelmate Pam Tillis on "Love Is Only Homo", a cut from her 1992 anthology Homeward Looking Angel.[89] Olander was featured along with bluegrass musicians Carl Jackson and Marking O'Connor on the rail "Hap Towne Breakdowne" from Steve Wariner's 1996 instrumental anthology No More than Mr. Nice Guy.[90] He also co-wrote Kenny Chesney's 2001 single "I Lost It", Marshall Dyllon's 2001 single "You lot", and the track "The Dark Before (Life Goes On)" from Carrie Underwood'southward 2005 debut album Some Hearts.[91] Truman co-wrote Shane Modest'due south 1999 unmarried "Ordinary Beloved";[92] Minor would afterwards co-write the band'southward hit "Cute Mess". In 2003, Truman and songwriter Jason Deere co-founded the Nashville Tribute Ring, which has recorded three albums for missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-twenty-four hours Saints, of which Truman is a member.[93] Roe, Johnson, and Williams sang backing vocals on Josh Turner'southward 2006 unmarried "Me and God" (from the album Your Man), which likewise featured a guest vocal from bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley.[94]

Musical stylings [edit]

In the country music industry peculiarly, tape producers rent mostly session musicians to record tracks for an album for both solo artists and bands, as opposed to stone bands who record their own instrumental and song tracks on their albums. Diamond Rio has been one of few self-independent country bands to accept followed the practice of each member playing their own instruments and singing their own vocals on all their albums themselves, without any boosted input from outside musicians. The sole exception has been the inclusion of string sections on some of their afterwards work, starting with "I Know How the River Feels"[57] and continuing through sure tracks on I More than Day and Completely.[95]

Their early on music blended neotraditionalist country with occasional traces of country rock, primarily in the vocal'south prominent rhythm sections.[19] [38] A bluegrass influence has also been shown, primarily in the iii-part harmonies among Roe (lead), Williams (baritone), and Johnson (tenor). Bluegrass influences are besides shown in the band's prominent use of the mandolin, every bit well every bit in the instrumentals featured on many of their before albums.[xix] [38] The band'southward later material has tended towards popular-oriented ballads, such as "I Believe" and "Ane More Day" – songs which received critical acclaim for their oftentimes religious-themed messages, but were considered departures from the more traditional textile of their first four albums.[95]

Some other trademark of Diamond Rio'due south sound is the custom-built B-Bender guitar played by Olander.[96] He refers to this instrument as the "Taxicaster" considering of its yellow torso and black-and-white checky pickguard, which give it the coloration of a taxicab.[5]

Awards [edit]

Diamond Rio received the University of Country Music'southward award for Acme Vocal Group in 1991 and 1992. In 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1997, they also received the Country Music Association'due south award for Vocal Group of the Yr (an award for which they received fifteen total nominations, more than than any other country music grouping).[97] In add-on, Diamond Rio has received thirteen Grammy Award nominations. In 2010 they received three nominations for the GMA Dove Awards, and on April 22 won the award for Country Album of the Year.[98] In 2011, they received their first Grammy Accolade in the Grammy Laurels for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category for The Reason.[99]

Year Association Category Nominated piece of work Result[100]
1991 Country Music Association Song Group of the Year N/A Nominated
Grammy Awards Best Country Performance by a Duo or Grouping with Vocal "Meet in the Middle" Nominated
All-time State Instrumental Performance "Poultry Promenade" Nominated
Academy of Country Music Top New Vocal Duet or Group N/A Nominated
Top Vocal Group North/A Won
1992 State Music Clan Song Group of the Year N/A Won
Academy of Country Music Top Vocal Group N/A Won
1993 Country Music Clan Vocal Group of the Twelvemonth N/A Won
Grammy Awards Best Country Performance past a Duo or Group with Vocal "In a Week or 2" Nominated
All-time Country Album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles (with diverse artists) Nominated
University of Country Music Top Vocal Group N/A Nominated
1994 Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year N/A Won
Anthology of the Year Mutual Thread: The Songs of the Eagles (with various artists) Won
Grammy Awards Best Country Instrumental Performance "Appalachian Dream" Nominated
Academy of Land Music Acme Vocal Group Northward/A Nominated
1995 Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year Due north/A Nominated
Song Event of the Year "Workin' Human's Blues" (with Lee Roy Parnell and Steve Wariner) Nominated
Academy of Country Music Summit Vocal Group North/A Nominated
1996 Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Yr N/A Nominated
Grammy Awards All-time Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal "That's What I Get for Lovin' You" Nominated
Best Country Instrumental Performance "Big" Nominated
1997 Country Music Association Vocal Grouping of the Year N/A Won
Grammy Awards Best State Performance past a Duo or Group with Song "How Your Honey Makes Me Experience" Nominated
Academy of Country Music Unmarried Tape of the Year "How Your Dear Makes Me Feel" Nominated
Video of the Twelvemonth "How Your Beloved Makes Me Feel" Nominated
Meridian Vocal Duo/Grouping N/A Nominated
1998 Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year N/A Nominated
1999 Country Music Clan Song Group of the Year N/A Nominated
Grammy Awards Best Country Performance by a Duo or Grouping with Song "Unbelievable" Nominated
2000 State Music Association Vocal Group of the Year N/A Nominated
Academy of State Music Top Vocal Group N/A Nominated
2001 Land Music Clan Unmarried of the Year "One More than Day" Nominated
Song Group of the Year N/A Nominated
Grammy Awards All-time Country Performance by a Duo or Grouping with Song "One More than Day" Nominated
Best Country Album One More Day Nominated
University of Country Music Unmarried Record of the Year "One More Day" Nominated
Song of the Twelvemonth "One More than Day" Nominated
Tiptop Vocal Grouping Northward/A Nominated
2002 Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year N/A Nominated
Grammy Awards Best Country Functioning past a Duo or Group with Vocal "Beautiful Mess" Nominated
University of Country Music Top Song Group N/A Nominated
2003 State Music Association Vocal Group of the Yr N/A Nominated
Grammy Awards All-time Country Performance past a Duo or Group with Vocal "I Believe" Nominated
Academy of State Music Top Vocal Grouping North/A Nominated
2004 Country Music Association Vocal Grouping of the Yr N/A Nominated
University of Land Music Home Depot Humanitarian Accolade N/A Nominated
Top Vocal Group N/A Nominated
2005 Country Music Association Song Group of the Twelvemonth N/A Nominated
2006 Academy of State Music Top Song Grouping N/A Nominated
2011 Grammy Awards Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album The Reason Won

Personnel [edit]

Members [edit]

Discography [edit]

  • Diamond Rio (1991)
  • Close to the Edge (1992)
  • Dear a Little Stronger (1994)
  • IV (1996)
  • Unbelievable (1998)
  • Ane More Twenty-four hour period (2001)
  • Completely (2002)
  • The Reason (2009)
  • I Made It (2015)

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Sources [edit]

  • Diamond Rio; Roland, Tom (2009). Cute Mess: The Story of Diamond Rio. Thomas Nelson Publishers. ISBN978-1-59555-268-6.
  • Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents: Hot Country Songs 1944–2008. Record Research. ISBN978-0-89820-177-2.

External links [edit]

  • Official website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Rio

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