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Lonestar
Lonestar (formerly known as Texassee) is an American country music group from Nashville, Tennessee. The group consists of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (keyboards, acoustic guitar, background vocals), and Keech Rainwater (drums). Britt, Sams, and Rainwater co-founded the band in 1992 with original lead vocalist Richie McDonald and bass guitarist/vocalist John Rich. Rich exited the band in 1998 and went on to join Big Kenny as one-half of the duo Big & Rich. Since his departure, Lonestar has relied alternatingly on session and touring musicians for bass guitar accompaniment. McDonald exited the band in 2007 to record as a solo artist, and was replaced by former McAlyster vocalist Cody Collins before returning in 2011. After leaving the band a second time in 2021, McDonald was replaced by Womack, previously the lead vocalist of Sons of the Desert. Lonestar has charted more than 20 singles on the Hot Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazed
"Amazed" is a song by American country music group Lonestar, released on March 22, 1999, for country radio as the second single from their third studio album '' Lonely Grill'' (1999). The power ballad is the band's longest-lasting number one single and biggest hit, spending eight weeks at the top of the ''Billboard'' country chart. The song was written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo, and Chris Lindsey. A pop remix of the song reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number two on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts in 2000. The song has sold over 1,650,000 digital copies in the US as of February 2016. Only five years after Lonestar's "Amazed" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 did another country song top the chart, as Carrie Underwood's " Inside Your Heaven" debuted at number one on the Hot 100 in 2005, making it one of just two songs to top the Hot 100 since 2000. Since the release of the original, the song has been covered by Bonnie Tyler, Duncan James, and Fady M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
