Randy Rogers Band 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, o ...
band from
San Marcos, Texas. The band is composed of Randy Rogers (lead vocals), Geoffrey Hill (guitar), Jon Richardson (bass guitar), Brady Black (fiddle), Les Lawless (drums), and Todd Stewart (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, keyboards).
They have recorded seven studio albums and two live albums, and have charted seven singles on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Songs charts.
Biography
Randy Rogers was born in
Cleburne, Texas
Cleburne is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,337. The city is named in honor of Patrick Cleburne, a Confederate general. Lake Pat Cleburne, the reservoir that pr ...
. At the age of 6 years, he learned to play the piano from his grandmother, and later started playing the guitar.
The Randy Rogers Band recorded its debut album, ''Live at Cheatham Street Warehouse'', at a music hall of the same name in
San Marcos, Texas.
By 2002, the band was signed to the independent Downtime record label, on which they released the album ''Like It Used to Be''. It was around this time that the band began performing outside of San Marcos, primarily at Nutty Brown Cafe and Amphitheatre in nearby Dripping Springs, Texas. Two years later, the album ''Rollercoaster'' was released, producing two minor entries on the ''Billboard''
Hot Country Songs charts in early 2005.
Rogers also co-wrote "Somebody Take Me Home", a song recorded by
Kenny Chesney
Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has recorded more than 20 albums and has produced more than 40 Top 10 singles on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and Country ...
, on his 2005 album, ''
The Road and the Radio''. Several of the songs on ''Rollercoaster'' were co-written by
Radney Foster
Radney Muckleroy Foster (born July 20, 1959) is an American country music singer-songwriter, musician and music producer. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his recording debut as part of the Foster & Lloyd duo, recordin ...
, who also co-produced the album.
''
Just a Matter of Time'', the band's first major-label album, was released on
Mercury Nashville Records
Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group's country music subsidiary. Some of the labels in this group include MCA Nashville Records, Mercury Nashville Records, Lost Highway Records, Capitol Records Nashville and EMI Records ...
in 2006.
The band also released their self-titled album on September 23, 2008, also on Mercury Nashville Records. The first single "In My Arms Instead", was released in August.
The band's fifth album, ''
Burning the Day,'' was released on August 24, 2010, on
MCA Nashville
Universal Music Group Nashville is Universal Music Group's country music subsidiary. Some of the labels in this group include MCA Nashville Records, Mercury Nashville Records, Lost Highway Records, Capitol Records Nashville and EMI Records Nash ...
. The album's first single was "Too Late for Goodbye." It debuted at 55 on the U.S. ''Billboard''
Hot Country Songs chart and after four weeks on the chart, it peaked at 47.
"One More Sad Song" was released in late 2012. The song became the band's first Billboard Top 40 hit, and the first single from their sixth album, ''
Trouble''.
''Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay'', released in 2016 on Austin-based Eight 30 Records, features Randy Rogers and Sunny Sweeney's duet "Between You and Me".
Pop Culture
Randy Rogers Band and their song “Speak of the Devil” referenced in Showtime TV series ''Billions'' (“STD” 21:04).
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Singles
Music videos
References
External links
Official websiteRandy Rogers Band on Facebook
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Country music groups from Texas
Musical groups from San Marcos, Texas
MCA Records artists
Mercury Records artists
Musical groups established in 2000
Thirty Tigers artists