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, Washington to Austin, Texas in 2002 and received the Incubator Award from the Austin Music Foundation in 2003. The band dedicated all proceeds from sales of the song ''Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow'' to the Lance Armstrong Foundation on June 27, 2006. Scott Leger, the band's lead singer and songwriter, was awarded the Grand Prize in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition for the same song. The band also headlined The Rush! Energy Rock Bus national music tour along with the Zac Brown Band in the summer of 2006.

Members

*Scott Leger –

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*Andy Dollerson – keys *Chris Heerlein –

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*Matt Fletcher –

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*Eddie Willis –

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

*Nate Navarro –

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Awards

* "Incubator Award" for Best Rock Band – Austin Music Foundation (2003) * Best Electric Guitar (Eddie Willis) – Austin Music Awards (2003) * Best Pop Band – Austin Music Awards (2003, 2004, 2005) * Best Rock Band – Austin Music Awards (2004) * Best Male Vocalist (Scott Leger) – Austin Music Awards (2003, 2004) * Best Songwriter (Scott Leger) – Austin Music Awards (2003, 2004) * Grand Prize Winner (Scott Leger, ''Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow'') – International Songwriting Competition (2006)

Discography

;Studio albums *''Thread'' (1999) *''All Of My Days EP'' (2001) *''Bigger Than Ourselves'' (2002) *''Not So Far Away'' (April 26, 2005) *''Something That We Can't Let Go'' (January 20, 2009)

References

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