Lee Roy Parnell
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Lee Roy Parnell is an American country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist. Active since 1990, he has recorded eight studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

) charts. His highest-charting hits are "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am
What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am
"What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Lee Roy Parnell, written by Al Carmichael and Gary Griffin. It was released in May 1992 as the second single from the album, Love Without Mercy. The song was Parnell's fifth single release, and...

" (1992), "Tender Moment
Tender Moment
"Tender Moment" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in February 1993 as the fourth single from his 1992 album Love Without Mercy. The song spent 20 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number two in 1993...

" (1993), and "A Little Bit of You
A Little Bit of You
"A Little Bit of You" is the title of a song written by Trey Bruce and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in May 1995 as the lead single from his 1995 album We All Get Lucky Sometimes, his first release for the Career Records branch of Arista Records...

" (1995), all of which peaked at #2. Four more of his singles have charted in the Top Ten as well. Besides his own work, Parnell has played slide guitar
Slide guitar
Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

 and National guitar
National String Instrument Corporation
The National String Instrument Corporation was a guitar company that formed to manufacture the first resonator guitars.-National resonator guitar designs:...

 on several other country recordings.

Biography

Parnell was born in Stephenville
Stephenville, Texas
Stephenville is a city in and the county seat of Erath County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,921 at the 2000 census. Founded in 1856, it is home to Tarleton State University. Stephenville is among several communities that calls itself the "Cowboy Capital of the...

, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, in December 1956. His parents were friends of country superstar Bob Wills
Bob Wills
James Robert Wills , better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western Swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing and universally known as the pioneering King of Western Swing.Bob Wills' name will forever be associated with...

, and Parnell began his music career on Wills's local radio show at the age of six. During his teens, he played drums and guitar in some local bands, and he played in Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman is an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election...

's Texas Jewboys band during the early 1970s. He continued to play in local clubs throughout Texas until 1987, when he moved to Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 and became a regular performer at the Bluebird Café.

Lee Roy Parnell

Parnell released his self-titled debut album for Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

 in 1990. This album produced three chart singles in "Crocodile Tears", "Oughta Be a Law" and "Family Tree", none of which charted in the Top 40 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

country charts. A video for "Mexican Money" was created and released, but the song was not released to radio.

Love Without Mercy

Following this album was his breakthrough release, 1992's Love Without Mercy
Love Without Mercy
Love Without Mercy is the second album released by country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1992 on Arista Records. The album includes the singles "The Rock", "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am", "Tender Moment" and "Love Without Mercy"...

. Although its lead-off single "The Rock" also fell short of Top 40, its next three singles all reached Top Ten: "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am
What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am
"What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Lee Roy Parnell, written by Al Carmichael and Gary Griffin. It was released in May 1992 as the second single from the album, Love Without Mercy. The song was Parnell's fifth single release, and...

" at #2, the title track at #8, and finally "Tender Moment" also at #2. These three songs were all Top Ten hits on the RPM
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

charts in Canada.

On the Road

1993's On the Road
On the Road (Lee Roy Parnell album)
On the Road is the third studio album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released October 26, 1993 via Arista Nashville...

, his third album and final release for Arista proper also produced two top-10 hits: the title track
On the Road (song)
"On the Road" is the title of a song written by Bob McDill, and recorded by country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in August 1993 as the lead-off single to his 1993 album of the same name...

 and "I'm Holding My Own", at #6 and #3 respectively. The album also contained a #17-peaking rendition of the Hank Williams song "Take These Chains from My Heart", which Parnell recorded as a duet with Ronnie Dunn
Ronnie Dunn
Ronnie Gene Dunn is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn. In 2011, Dunn began working as a solo artist following the breakup of Brooks & Dunn...

 of Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...

, although Dunn was not credited on the charts. The final single from On the Road, "The Power of Love", peaked at #51.

We All Get Lucky Sometimes

His fourth album, 1995's We All Get Lucky Sometimes
We All Get Lucky Sometimes
We All Get Lucky Sometimes is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1995 as his first album for Career Records, a sister label of Arista Nashville. This album produced five singles for him on the Billboard country singles charts...

, was also his first for Career Records, then a newly-formed subsidiary of Arista Nashville
Arista Nashville
Arista Nashville is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood...

. This album's lead-off single "A Little Bit of You" was the third single of his career to reach #2. Following it were the #12 "When a Woman Loves a Man" (featuring background vocals from Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood
Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood , is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA...

), the #3 "Heart's Desire" and another #12 in "Giving Water to a Drowning Man". The album's title track, which was its fifth single, peaked at #46. The album also included an instrumental "Mama Screw Your Wig On Tight" which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Country Instrumental.

Every Night's a Saturday Night and Hits and Highways Ahead

Every Night's a Saturday Night
Every Night's a Saturday Night
Every Night's a Saturday Night is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released via Career Records, a sister label of Arista Nashville, on June 17, 1997...

was his final release for Career Records. This was his first album since his debut release that did not produce a Top Ten hit, and only three singles were released from it: "Lucky Me, Lucky You" at #35, "You Can't Get There From Here" at #39 (his final Top 40 hit), and "All That Matters Anymore" at #50. After Career Records was merged back into Arista Nashville, Parnell released his final album for the Arista label, 1999's Hits and Highways Ahead
Hits and Highways Ahead
Hits and Highways Ahead is the first compilation album released by country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1999 by the Arista Nashville label...

. This album's only single, "She Won't Be Lonely Long", peaked at #57, and by the year's end, he exited Arista's roster.

Tell the Truth and Back to the Well

Parnell signed to Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...

 in 2000, releasing the album Tell the Truth that year. This album's only single, "South by Southwest", failed to chart, and he soon left the label as well. His final album, Back to the Well, came in 2006 on Universal South Records, although it also produced only one non-charting single in "Daddies and Daughters."

External contributions

Besides playing slide guitar
Slide guitar
Slide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...

 and National guitar on his albums and co-writing several of his own songs, Parnell has co-written two Top 40 country hits for other artists: "Too Much" by Pirates of the Mississippi
Pirates of the Mississippi
Pirates of the Mississippi was an American country music group. It was founded in 1987 by Rich Alves , Bill McCorvey Jimmy Lowe , Pat Severs , and Dean Townson...

 and "That's My Story
That's My Story (song)
"That's My Story" is a single by American country music artist Collin Raye. It was the first single released from his 1994 CD, Extremes.-Chart performance:...

" by Collin Raye
Collin Raye
Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 or 1960,Although multiple online sources all indicate Raye's date of birth as 1959, Raye's MySpace lists his date of birth as 1960. Furthermore, the 2004 Deseret News article cited in this article indicates the singer as...

, from 1992 and 1993 respectively. In 1994, he and Steve Wariner
Steve Wariner
Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...

 collaborated with Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio is an American Country music/Christian music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams...

 on a cover of Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...

's "Workin' Man's Blues
Workin' Man's Blues
"Workin' Man Blues" is an American country music song performed by its writer, Merle Haggard. Released in 1969, the song was released during his early peak and became one of several signature songs during his career.-Background:...

", credited to Jed Zeppelin and recorded for a tribute album Mama's Hungry Eyes. This rendition peaked at #48 on the country charts. He played slide guitar on Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer...

's late-1994 Number One hit "Shut Up and Kiss Me
Shut up and Kiss Me (song)
"Shut Up and Kiss Me" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter on her 1994 studio album Stones in the Road. The song served as that album's lead-off single, and became her only Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts; it...

", and appeared in the song's music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

. His final chart entry was in late 2004, when he was credited for playing slide guitar on David Lee Murphy
David Lee Murphy
David Lee Murphy is an American country music artist. Signed to MCA Nashville Records in 1994, Murphy made his first appearance on the Billboard country charts that year with "Just Once", a song from the soundtrack to the 1994 film 8 Seconds. A year later, Murphy's debut album Out with a Bang was...

's #46-peaking single "Inspiration", from the album Tryin' to Get There
Tryin' to Get There
Tryin' to Get There is the fourth and final studio album released by American country music artist David Lee Murphy on Audium/Koch. Its lead-off single "Loco", released in early 2004, was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. "Inspiration" was also released, but failed...

.

Personal life

Parnell has two children. Son Blake (1980) was born to Parnell's first wife, Kristin. Daughter Allison (1985) was born to second wife Kerry Pryor. He married third wife Kimberlie in 1990. In March 2008, Parnell announced his engagement to Julie Albertson. They are expecting their first child in the fall of 2011.

Parnell has a brother, Rob Roy Parnell, who excels in the harmonica. In the latter 1990s, Parnell helped to revive the musical career of his friend Jay Boy Adams
Jay Boy Adams
James Wallace Adams, known as Jay Boy Adams , is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Lubbock and San Antonio, Texas, known particularly for his talent for storytelling in his songs.-Early years:...

 of Lubbock
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...

 after Adams in 1982 had left the musical scene for nearly fifteen years.

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US Country
US
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...


US Heat
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...

US Blues
CAN Country
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...


Lee Roy Parnell
Lee Roy Parnell (album)
Lee Roy Parnell is the self-titled debut album of American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1990 via Arista Records. The album includes the singles "Crocodile Tears", "Oughta Be a Law" and "Family Tree". Although all three singles charted on the U.S. Billboard country...

  • Release date: April 10, 1990
  • Label: Arista
Love Without Mercy
Love Without Mercy
Love Without Mercy is the second album released by country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1992 on Arista Records. The album includes the singles "The Rock", "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am", "Tender Moment" and "Love Without Mercy"...

  • Release date: April 28, 1992
  • Label: Arista
  • 66 24
    On the Road
    On the Road (Lee Roy Parnell album)
    On the Road is the third studio album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released October 26, 1993 via Arista Nashville...

  • Release date: October 26, 1993
  • Label: Arista
  • 59 23 17
    We All Get Lucky Sometimes
    We All Get Lucky Sometimes
    We All Get Lucky Sometimes is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1995 as his first album for Career Records, a sister label of Arista Nashville. This album produced five singles for him on the Billboard country singles charts...

  • Release date: August 1, 1995
  • Label: Career/Arista Nashville
  • 26 173 10
    Every Night's a Saturday Night
    Every Night's a Saturday Night
    Every Night's a Saturday Night is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released via Career Records, a sister label of Arista Nashville, on June 17, 1997...

  • Release date: June 17, 1997
  • Label: Career/Arista Nashville
  • 53 41
    Hits and Highways Ahead
    Hits and Highways Ahead
    Hits and Highways Ahead is the first compilation album released by country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1999 by the Arista Nashville label...

  • Release date: August 24, 1999
  • Label: Arista Nashville
  • 63
    Tell the Truth
  • Release date: June 12, 2001
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Back to the Well
  • Release date: March 7, 2006
  • Label: Universal South
  • 10
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart

    Singles

    Year Single Peak chart
    positions
    Album
    US Country
    Hot Country Songs
    Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...


    CAN Country
    RPM (magazine)
    RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...


    1990 "Crocodile Tears" 59 90 Lee Roy Parnell
    "Oughta Be a Law" 54
    "Family Tree" 73
    1992 "The Rock" 50 47 Love Without Mercy
    "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am
    What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am
    "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Lee Roy Parnell, written by Al Carmichael and Gary Griffin. It was released in May 1992 as the second single from the album, Love Without Mercy. The song was Parnell's fifth single release, and...

    "
    2 3
    "Love Without Mercy
    Love Without Mercy (song)
    "Love Without Mercy" is the title of a song written by Don Pfrimmer and Mike Reid, and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in September 1992 as the third single from, and title track to, his 1992 album Love Without Mercy...

    "
    8 10
    1993 "Tender Moment
    Tender Moment
    "Tender Moment" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in February 1993 as the fourth single from his 1992 album Love Without Mercy. The song spent 20 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number two in 1993...

    "
    2 10
    "On the Road
    On the Road (song)
    "On the Road" is the title of a song written by Bob McDill, and recorded by country music artist Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in August 1993 as the lead-off single to his 1993 album of the same name...

    "
    6 12 On the Road
    1994 "I'm Holding My Own
    I'm Holding My Own
    "I'm Holding My Own" is the title of a song written by Tony Arata and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in January 1994 as the second single from his 1993 album On the Road...

    "
    3 2
    "Take These Chains from My Heart
    Take These Chains from My Heart
    "Take These Chains from My Heart" is a 1953 single by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys, written by Fred Rose and Hy Heath. The song was the last of Hank Williams' country number-one hits. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart.Cover versions of...

    "
    17 21
    "The Power of Love
    The Power of Love (Charley Pride song)
    "The Power of Love" is a single by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in May 1984 as the first single from his album The Power of Love. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart....

    "
    51 64
    1995 "A Little Bit of You
    A Little Bit of You
    "A Little Bit of You" is the title of a song written by Trey Bruce and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in May 1995 as the lead single from his 1995 album We All Get Lucky Sometimes, his first release for the Career Records branch of Arista Records...

    "
    2 2 We All Get Lucky Sometimes
    "When a Woman Loves a Man
    When a Woman Loves a Man (Lee Roy Parnell song)
    "When a Woman Loves a Man" is the title of a song written by Rafe VanHoy and Mark Luna, and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell with Trisha Yearwood providing harmony. It was released in August 1995 as the second single from his 1995 album We All Get Lucky Sometimes...

    "
    12 20
    1996 "Heart's Desire
    Heart's Desire (Lee Roy Parnell song)
    "Heart's Desire" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was the third from his 1995 album We All Get Lucky Sometimes on Career Records. The song spent 20 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number three in 1996. It was his last Top Ten...

    "
    3 3
    "Givin' Water to a Drowning Man
    Givin' Water to a Drowning Man
    "Givin' Water to a Drowning Man" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in May 1996 as the fourth single from his 1995 album We All Get Lucky Sometimes...

    "
    12 10
    "We All Get Lucky Sometimes" 46 83
    1997 "Lucky Me, Lucky You" 35 57 Every Night's a Saturday Night
    "You Can't Get There from Here" 39
    1998 "All That Matters Anymore" 50 95
    1999 "She Won't Be Lonely Long" 57 61 Hits & Highways Ahead
    2001 "South by Southwest" Tell the Truth
    2006 "Daddies and Daughters" Back to the Well
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart

    Other charted songs

    Year Single Peak positions Album
    US Country
    Hot Country Songs
    Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

    1994 "Workin' Man Blues"
    (with Diamond Rio
    Diamond Rio
    Diamond Rio is an American Country music/Christian music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams...

     and Steve Wariner
    Steve Wariner
    Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...

    ;
    credited as Jed Zeppelin)
    48 Mama's Hungry Eyes:
    A Tribute to Merle Haggard
    1997 "Please Come Home for Christmas
    Please Come Home for Christmas
    "Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd peaked at position #76. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine...

    "
    71 Star of Wonder

    Guest singles

    Year Single Artist Peak positions Album
    US Country
    Hot Country Songs
    Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

    2004 "Inspiration" David Lee Murphy
    David Lee Murphy
    David Lee Murphy is an American country music artist. Signed to MCA Nashville Records in 1994, Murphy made his first appearance on the Billboard country charts that year with "Just Once", a song from the soundtrack to the 1994 film 8 Seconds. A year later, Murphy's debut album Out with a Bang was...

    46 Tryin' to Get There
    Tryin' to Get There
    Tryin' to Get There is the fourth and final studio album released by American country music artist David Lee Murphy on Audium/Koch. Its lead-off single "Loco", released in early 2004, was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. "Inspiration" was also released, but failed...


    Music videos

    Year Video Director
    1990 "Oughta Be a Law" Marius Penczner
    "Family Tree"
    1991 "Mexican Money" Dean Lent
    1992 "The Rock" Steven Goldmann
    Steven Goldmann
    Steven Goldmann is a Canadian music video and film director. He has directed over 200 music videos. Goldmann also directed the movies Broken Bridges and Trailer Park of Terror, and has additionally directed several television programs.-1990-1999:...

    "Love Without Mercy" John Lloyd Miller
    1993 "Tender Moment" Michael Merriman
    "On the Road" Michael Oblowitz
    "I'm Holding My Own"
    1994 "Workin' Man Blues"
    (with Diamond Rio and Steve Wariner;
    credited as Jed Zeppelin)
    Deaton Flanigen
    Deaton-Flanigen Productions
    Deaton-Flanigen Productions is a music video directing duo composed of Robert Deaton III and George Flanigen IV. The two have directed multiple music videos, primarily in the field of country music...

    1995 "A Little Bit of You" Jim Yukich
    "When a Woman Loves a Man"
    (feat. Trisha Yearwood)
    Steven Goldmann
    1996 "Catwalk" (feat. Flaco Jimenez)
    1997 "Lucky Me, Lucky You" Michael McNamara
    1998 "All That Matters Anymore" Brian McNamara/Lee Roy Parnell
    "Texas" (feat. Ray Benson
    Ray Benson
    Ray Benson is the front man of the Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel.In 1970, Benson, a Jewish native of Philadelphia, formed Asleep at the Wheel with friends Lucky Oceans and Leroy Preston. The group relocated to Austin in 1973 after a suggestion from Willie Nelson .Since then, the group has...

     & Charlie Daniels
    Charlie Daniels
    Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer...

    )
    Peter Zavadil
    Peter Zavadil
    Peter Zavadil is a music video director who works primarily in the field of country music. He has directed many music videos since the late 1990s.-Music videos directed:109 music videos are currently listed here.-References:...

    1999 "She Won't Be Lonely Long"
    2006 "Just Lucky That Way" Milton Sneed
    "Saving Grace"

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