The Great Divide was an American

United States

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 Red Dirt

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/Texas Country

Texas Country

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 music group, originally from Stillwater, Oklahoma

Stillwater, Oklahoma

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. The Great Divide formed its own record label

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, publishing company and operating company, and began recording. The group's first two albums, Goin' For Broke and Break In The Storm, were independent releases. Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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 signed the group and re-released Break In The Storm as well as the band's third album, Revolutions. Remain, the group's fifth album, was released independently at the end of 2002.

The Great Divide's original front man and central songwriter, Mike McClure

Mike McClure

Mike McClure is a singer/songwriter/producer from Tecumseh, Oklahoma. He is currently the frontman for the Mike McClure Band. McClure is a founding member of The Great Divide, and was a member until he and the band parted ways in 2002...

, left the band in early 2003. By late summer the band had a new lead, Micah Aills.

Albums

Year	Title	US Country
1995	Goin' for Broke
1998	Break in the Storm	69
1999	Revolutions	73
2000	Afterglow: The Will Rogers Sessions
2001	Dirt and Spirit
2002	Remain
2005	Under Your Own Sun

Singles

Year	Title	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...	Album
1998	"Never Could"	74	Break in the Storm
	"Pour Me a Vacation"	59
1999	"San Isabella"		Revolutions
2001	"Out of Here Tonight"		Afterglow: The Will Rogers Sessions
	"Days Go"
	"Wild Horses"
2002	"Lost in the Night"		Remain
2004	"Freedom"		Single only
2005	"Crazy in California"		Under Your Own Sun
2006	"The Plan"

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1998	"Never Could"	Bob Gabrielsen
	"Pour Me a Vacation"
1999	"San Isabella"
2001	"Out of Here Tonight"	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:...