Rather than have the project shelved, Big & Rich opted to strike out on their own and release the album sooner. [1][17] This group held its first official show at a Nashville, Tennessee nightclub in 2001. These also produced the duo's first Top 40 solo entries—Big Kenny with "Long After I'm Gone" and Rich with "Shuttin' Detroit Down".

[17], Horse of a Different Color was met with generally positive reviews.

"Big & Rich Plan New Album, Issue "Fake I.D. for the compilation album The Imus Ranch Record. [9] Although one of its songs was featured in the soundtrack to the film Gun Shy,[10] Live a Little was not released, and Hollywood Records held the rights to the songs for five years. [7] Kenny Alphin (aka Big Kenny) was signed to Hollywood Records in 1998,[8] where he recorded a rock album called Live a Little a year later.

[51] Kenny revealed that their new material would be more along the lines of the music on their debut album, and that the executives at Warner Bros. Nashville told them that it was their "best material in years. The concert was the subject of a documentary on Great American Country in November 2006. In the meantime, Rich said that he would release a solo album, "with Kenny's blessing. Big Kenny's Peace Love & Happy Hour Live with Tanya Tucker May 16th 2020 This song received wide exposure when ESPN featured the song in commercials for its coverage of the 2004 World Series of Poker. [17] The song also began receiving airplay on adult contemporary radio and became their first chart entry for that format, reaching number 12. [7] The two then founded the MuzikMafia (an abbreviation for Musically Artistic Friends in Alliance),[16] a roundtable aggregation of singer-songwriters including Cowboy Troy, James Otto, Gretchen Wilson and Shannon Lawson. [55] The duo said that their decision to start their own label was the result of Warner Bros. Nashville's schedule not allowing for Gravity to be released until 2015 at the earliest. A subsequent documentary titled "November 8: a true American story of honor" was released also, debuting on Great American Country television network over the July 4 weekend.

2015 saw Big & Rich provide background vocals on albums by Tim McGraw and Clint Black. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. "[52] Early in 2014, the duo announced that a new single, titled "Look at You", would be sent to radio soon and that the new album would be released later in 2014. [59] The duo also contributed to Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur with a cover of John Lennon's "Nobody Told Me" in 2007.

[48] The single debuted at number 24 on the country charts, the highest debut achieved by a duo since the charts were first tabulated by Nielsen BDS in 1990.

Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now. In July 2013, Rich announced that the duo had begun work on their fifth studio album, Gravity, which was released independently. [34] Finishing off the album's single releases was "Big Time", which peaked at number 20 in early 2005. On January 28, 2014, the lead off single to the album was released and the album title was revealed as Gravity.

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The EP was only issued on CD and available exclusively at Walmart.[50]. In 2014, the duo performed a cover of "Same Old Situation" on a Mötley Crüe tribute album. In 2006, the Hank Williams, Jr. song "That's How They Do It in Dixie" was released, a single to which Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson and Van Zant contributed guest vocals. [31] ESPN also used the song as the theme music for its World Series of Poker. "[36] Country Weekly also gave a positive review, praising the variety of musical influences and saying that all of the songs worked "ridiculously well. [29] The song peaked at number 11 on the country singles charts,[17] and the video was the most-requested on the television networks Country Music Television (CMT) and Great American Country (GAC) for four weeks. [19], Among Big Kenny and John Rich's first outside cuts as songwriters was "Amarillo Sky", which was the title track to McBride & the Ride's 2002 album Amarillo Sky[20] and later a top 5 hit for Jason Aldean in 2007. Go directly to shout page. [46][47], In 2012, Big & Rich announced that they would release their fourth studio album, Hillbilly Jedi, led by the single "That's Why I Pray". Rich co-wrote several of Gretchen Wilson's singles, including her debut release "Redneck Woman". for the soundtrack to the 2011 film Footloose. [43] The album produced three singles, including the number 12 country hit "Shuttin' Detroit Down". Watch Big \u0026 Rich's breakout hit, Save A Horse [Ride A Cowboy]. Their first studio album, Horse of a Different Color, was released in 2004.

The duo decided to use wild West imagery to convey "an argument between a man and a woman. "[56] The second single from Gravity, "Run Away with You", charted at number 11 on Country Airplay. The former produced his second solo top 40 hit in 2010, "Country Done Come to Town," also peaking at number 34. [39] During a benefit concert held on October 9, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia to raise money for the construction of the 173d Airborne Memorial, Big & Rich were awarded the status of Honorary Members of the 503d Regiment of the 173d Airborne Brigade. The documentary tells the story of Niles Harris and shows the making of the music video for the single. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website.

They released their second single, "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" to country radio in August 2007, although it failed to make an impact on the charts, peaking at number 37; followup "Loud" became the duo's first single to miss the Top 40.

1 exclusively through BigKenny.TV and BigSouthMusic.com. Danelle Leverett, formerly one-half of The JaneDear Girls, wrote the song with Blair Daly and Sarah Buxton. "Big & Rich Release 'That's Why I Pray' + New Music Video", "Country Countdown: Big & Rich Make History With 'That's Why I Pray, "Walmart.com: That's Why I Pray (Walmart Exclusive)", "Big and Rich Have "Covertly Been Working On" Fifth Studio Album", "Big & Rich Forms New Label, Prepare New Album and Single : MusicRow – Nashville's Music Industry Publication – News, Songs From Music City", "iTunes - Music - Look at You - Single by Big & Rich", "Big & Rich - New Single Available Now! [28] For this song, Big & Rich employed Deaton-Flanigen Productions, a music video directing duo composed of Robert Deaton and George Flanigen IV. Since their first collaboration with Martina McBride in 2003, the duo has appeared on several other albums.

Big & Rich worked on new material, both as a team and separately, building a reputation that started to crest in 2003, when Martina McBride recorded their "She's a Butterfly."

[17] Another cut from this album, a cover of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long," also charted at number 59 as a non-single two months before the release of the title track. [17] Big & Rich also released a special Independence Day single titled "Our America", with guest vocals from Wilson and Cowboy Troy, which charted for two weeks and peaked at number 44.

In 2008, Rich announced that Big & Rich would go on hiatus while Big Kenny recovered from an existing neck injury. Kenny and Rich also formed their own record label, Big & Rich Records, to handle their future musical endeavors.[53]. "[42] Warner Bros. released Rich's second solo album, Son of a Preacher Man, in early 2009. An extended play of live studio performances, Rolling Stone Original, was also released in November 2005. Just anyway to get the music out there.