The Remingtons

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Remingtons


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Origin = Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genre = Country
Years_active = 1991-1993
Label = BNA
Associated_acts = Bread
Cymarron
Past_members = Jimmy Griffin
Richard Mainegra
Rick Yancey

The Remingtons were an American country music group composed of Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey, all of whom played guitar and sang. All three members were previously members of soft rock groups: Griffin was previously a member of Bread, while Mainegra and Yancey had previously been part of another soft-rock group called Cymarron. [http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/The-Remingtons.html The Remingtons Biography: OLDIES.COM] ] In addition, Griffin had previously been a member of a country music trio called Black Tie, which charted one single in 1990. [http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1495786/20050112/remingtons.jhtml CMT.com : The Remingtons : Jimmy Griffin, of Bread and the Remingtons, dies at 61] ]

The Remingtons recorded two albums on Nashville, Tennessee-based BNA Records. Their debut album, "Blue Frontier", produced three singles, including "A Long Time Ago", which reached Top 10 on the "Billboard" country charts. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hpfqxqu5ldhe~T51 allmusic ((( The Remingtons > Charts & Awards > Billboard singles )))] ] The second album (1993's "Aim for the Heart"), however, produced no Top 40 country hits, and 1993, the Remingtons disbanded.

Griffin and Yancey, along with Ronnie Guilbeau of The Flying Burrito Brothers formed GYG (Griffin, Yancey, Guilbeau) in 2001. They recorded only one album and performed in and around the Nashville area until Griffin was diagnosed with cancer and passed away in 2005.

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