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Deryl Dodd Birth name Deryl Dwaine Dodd Born April 12, 1964 Origin Dallas, Texas, USA Genres Country Occupations Singer-songwriter Instruments Vocals
Acoustic guitarYears active 1996-present Labels Columbia
Smith Music Group
DualtoneAssociated acts Tom T. Hall
Tim McGraw
Tracy LawrenceWebsite DerylDodd.com Deryl Dwaine Dodd (born April 12, 1964) is an American Texas Country artist. Originally a regular on the Texas club circuit, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, soon finding work as a background vocalist and songwriter. By 1996, he was signed to a recording contract, releasing two albums for Columbia Records Nashville before a debilitating bout of viral encephalitis put his career on hiatus.
Having recovered from his encephalitis in 2000, Dodd resumed his singing career, also touring with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. He released a third album for Columbia in 2002, followed by two more albums for Dualtone Records. Overall, Dodd has released five studio albums and a live album, and has charted nine singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-charting single, "A Bitter End", peaked at #26 on the country charts and #88 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1998-early 1999.
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Biography
Deryl Dodd was raised in Dallas, Texas, where he played football from an early age.[1] After a career-ending injury, Dodd was persuaded to perform music in clubs throughout the state of Texas. In 1991, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, forming a band along with Brett Beavers, now an established Nashville songwriter.[1] Dodd later found work singing harmony vocals for Martina McBride, Radney Foster, and George Ducas, in addition to playing in Tracy Lawrence's road band, and co-writing a song on Tim McGraw's All I Want album.[1][2]
Dodd signed to Columbia Records in 1996 as a solo act. His first album, One Ride in Vegas, was released that year, producing a Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard country music charts in the Tom T. Hall-penned "That's How I Got to Memphis".[1][3] One Ride in Vegas was followed by an eponymous album in 1998; that same year, Dodd was nominated as Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music.[4] His second album also produced his biggest chart hit to date in "A Bitter End", which peaked at #26 on the country charts.
In 1999, Dodd was diagnosed with viral encephalitis, forching him to end his career.[1][5] He remained bedridden for six months, and then went through eighteen months of rehabilitation (which included re-learning how to play guitar).[1] Once he had fully recovered, he attended several writers' nights in Nashville, and was later signed as an opening act on Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Soul2Soul tour.[2]
Dodd's third and final album for Columbia, Pearl Snaps, was released in 2002. Later, he recorded Live at Billy Bob's Texas, before switching to Dualtone Records in 2004 to release Stronger Proof (2004) and Full Circle (2006).[1][2] In 2009, Dodd released a cover of "Together Again", originally a hit for Buck Owens.[6]
Discography
Albums
Title Album details Peak chart
positionsUS Country CAN Country One Ride in Vegas - Release date: October 8, 1996
- Label: Columbia Records
61 14 Deryl Dodd - Release date: November 24, 1998
- Label: Columbia Records
63 — Pearl Snaps - Release date: January 29, 2002
- Label: Columbia Records
— — Live at Billy Bob's Texas - Release date: August 5, 2003
- Label: Smith Music Group
61 — Stronger Proof - Release date: October 5, 2004
- Label: Dualtone Records
— — Full Circle - Release date: August 8, 2006
- Label: Dualtone Records
— — Together Again - Release date: August 25, 2009
- Label: Smith Entertainment
— — Random as I Am - Release date: July 5, 2011
- Label: Smith Entertainment
— — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US CAN Country 1996 "Friends Don't Drive Friends…" 68 — 87 One Ride in Vegas "That's How I Got to Memphis" 36 — 38 1997 "Movin' Out to the Country" 61 — 91 1998 "Time on My Hands" 62 — — Single only "A Bitter End" 26 88 44 Deryl Dodd 1999 "Good Idea Tomorrow" 65 — 89 "John Roland Wood" 64 — 75 "Sundown" 59 — 78 Pearl Snaps "On Earth as It Is in Texas" 71 — — 2002 "Honky Tonk Champagne" — — — 2003 "Things Are Fixin' to Get Real Good" — — — Live at Billy Bob's Texas 2004 "New Tony Lamas" — — — "Let Me Be" 59 — — Stronger Proof 2005 "Love or Something Like It" — — — 2006 "I'm Not Home Right Now" — — — Full Circle 2007 "Wearin' a Hole" — — — 2009 "Together Again" — — — Together Again 2010 "Back to the Honky Tonks" — — — "Death, Taxes and Texas" — — — 2011 "You're Not Looking For" — — — "Baby Where's My Bottle" — — — Random as I Am "—" denotes releases that did not chart Music videos
Year Video Director 1996 "Friends Don't Drive Friends…" Steven T. Miller/R. Brad Murano "That's How I Got to Memphis" Marc Ball 1998 "Time on My Hands" chris rogers "A Bitter End" Joseph Sassone 2002 "Pearl Snaps" Darren Cameron References
- ^ a b c d e f g allmusic (((Deryl Dodd > Biography)))
- ^ a b c "How Deryl Dodd Got to Texas". cmt.com. http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1492004/20041006/dodd_deryl.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ Price, Deborah Evans (1998-10-24). "Columbia's Dodd Steps into Spotlight". Billboard: 44. http://books.google.com/books?id=JQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44&dq=%22how+i+got+to+memphis&cd=3#v=onepage&q=%22how%20i%20got%20to%20memphis&f=false.
- ^ "Dodd Recovers After Health Battle". CMT.com. http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1475759/20030805/dodd_deryl.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ "Dodd Back On Track". CMT.com. http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1474949/20030729/dodd_deryl.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ Justus, Karlie (2009-08-06). "Deryl Dodd - "Together Again"". The 9513. http://www.the9513.com/deryl-dodd-together-again/. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
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Categories:- 1964 births
- American country singers
- American country singer-songwriters
- Living people
- Musicians from Dallas, Texas
- Columbia Records artists
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