Larry Stewart (singer)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Larry Stewart


Img_capt = Stewart performing with Restless Heart at a USO show at Ramstein Air Base, Germany in 2003
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Born = birth date and age|1959|3|2
Origin = Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Instrument = Vocals, rhythm guitar
Genre = Country
Adult contemporary
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1984-present
Label = RCA
Columbia
Windham Hill
Koch
Associated_acts = Restless Heart

Larry Stewart (born March 2, 1959 in Paducah, Kentucky) is an American country music singer, best known for his role as the lead singer of the country pop band Restless Heart.cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kxftxql5ldde~T1 |title=Larry Stewart Biography ))) |accessdate=2007-07-27 |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |format=html |work=Allmusic] In 1993, Stewart left the band in pursuit of a solo career, recording four solo albums and charting eight singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts before reuniting with Restless Heart in 2002. His highest-charting single was "Alright Already", which peaked at #5 in 1993.

Biography

Stewart moved to Nashville, Tennessee in the 1980s in pursuit of a career in baseball. Although he had received an athletic scholarship from Belmont College in Nashville, he decided to focus on a career in music instead. After finding work as a demo singer, Larry joined the group Restless Heart in 1984 at the recommendation of the band's keyboardist Dave Innis, with whom Stewart had attended college. Between 1985 and 1992, Restless Heart charted eighteen Top 40 singles on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart (including six Number Ones, as well as one single that was released only to the Adult Contemporary format). Stewart left the group in 1991 in pursuit of a solo career; after his departure, the group's other members alternatingly sang lead vocals.cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:aifixql5ldde~T1 |title=allmusic ((( Restless Heart > Biography ))) |accessdate=2007-07-27 |last=Huey |first=Steve |work=Allmusic]

olo career

In 1993, Larry released his solo debut album on the RCA Nashville label. Titled "Down the Road", the album produced a Top 5 country hit in the single "Alright Already", but later singles proved unsuccessful. In 1994, the same year that Restless Heart disbanded, Stewart switched to Columbia Records. He recorded the albums "Heart Like a Hurricane" (1994) and "Why Can't You" (1996) for that label. He later moved to the independent label Windham Hill Records in 1999, where he recorded his fourth and final solo album, "Learning to Breathe".

In 2004, Stewart and the other four original members of Restless Heart (some of whom had not seen each other since a brief reunion in 1998) all reunited to record the album "Still Restless" on the Koch Records label.cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1493981/20041119/restless_heart.jhtml?headlines=true |title=Restless Heart Reunite for "Still Restless" |accessdate=2007-07-27 |format=html |work=CMT.com] On most of the tracks, Stewart again assumed his role as lead singer. "Still Restless" produced a Top 30 hit in the single "Feel My Way to You", but Koch Records closed its Nashville division shortly afterward.

Discography

Albums

*"Down the Road" (1993)
*"Heart Like a Hurricane" (1994)
*"Why Can't You" (1996)
*"Learning to Breathe" (1999)

ingles

References

External links

* [http://www.restlessheartband.com Official Restless Heart website]