Randy Rogers Band

Infobox musical artist
Name = Randy Rogers Band


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Origin = Texas, USA
Genre = Country, Texas Country
Years_active = 2000-present
Label = Downtime
Mercury
Associated_acts = Cross Canadian Ragweed
Radney Foster
URL = http://randyrogersband.com
Current_members = Brady Black
Geoffrey Hill
Les Lawless
Jon Richardson
Randy RogersThe Randy Rogers Band is an American country music group from the state of Texas. The band is composed of Randy Rogers (lead vocals), Geoffrey Hill (guitar), Jon Richardson (bass guitar), Brady Black (fiddle), and Les Lawless (drums).cite web |url=http://wm06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3nfoxqrhldhe~T1 |title=allmusic ((( Randy Rogers > Overview ))) |accessdate=2007-08-27 |last=Brown |first=Marisa |format=html |work=All Music Guide] They have recorded four studio albums and two live albums, and have charted four singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts. Their highest-charting single, "Tonight's Not the Night (For Goodbye)", reached #43 in 2005.

Biography

Randy Rogers was born in Cleburne, Texas. When he was six years old, he learned to play the piano from his great-grandmother, and later learned to play the guitar; he wrote his first song at age thirteen. [cite web |url=http://www.thisistexasmusic.com/profiles/randyrogersband.html |title=Randy Rogers Band profile |accessdate=2007-08-27 |format=html |work=ThisIsTexasMusic.com] Later, Randy joined a backing band, before deciding to form his own band.

The Randy Rogers Band recorded its debut album, "Live at Cheatham Street Warehouse" at a bar of the same name in San Marcos, Texas.cite web |url=http://www.randyrogersband.com/band.php |title=Randy Rogers Band biography |accessdate=2007-08-27 |format=html |work=Randyrogersband.com] By 2002, the band was signed to the independent Downtime record label, on which they released the album "Like It Used to Be". Two years later, the album "Rollercoaster" was released, producing two minor entries on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts in early 2005. Several of the songs on "Rollercoaster" were co-written by Radney Foster, who also co-produced the album. "Just a Matter of Time", the band's first major-label album, was released on Mercury Nashville Records in 2006. The band also released their self-titled album on September 23 also on Mercury Nashville Records. The first single "In My Arms Instead", was released in August.

Discography

Albums

*^A Failed to chart.

References

External links

* [http://randyrogersband.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/randyrogersband Randy Rogers Band on MySpace]
* [http://www.umgnashville.com/randyrogersband/ Official UMG Nashville Artist Page]