Pearl River (band)

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Name = Pearl River


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Origin = Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States
Genre = Country
Years_active = 1993-1994
Label = Liberty
Associated_acts = Bryan White
Past_members = Steve Argo
Chuck Ethredge
Derek George
Joe Morgan
Garry Schiera
Jeff Stewart

Pearl River was an American country music band composed of Jeff Stewart (lead vocals), Chuck Ethredge (lead guitar), Joe Morgan (bass guitar), Derek George (rhythm guitar, background vocals), Steve Argo (drums), and Garry Schiera (keyboards, background vocals). [cite album-notes |title=Pearl River |bandname=Pearl River |year=1994 |publisher=Liberty Records] Signed to Liberty Records in 1993, the band would record two albums: 1993's "Find out What's Happening", followed by a self-titled album one year later. The former album also produced a minor hit single on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in the single "Fool to Fall".

After disbanding in 1994, the members of Pearl River served as a backing band for Bryan White, then an up-and-coming country singer.cite web |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/090597/fea_ramblin.html |title=There will be lots of picking at Macon's Bluegrass Jam |accessdate=2007-12-23 |last=Rhodes |first=Don |date=1997-09-05 |work=The Augusta Chronicle]

Biography

Pearl River was founded in the early 1990s in Philadelphia, Mississippi.cite web |url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thewriters/d_george.asp |title=The Songwriters: Derek George |accessdate=2007-12-23 |work=Windswept PacificDead link|date=October 2008] In 1993, they were discovered by a representative of Capitol Records, who signed the band to the record's Liberty Records division. Their first album, entitled "Find Out What's Happening", was issued that year. It produced one chart single, "Fool to Fall", which peaked at #62 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=357&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Country+Songs&ci=3014633&cdi=6724728&cid=06%2F19%2F1993 |title=Hot Country Songs chart listing for "Fool to Fall" |accessdate=2007-12-23 |work=Billboard] Also included on this album was the song "Cast Iron Heart", which would later be recorded by BlackHawk on their 1996 album "Strong Enough" (and by Linda Davis on her 1996 album "Some Things Are Meant to Be").

A second album, "Pearl River", was issued in 1994; its only single, "Hey Goodbye", failed to enter the charts. This album featured two more tracks which would later be recorded by other artists: "You've Always Got Me", later found on Aaron Tippin's 1995 album "Tool Box", and "Heartbroke Every Day", which Lonestar recorded on their 1995 album "Lonestar" and released as a single in 1996.

After Pearl River disbanded in 1994, several of its members were recruited as a backing band for Bryan White, a then-unknown singer who had previously worked as a T-shirt vendor for the band. By 1994, White was signed to a recording contract with Asylum Records. Former guitarist Derek George also co-wrote several of Bryan's singles, in addition to producing White's albums. White and George also co-wrote Diamond Rio's 1998 single "Imagine That".

"Find Out What's Happening"

Infobox Album
Name = Find Out What's Happening
Type = studio
Artist = Pearl River


Released = start date|1993|4|26
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Genre = Country
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Label = Liberty
Producer = Jerry Crutchfield
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Last album =
This album = "Find Out What's Happening"
(1993)
Next album = "Pearl River"
(1994)

Track listing

#"I Wanna Be in the Picture" (Bob Merrill, J. P. Pennington) - 2:46
#"Hole Where the Heart Oughta Be" (Jim Rushing, Randy Scruggs) - 3:00
#"Does She Need Me" (Ken Fleming, Derek George, Jeff Stewart, Jim Weatherly) - 3:09
#"Find Out What's Happening" (Jerry Crutchfield) - 3:16
#"Cast Iron Heart" (Dennis Linde) - 3:02
#"That Ole Gravel Road" (Billy Lawson, Roger Murrah) - 3:17
#"Fool to Fall" (Wood Newton, Larry Stewart) - 4:03
#"She's Already Earned Her Wings" (Marc Beeson, Robert Ellis Orrall) - 2:59
#"Good Thing Going" (Vicki Gossett, Ronnie Gossett) - 3:02
#"Josephine" (Craig Bickhardt) - 2:50

Personnel

;Pearl River
*Steve Argo - drums
*Chuck Ethredge - lead guitar
*Derek George - acoustic guitar, background vocals
*Joe Morgan - bass guitar
*Gary Schiera - keyboards, background vocals
*Jeff Stewart - lead vocals;Additional musicians
*Bryan Culpepper - background vocals
*Dan Dugmore - pedal steel guitar
*Sonny Garrish - pedal steel guitar
*Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Gray Gordon - background vocals
*Gregory Gordon - background vocals
*Mike Lawler - synthesizer
*Paul Leim - drums, percussion
*Terry McMillan - harmonica
*Wayland Patton - background vocals
*Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
*Matt Rollings - piano, synthesizer
*Brent Rowan - electric guitar
*Curtis Young - background vocals
*Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle

"Pearl River"

Infobox Album
Name = Pearl River
Type = studio
Artist = Pearl River


Released = start date|1994|7|26
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Liberty
Producer = Steve Gibson
Reviews =
Last album = "Find Out What's Happening"
(1993)
This album = "Pearl River"
(1994)
Next album =

Track listing

#"Hello Goodbye" (Lonnie Wilson, Kim Williams) - 2:52
#"Don't Know Much About Love" (John Hiatt) - 3:39
#"How Quick I Remember" (Wilson, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) - 3:21
#"You've Always Got Me" (Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler) - 2:51
#"Nowhere Road" (Jeff Crossan) - 3:46
#"Heartbroke Every Day" (Bill LaBounty, Rick Vincent, Cam King) - 3:03
#"Good Way to Get Hurt" (Wilson, Williams, Collin Raye, Tammy Hyler) - 3:54
#"Mr. Right Now" (Steve Dean, Danny "Bear" Mayo, Bill McCorvey) - 4:01
#"Not After You" (John Jarrard, Wendell Mobley, Jeff Stewart) - 3:20
#"Cows" (Gordon Kennedy) - 3:27

Personnel

;Pearl River
*Steve Argo - drums
*Chuck Ethredge - lead guitar
*Derek George - guitar, background vocals
*Joe Morgan - bass guitar
*Gary Schiera - keyboards, background vocals
*Jeff Stewart - lead vocals;Additional musicians
*Bob Bailey - background vocals
*Eddie Bayers - drums
*Kim Fleming - background vocals
*Paul Franklin - steel guitar
*Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
*Mitch Humphries - piano
*Brent Mason - electric guitar
*Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
*Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
*Andrew Stewart, Chris Stewart, Josh Stewart - tambourine overdubs
*Harry Stinson - background vocals
*Billy Thomas - background vocals
*Steve Wills - background vocals
*Lonnie Wilson - drums

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References

External links

* [http://www.chuxterguitars.com/ Chuxter's Guitar Shop] , a guitar shop owned by former member Chuck Ethredge
*myspace|derekgeorgemusic|Derek George