Diamond Rio is a country country music band and Christian country music. The band was founded in 1982 as an attraction for the theme park of Opryland USA in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally known as the Grizzly River Boys, then Tennessee River Boys. Founded by Matt Davenport, Danny Gregg, and Ty Herndon, the latter became a solo artist in the mid-1990s. After undergoing several changes in membership in the early years, the band comprised six members in common since 1989: Marty Roe (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Johnson (mandolin, guitar, violin, tenor vocals), Jimmy Olander (main guitar ), Dobro, banjo), Brian Prout (drums), Dan Truman (keyboard, organ, synthesizer), and Dana Williams (bass guitar, baritone vocals).
After assuming the name of Diamond Rio, the band was signed to Arista Nashville and debuted in 1991 with the single "Meet in the Middle", which made them the first band ever to make their debut single to No. 1. 1 on Billboard Song Lagu Negara Hot. The band charted 32 more singles between then and 2006, including four more that reached No. 1. 1: "How Your Love Made Me Feel" (1997), "One More Day" (2001), "Beautiful Mess" (2002), and "I Believe" (2003).
Diamond Rio has recorded nine studio albums, four Greatest Hits compilations, and Christmas music albums. Three of the band's albums have been certified RIAA platinum in the United States. In addition, Diamond Rio has received four Group of the Year awards from the Country Music Association, two Top Vocal Group awards from the Academy of Country Music, and one Grammy Award. The band is known for its vocal harmonies, varied instrumentation, and almost exclusive use of its own membership only on recordings rather than session musicians. Their voices were originally defined by mainstream countries, bluegrass, and rock influences, but later subsequent albums had more influence than Christian country and country pop music.
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In 1982, Matt Davenport and Danny Gregg founded a band in Opryland USA, a state-run music entertainment park in Nashville, Tennessee. The band was first named Grizzly River Boys, after riding a new river rafting in the park, but quickly changed the name to the Tennessee River Boys because its members disliked its real name. Originally intended to promote the park on a one-off special television, the band proved to be popular enough to become one of the many regular players there. Davenport, Gregg, and Ty Herndon alternated as main vocalist, with Davenport also playing bass guitar and Gregg on rhythm guitar; The finish lineup is Larry Beard (lead guitar, fiddle, banjo), Mel Deal (steel guitar), Al DeLeonibus (piano), and Ed Mummert (drums). The group "exchanges lead votes, tells jokes, and balances shtick old school concerts with contemporary voices." Herndon left the group in 1983 to compete in the Star Search search show, and became a solo artist for Epic Records between 1995 and early 2000s. Herndon was temporarily replaced by Anthony Crawford and then Virgil True before his role was taken over by Marty Roe, who originally toured nationally with Christian Windsong band, and worked in the park by imitating Larry Gatlin. After Herndon's departure, DeLonibus and Mummert quit as well, along with Dan Truman (who previously played in Brigham Young University Young Ambasador) and Jimmy "J. J." Whiteside takes their place. Beard paused shortly afterwards and eventually became a session musician, and former Mel McDaniel sideman Jimmy Olander replaced him. The band, through the aid of drummer Bill Anderson, Len "Snuffy" Miller, sent demos to various Nashville record labels without success.
In 1985, Tennessee River Boys stopped working in Opryland. According to Roe, when the band enjoyed playing in the park, they also felt that their status as a playground attraction discredited them as "real musicians" for them in the Nashville community. Over the next few years, they play in small places like high school auditoriums, and usually work no more than four concerts a month. They also competed on Star Search , but were eliminated in the first round. Frustrated by a sporadic tour schedule, Whiteside quit the group and was replaced by Brian Prout, who previously performed on Hot Walker Band and Heartbreak Mountain. Around 1986, Deal and Gregg both left the group, the latter due to health complications due to the serious illness that he developed as a teenager. They initially chose to operate as a quintet, with Davenport as the sole vocalist and Roe and Prout singing harmony; when this arrangement proved unsuccessful, they found a mandolist Gene Johnson, a former member of Eddie Adcock's IInd Generation bluegrass group, which Olander was a fan of as a child. Johnson made his debut at a concert in Clewiston, Florida in May 1987. Also at this point, band members complete their earnings with outside work: Johnson continues to work in the carpentry field, as he did before joining the band, while Olander and Roe slashed grass, and Prout drive the tour bus.
In 1988, the band caught the attention of Keith Stegall, a singer-songwriter who came to be known primarily for his work as record producer Alan Jackson. Stegall produced a demo for the Tennessee River Boys, but noted that Davenport could not record the main parts of vocals and bass at the same time, as they would be difficult to separate in the control room. As a result, Stegall told Roe to sing a live "scratch" vocal song with other musicians, who would later be replaced by Davenport's voice in post-production. After hearing Roe sing "early", Stegall manages to convince other members that Roe should be the lead vocalist. Because of his discomfort outside the main role and his wife's discontent with his career, Davenport quit in late 1988, becoming the last founding member to leave. The group quickly had to find a replacement, as they were scheduled to appear on the talk show on Nashville Now on January 23, 1989. Alan LeBeouf, who just left Baillie & Boys, expressed his interest in replacing Davenport, but ultimately refused because of other commitments. They finally chose Dana Williams, nephew of the Osborne Brothers bluegrass group and former sideman for Jimmy C. Newman, who has been a fan of Tennessee River Boys ever since Herndon became a member.
1990: Login with Arista Nashville
Williams officially joined before the appearance of Nashville Now , but the band still does not have a record deal at this time. They continue to record demos in Prout's garage with the help of Monty Powell, who previously hired Roe and Olander to record jingles, but wanted to produce commercial music. Powell is a friend of audio engineer Mike Clute, who will become one of the band's producers, and songwriters Tim DuBois and Van Stephenson. DuBois talks to record executive Clive Davis about creating a country music branch Arista Records called Arista Nashville; Stephenson will then register to the label in 1993 as a member of Blackhawk. Initially, DuBois hesitated to sign the Tennessee River Boys, because he felt that there were too many popular bands in country music, and he would sign both Asleep at the Wheel and Exile. He expressed interest in signing Roe as a solo artist, but at Powell's insistence, he agreed to see the band open for George Jones at a May 1989 concert, and officially signed them to Arista Nashville in 1990. The band members also decided to choose a name new, because they think that Tennessee River Boys sounds more suited to bluegrass or gospel groups than to country one. Among the names they selected were Kilroy and T-Town Mavericks, the latter being rejected by Arista executives. Prout suggests Diamond Rio, after the truck manufacturing company, Diamond Reo Trucks. The name was previously rejected by another country band, Shenandoah, whose lead singer Marty Raybon (also a former member of Heartbreak Mountain) authorized Prout to use the name even though Shenandoah "runs the business" under that name.
Shortly after the band received their recording contract, the band experienced a series of misfortunes when Olander, Johnson, and Williams came down with health problems. On August 9, 1990, Johnson was injured in a carpentry accident in Arkansas the day before his 41st birthday, cutting his left thumb. Robert Bolin replaced Johnson during a band tour in Brazil with Kevin Welch and Jann Browne. On September 6, four weeks after Johnson's accident, Williams water-skied with his family in Cookeville, Tennessee when his ship advanced at high speed when his wife picked him up. Propellor slashed Williams's legs and he was rushed to the hospital because of the wound. Brian Helgos and Paul Gregg (Danny Gregg's brother, and members of Restless Heart) succeeded Williams. Meanwhile, Olander discovers that he has a lemon-sized tumor suppressing his throat. The tumor was never successfully diagnosed, although it eventually vanished.
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Musical career
1991-1992: _Diamond_Rio "> 1991-1992: Rio Diamond
After Olander, Williams, and Johnson have recovered, six musicians began working on their debut album. Thus, Johnson soon discovered that the wound in his hand had changed his dexterity to the mandolin, and threatened to go after Powell casually said that he would have Roe dub in his own tenor harmony rather than let Johnson sing it. The band also has a commitment to finish as Tennessee River Boys, to the point that they sometimes have to promote themselves under both names on the same day.
Arista Nashville released their debut single Diamond Diamond, "Meet in the Middle", on February 6, 1991. As the lead single for their self-titled debut album, "Meet in the Middle" went on to spend two weeks at No. 1, i> Billboard Hot Country Song Song, making Diamond Rio the first country music group ever to send singles debut to the top of the chart. After its release, the band performed their first official concert as Diamond Rio on May 4, 1991. They shared the bill with Wild Rose, whose membership includes Prout's wife, Nancy Given Prout. Released three weeks later with DuBois and Powell as producers, Diamond Rio was greeted with positive critical reception from critics like Allmusic, Chicago Tribune and Entertainment Weekly. > i>, which praised the band's vocal harmony, instrumentation, and song selection.
Four more singles were released from Diamond Rio , all reaching the top 10 on the Billboard chart of country singles: "Mirror, Mirror", "Mama Do not Forget to Pray for Me", "Norma Jean Riley" (formerly the B-side "Mama Do not Forget to Pray for Me"), and "Nowhere Bound", the latter two of which were co-written by Powell. Roe and Prout have found "Mama Do not Forget to Pray for Me" and "Mirror, Mirror" by attending a performance at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, a popular venue for performances by aspiring songwriters. Truman and an Arista employee have found "Norma Jean Riley", originally titled "Pretty Little Lady" until DuBois commented that the woman in the song must have a name: "Could be 'Norma Jean Riley', whatever!" Johnson spoke positively of "Mama Do not Forget to Pray for Me", written and originally recorded by Larry Cordle, and its impact on fans. He recalled a letter sent to him by a female fan who escaped from the house and chose to return after hearing the song, saying that "we do not want to do drinks" of songs and things... if you're going to touch someone, touch them with something positive. "
Diamond Rio was then certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for the delivery of one million copies in the United States. In addition, the band won the Best Vocal Group Academy of Country Music for 1992, awards they will receive again in 1993, 1994, and 1997. They were also nominated for Top New Vocal Duet or Group by the same association in 1992. A cut from the album, instrumental "Poultry Promenade", gave the band its first Grammy Award nomination.
1992-1995: Close to Edge and Love a Little Stronger
Close to the Edge , the group's second album, was released in 1992. Gold certified by the RIAA for US shipments of 500,000 copies, the album resulted in a hit of Top 5 countries "In a Week or Two" and "Oh Me , Oh My, Sweet Baby ", the last one that was originally recorded by George Strait on his 1989 album Beyond the Blue Neon. The next single, "This Romeo Is not Got Julie Yet" and "Sawmill Road", both failed to reach the top 10. Roe is considered to be a weaker album than the debut because the band has only one month to select songs for it; in a 1994 interview with the New Country magazine he stated: "There are no ten great songs out there for everyone, you can not find in 30 days, of course." Olander is also critical of the novelty factor of "This Romeo Is not Got Julie Yet", which he co-authored, saying that it's "so far not my favorite Rio Rio recording - but that's when I think ',' Oh, it's easy, let's write this.It's kind of funny. '"Brian Mansfield of Allmusic is also critical of the song, but portrays the rest of the album happily, saying that" the strongest material emphasizes the goodness of God, the family and the honest life. - traditional things are undoubtedly influenced by the bluegrass background of the members ", while Jack Hurst of the Chicago Tribune thinks that" In One Week or Two "and" Sawmill Paths "," Its about the footsteps of some schoolmates rural following in adulthood ", is the strongest track.
In 1994, the band released their third album, Love a Little Stronger . The album was recorded on a more leisurely schedule than previous albums; as a result, they did not have any one on the charts for three months after "Sawmill Road" fell off the charts. For this album, Clute joins DuBois and Powell as a co-producer, a role she has in all the band's next releases. The title track (co-written by Billy Crittenden, then a member of the 4 Runner vocal group), reached No. 1. 2 on the chart country singles Billboard , and No. 1 on the country singles chart published by Radio & amp; Recordings . This was followed by the No. 9 hit "Night Is Fallin 'in My Heart" and Top 20 hits "Bubba Hyde" and "Done What We Started". Because the band has taken a longer period of time to choose a song for Love a Little Stronger , they consider it to be the pre-eminent album of its predecessor; Mansfield shares a similar opinion in his review of the album, stating that "Driven by a relatively lackluster performance Close to the Edge... Diamond Rio explores the musical possibilities of his talent rather than digging for easy commercial success." Cannon from New Country is more jumbled, saying that the "production in Love a Little Stronger is so shiny it may have been recorded in the operating room." The album also earned this band a second platinum certification.
1996-1999: IV , Hits Largest , and Unreliable
IV , Diamond's fourth album, released in 1996. This is "the first release of the country recorded entirely on the digital console"; in particular, the Fairlight console that records albums directly to the hard drive. Produced by DuBois, Clute, and the band itself, it was also their first album to not have Powell as a co-producer. According to DuBois, Powell leaves this role well, because he "sees the need to go in a certain direction, and people see the need to go in different directions." Roe thought that the album benefited from a new labeling policy that allowed label personnel to respond more quickly to the pitches of songwriters, particularly given to Billboards that the artist's head and label repertoire (A & lead single "Walkin 'Away" while co-writer Craig Wiseman (who co-wrote "Bubba Hyde") still recorded a demo, and the band was able to record the song on the same day when the demo was over. "Walkin 'Away" peaked at No. 2 on the country charts in early 1996. Three more singles were released from the album: 10 top songs "That's What I Get for Lovin 'You" and "Holdin'" (also written by Wiseman), with the top 20 "It's All in Your Head ", co-authored by Van Stephenson, among them. The music video for "It's All in Your Head" features Martin Sheen and Ramon Estevez, a former cast member of a preacher who handles snakes.
A year after IV , Diamond Rio released its first Greatest Hits package, which included eleven singles from their first four albums, plus album cut "She Misses Him on Sunday The Most" from IV and two new songs: "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" and "Imagine That". "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" becomes no. 1 second song in Hot Country Songs, as well as the most lasting in three weeks, making it the biggest hit chart for any country group that year. "Imagine That", co-written by Bryan White, reached the Top 5 in early 1998. Greatest Hits became the band's third platinum album.
Diamond Rio was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in April 1998, becoming the first band in fourteen years to be sworn in. Later that year, the band released their fifth studio album, Unbelievable . Contributed songwriters to the album including Paul Williams, former NRBQ member Al Anderson, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and Kwik Lewis. The main single is a ballad "You're Gone", which reaches the top 5 on the country charts. After that is the title of the song, which culminates in No. 2 on the country charts and became the band's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached No. 1. 36. The third and final single is "I Know How the River Feeling", originally recorded on Herndon's 1996 album Living in a Moment and later released as a single by McAlyster in 2000. Rio's Diamond appearance peaked at 33 on the country charts, their lowest chart peak at the time.
In 1998, Prout began dating Mary Bono, widow of singer and politician Sonny Bono. The two became involved but then ended their relationship in 2001. On December 28 of the same year, Prout married singer-songwriter Stephanie Bentley, best known for co-writing Faith Hill 1999 "Breathe".
2000-2002: One More Day
Diamond Rio released the official singles single, "Stuff", in May 2000. The song was originally intended to be the title song for their sixth studio album, to be released on August 22 of the same year, but according to Truman, "The radio station certain, for some reason, do not want to play 'Goods'. " As a result, "Goods" was withdrawn after peaking at number 36 on the country charts, and the album was postponed until February 2001. After the failure of this song, the band released "One More Day" later in 2000. The song was written by Steven Dale Jones and Bobby Tomberlin, two writers who wrote "She Misses Him on Sunday the Most". "One More Day" went on to spend two non-consecutive weeks at No. 1. 1 on the state charts, with the album, at this point titled One More Day , after the release date moved up to February 6, 2001. The song also peaked at No. 1. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, in addition to reaching the top 10 on Adult Contemporary charts (the band's first appearance on the chart). Regarding the song's popularity among fans who have used the song to deal with personal loss, Prout said, "Actually, 'One More Day' was recorded as a love song.Then one of Oklahoma State basketball team went down, then in early 2001 we lost Dale [ Earnhardt] in Daytona, and then of course, 9/11 came after that.And every show of that year, the song has different meanings for different people... We quite often hear e-mails and people talking to us at the event.If you ask how it makes us feel? It is quite special... to know that you have an impact on one's life and help in difficult healing and hope. "
The third and fourth singles from One More Day were less successful: "Sweet Summer" became Top 20, while "That's Just That" failed to make Top 40. The album featured guest vocals from Chely Wright on "I'm Trying ", making the band's first duet with another artist on one of their own albums. It also includes the cover of "Hearts Against the Wind", originally recorded by J. D. Souther and Linda Ronstadt for the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. Chris Neal of Country Weekly thinks this album shows a greater variety of music than his predecessor, in particular noting the "verbal words" of "Here I Go Fallin", "Hearts Against the Wind" cover, and Wright's duet as a prominent track. Rick Cohoon of Allmusic quoted Wright's single album and duet as the album's best song, adding that "If any defects can be found here would be a band choice not to experiment with new sounds, but then again, why fiddling with good things?"
Starting in 2001, other members have noticed that Roe has difficulty maintaining the right pitch in concert. Although they did not want to confront him for fear of "bruising their ego," they finally convinced Roe about his problems by listening to the concert recordings together. Roe also consulted unsuccessfully with his vocal trainer and throat doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The band attempted to cover up Roe's problem by removing certain songs from the concert set list, lowering the keys on others, having Truman occasionally taking the lead vocals, and using tone correction software, but even this did not completely fix the problem. Finally, they consulted vocal coach Diane Sheets, a son-in-law of Johnson. He decides that Roe is too much to compensate for the small hearing loss levels typical of musicians who have been living for long periods of time, thus tightening the muscles in the throat and diaphragm and causing him to lose the field. Although Roe was initially "cynical" about Sheets' coaching, he finally managed to regain his voice.
2002 -2007: Fully , Can not Tell You , and Hits Largest, Volume 2
In 2002, Diamond Rio released the seventh studio album, Really . The band originally interpreted it as a double album, featuring a traditional country on one disc and more pop-oriented countries on the other, but according to Prout, this concept did not fully materialize because "country music has a blindfold as far as it is acceptable - and what's not ", although Olander and Williams note that the idea allows them" more flexibility in choosing songs ". In addition to getting gold certification, it produced two consecutive number 1 singles in "Beautiful Mess" and "I Believe", the latter being the band's last single to top Hot Country Songs. The third single "Wrinkles" was made Top 20, while the last single, "We All Fall Down" (also written by Steven Dale Jones), failed to reach the top 40. Two of the previous album tracks were recorded by another artist: "Make Sure You've Got It All ", written by Bill Anderson and Steve Wariner, originally recorded on the 1998 album Collin Raye The Walls Came Down , and" If You'd Like Some Lovin '"by his colleague -writer, David Ball, at her 1996 album Starlite Lounge.
Rick Cohoon of Allmusic praised the album for his musical variety, saying, "With artists who also docked in businesses like Diamond Rio, the quality of music is something that is given.The real challenge is beating yourself and coming up with new concepts.Options on the album this seems to be the fruit of a quest for musical renewal ". He calls "Beautiful Mess" and "I Believe" as a prominent song. Ray Waddell of Billboard also thought that the single was one of the best songs on the album, while highlighting the instrumental song "Rural Philharmonic" (which was originally intended to be recorded by Olander for a solo album) as an example of a strong band musician. Chrissie Dickinson of The Chicago Tribune was less favorable, praising the "talented musicians" and "team vocalist light" Roe, while criticizing the song selection as "most painting-by-numbers trips around the music block, from ballad powers which can be predicted from 'I Believe' to the saccharine sentiments of 'We All Fall Down'. "
The seventh album, titled Can not You Tell , was recorded in 2003, but was canceled after the first two singles - the song title and "One Believer" - both failed to reach the Top 40 during their release in late 2004 and beginning of 2005 respectively. Greatest Hits Diamond Diamond Package, Greatest Hits, Volume 2, was released in 2006. Like their first Greatest Hits album, this compilation includes some of the band's newest tracks and greatest hits; One of these new songs, "God Only Cries", was released as a single, peaking at No. 1. 30. Shortly after the release of the album, Diamond Rio parted ways with Arista Nashville.
2007-present: New record label, The reason is , and I Made It
On August 31, 2007, Diamond Rio signed a contract with Word Records, a Nashville-based music label Christian. Their first album for Word was a Christmas album titled A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines, which was recorded in the Olander underground studio. Roe said in an interview with CMT that "we're just not trying to copy others." We're trying to make our own arrangements. " The group released the first contemporary Christian album, The Reason , on September 22, 2009. It produced three Dove Award nominations: Song of the Year for "God Is There", Country Song of the Year for the title track, and Country Albums of the Year.
In 2014, Olander told The Arizona Republic that the group no longer signed contracts with Word Records and plans to release new material independently. "I would say I'm proud of that material, but maybe that's not the best version of Diamond Rio," Olander said. "We're like in a no-man's land, we do not fit in with state radio and we're not compatible with Christian radio, that's something that is not fully realized." The band began releasing recordings independently, starting with a live album in 2014 and next in 2015 with studio album I Made It.
Outside contribution
Diamond Rio has been featured on several projects featuring several country artists, including three tribute albums released between 1993 and 1994. The first is a cover of the 1975 Eagles 'hit "Lyin' Eyes" for Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles , an album released in late 1993 through Giant Records featuring country musicians covering the band's songs. Diamond Rio originally wanted to record a song for Love a Little Stronger , but DuBois rejected the idea because he felt they were not yet established enough to record a cover song on one of their own albums.. The second was Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album, where they donated Keith Whitley's 1986 hit "Ten Feet Away", and the third was a cover of Merle Haggard's "Workin 'Man Blues" for a tribute album titled Mother's Hungry Eyes: Tribute to Merle Haggard . This performance, featuring guest appearances from Lee Roy Parnell and Steve Wariner (both also signed to Arista Nashville at the time), is credited to "Jed Zeppelin". The song peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard country chart of unwanted airplay, and made into a music video. In 1996, the band covered "Beauty and the Beast" for a multi-artist compilation The Best of Country sang the best of Disney and contributed the original song "Christmas Spirit" (which Powell and Roe co-wrote ) to the Star of Wonder: Country Christmas Collection, a Christmas album featuring artists on Arista Nashville's list. A year later, Diamond Rio donated a standardized Gospel recording of "Walkin 'in Jerusalem" to a compilation titled Peace in the Valley: The Country Music Trip Through Gospel Music . Diamond Rio and Collin Raye also sang backing vocals on 2000 single Kenny Rogers "He Will, She Knows". In 2002, the band performed in the Parodic state of Cledus T. Judd's "Man of Constant Borrow", a parody of "Man of Constant Sorrow" on his album Cledus Envy. The final Jerrod Niemann album-2017 This Ride features Diamond Rio on the song "I Is not All There".
Some individual members also contribute to the song by other artists. Roe sang a vocal duet with then-labelmate Pam Tillis on "Love Is Only Human", a snippet of his 1992 album Homeward Looking Angel. Olander was featured alongside bluegrass musicians Carl Jackson and Mark O'Connor on the track "Hap Towne Breakdowne" from the instrumental album Steve Wariner 1996 No More Nice Guy . She also co-wrote 2001's Kenny Chesney single "I Lost It", Marshall Dyllon 2001's "You", and "The Night Before (Life Goes On)" from Carrie Underwood's 2005 debut album Some Hearts . Truman co-wrote Shane Minor's 1999 song "Ordinary Love"; Minor will then write the hit song of the band "Beautiful Mess". In 2003 Truman and songwriter Jason Deere co-founded the Nashville Tribute Band, which has recorded three albums for missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where Truman is a member. Roe, Johnson, and Williams sang backing vocals on Josh Turner's 2006 song "Me and God" (from your Your Man album), which also featured guest vocalists from bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley.
Music styles
In the country music industry in particular, record producers hired most of the session musicians to record songs for albums for solo and band artists, as opposed to rock bands recording their own instrumental and vocal tracks on their albums. Diamond Rio has become one of the few independent bands that follow the practice of each member playing their own instruments and singing their own vocals on all their own albums, with no additional input from outside musicians. The only exception is the inclusion of string sections in some of their later work, starting with "I Know How the River Feels" and continuing through certain tracks on One More Day and Completely
Their early music incorporated the neotraditionalist country with an occasional trail of rock country, especially in the rhythm section of prominent songs. The influence of bluegrass has also been demonstrated, especially in the three-part harmony between Roe (lead), Williams (baritone), and Johnson (tenor). The influence of Bluegrass is also shown in the prominent use of the mandolin, as well as the instruments featured on many previous albums. The band's later material tends toward pop-oriented ballads, such as "I Believe" and "One More Day" - songs that are critically acclaimed for their often religious-themed messages, but are considered a departure from more traditional materials from their first four albums.
Another trademark of the Diamond Rio sound is the homemade B-Bender guitar played by Olander. He calls this instrument a "Taxicaster" because of the yellow body and the black-box pickguard white, which gives the color of a taxi.
Awards
Diamond Rio received the Academy of Country Music award for the Top Vocal Group in 1991 and 1992. In 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1997, they also received the Country Music Association award for Vocal Group of the Year (the awards they received fifteen total nominations, more than any other country music group). In addition, Diamond Rio has received thirteen Grammy Award nominations. In 2010 they received three nominations for the Dove GMA Award, and on April 22 won the award for the Country Album of the Year. In 2011, they received their first Grammy Award at the Grammy Award for Best Southern Country, Country, or Bluegrass Gospel Album for The Reason.
Personnel
Members
Discography
- Diamond Rio (1991)
- Close to Edge (1992)
- Love a Little Stronger (1994)
- IV (1996)
- Unbelievable (1998)
- One More Day (2001)
- Fully (2002)
- The reason is (2009)
- I Made It (2015)
References
Note
Source
- Diamond Rio; Roland, Tom (2009). Mess Beautiful: The Story of Diamond Rio . Publisher Thomas Nelson. ISBN: 978-1-59555-268-6.
- Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents: Country Songs 1944-2008 . Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
External links
- Official website
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