Lonestar

Lonestar in Concert

Saturday July 17, 2010

8:30 p.m.

Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Cody Collins (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Keech Rainwater (drums), Dean Sams (keyboards, melodica, background vocals), and Kevin Von Der Hofen (Bass Guitar). Collins, who had formerly been in another country group called McAlyster, replaced former lead vocalist Richie McDonald, who left in November 2007 for a solo career.  John Rich was also the group's bass guitarist and second lead vocalist until 1998, when he was fired from the group. He left for a solo career, before joining Big Kenny in the duo Big & Rich in 2003. Since Rich's departure, Lonestar has not had an official bass guitarist.

Lonestar made its debut on the Billboard country music charts in 1995 with the Top 10 single "Tequila Talkin".  Since then, they have amassed a total of twenty-seven singles on the country charts, with nine of those singles reaching Number One. Their biggest hit was 1999's "Amazed", a crossover hit that reached Number One on both the country charts and the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single to do so since Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's "Islands in the Stream: in 1983. The group has also recorded eight studio albums and a Greatest Hits compilation. Three of their albums have been certified gold, while three more have been certified platinum or higher.

Beginnings

Lonestar began in 1992 as a band named Texassee. This name was derived from the fact that all five members were natives of Texas, and met in Nashville, Tennessee's Opryland USA theme park.  The original lineup consisted of lead singer/rhythm guitarist Richie McDonald (Lubbock), lead guitarist Michael Britt (Fort Worth), drummer Keech Rainwater (Plano), keyboardist  Dean Sams (Garland), and bass guitarist/co-lead vocalist John Rich (Amarillo).  Before Lonestar's foundation, Rainwater played drums in another country band called Canyon, which charted in the country top 40 with "Hot Nights" in 1989.  By 1992, Texassee changed its name to Lonestar. The band first played at a concert in Nashville in 1993 and signed to BNA Records by 1995.

 Party Heard Around the World

The group's first single to feature Collins on lead vocals was "Let Me Love You", which was released in early 2008 on the Co5 label. The song made it to #50 on the country music charts. It is the first single from their upcoming album Party Heard Around The World, to be released in March 2010.

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Beer garden

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