Shenandoah band biography example

Shenandoah is an American country music band founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama , in by Marty Raybon lead vocals, acoustic guitar , Ralph Ezell bass guitar , backing vocals , Stan Thorn keyboards , backing vocals , Jim Seales lead guitar , backing vocals , and Mike McGuire drums , background vocals. Thorn and Ezell left the band in the mids, with Rocky Thacker taking over on bass guitar; Keyboardist Stan Munsey joined the line up in , until his departure in The band split up in after Raybon left.

Ezell rejoined in the early s, and after his death, he was replaced by Mike Folsom.

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Raybon returned to the band in Shenandoah has released nine studio albums , of which two have been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Byrne then invited them into his recording studio to record a demo , which he then pitched to Columbia Records ' CBS Records division. CBS suggested Rhythm Rangers and Shenandoah as possible names, [ 4 ] and Raybon chose the latter because he thought that the name Rhythm Rangers "sounded like an amateur band.

In , Shenandoah released its self-titled debut studio album , which Byrne and Rick Hall produced. The Road Not Taken was the band's second album, released in The band achieved its biggest hit in with the three-week number-one single " Next to You, Next to Me. Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly gave Extra Mile a B rating, saying that it was "unflinchingly commercial" but adding that "the band goes beyond Alabama's jingoistic flag-waving and Restless Heart 's vapid mood-brighteners to showcase intelligent ballads and jaunty rhythm numbers.