Little Texas
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Little Texas is an American country music
band founded in Nashville, Tennessee
, in 1988 by Tim Rushlow
(lead vocals, rhythm guitar
), Brady Seals
(lead vocals, background vocals
, keyboards
), Del Gray (drums
), Porter Howell (lead guitar
), Dwayne O'Brien (rhythm guitar, background vocals), and Duane Propes (bass guitar
, background vocals). Signed to Warner Bros. Records
in 1991, Little Texas released its debut album First Time For Everything
that year. The album's lead off single, "Some Guys Have All the Love", reached a peak of #8 on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Little Texas continued to produce hit singles throughout the mid-1990s, including the Number One single "My Love
" and six more Top Ten hits. Their debut album earned a gold certification, while 1993's Big Time
was certified double platinum and 1994's Kick a Little
was certified platinum.
Seals departed in late 1994 for a solo career, with Jeff Huskins
succeeding him on keyboards. After a gold-certified Greatest Hits
package and an unsuccessful self-titled
fourth studio album, the group disbanded in 1997 and Rushlow also became a solo singer. By 2004, the four remaining original members — Gray, Howell, O'Brien, and Propes, along with new lead vocalist Steven Troy — re-established the group, although Howell took over on lead vocals after Troy's departure. Under the four-piece lineup of Gray, Howell, O'Brien and Propes, the band has recorded two albums for Montage Music Group
: The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud
and Missing Years.
and Dwayne O'Brien began playing together in Arlington, Texas
, in 1984. Porter Howell and Duane Propes got together while they were in high school in 1983 and moved to Nashville to attend Belmont College. Brady Seals
and Del Gray played in the backup band of country music recording artist Josh Logan
. Rushlow, O'Brien, Propes and Howell first started making music at Opryland
as a 1950s show band. With both Rushlow's first wife and Howell's wife, plus two other members, they took the show band on the road, naming their act "The Varsities".
When two of the members left to pursue other interests, they contacted Gray and Seals, whom they had met while playing in Springfield, Massachusetts
, in hopes of forging a more country/Southern rock sound. All six members eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee
, where they started playing together. The band played at venues across the United States
(around 300 dates a year), eventually catching the attention of Nashville's division of Warner Bros. Records
.
country singles charts, was the first of five singles from their debut album First Time for Everything
. After the debut single came the album's title track at #13, "You and Forever and Me" at #5, "What Were You Thinkin'" at #17 and finally "I'd Rather Miss You" at #16. The album was certified gold by the RIAA for shipping 500,000 copies in the US.
, was issued in 1993. Their most successful album, it was certified 2×Multi-Platinum by the RIAA and gold by the CRIA
. It also produced a minor crossover hit in leadoff single "What Might Have Been", a #2 country hit that also reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100
and #16 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
. After it came "God Blessed Texas" and their only Number One, "My Love
", both of which were also minor Hot 100 hits. The latter also featured Seals on lead vocals, and all three songs were Number Ones on the Radio & Records
country charts. Finishing off Big Time was the #14 "Stop on a Dime". Also in 1993, the band contributed a cover of the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling
" to the tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles
. This cover charted at #73 based on unsolicited airplay.
The Big Time song "God Blessed Texas
" featured classic lyrics such as "God blessed Texas with his own hand, brought down angels from the Promised Land, gave 'em a place where they could dance. If you wanna see Heaven, brother here's your chance. I've been sent to spread the message: God blessed Texas." This song was also produced into a popular music video, filmed at Southfork Ranch
near Dallas.
, the band's third album, was certified platinum by the RIAA. Leading off this album was its #5 title track, followed by the #4 "Amy's Back in Austin" and #27 "Southern Grace". After the album's release, however, Seals left for a solo career on Reprise Records
, and was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Jeff Huskins
, a former backing musician for Clint Black
. Huskins made his first appearance on "Life Goes On" and "Country Crazy", two new tracks that the band recorded for their 1995 Greatest Hits
. Both of these songs were released as singles. The former became their final Top 40 hit with a peak of #5, while "Country Crazy" stopped at #44. Also in 1995, the band sang on the track "Party All Night", a musical track which featured snippets from a Jeff Foxworthy
sketch and a sung chorus by the band. This song reached #53.
. Lead-off single "Bad for Us" peaked at #45, followed by their two lowest-charting singles, "Your Mama Won't Let Me" and "The Call" at #64 and #71 respectively. The band also charted that year with a cover of "Kiss the Girl
", a song from the Disney film The Little Mermaid
which they recorded on The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney
. Seals also charted his only Top 40 solo hit that year, the #32 "Another Me, Another You". Seals would record a total of three albums between then and 2003. After Little Texas, the band broke up.
' 2000 single "More
". Former frontman Tim Rushlow signed to Atlantic Records
as a solo artist that same year, releasing a self-titled album
. Although it accounted for four singles, including the #8 "She Misses Him", Atlantic closed its country music division in 2001. Rushlow then founded a second band, Rushlow
, whose members included his cousin Doni Harris. Rushlow released two singles and one album (Right Now
) on Lyric Street Records
, but disbanded by 2004. Seals founded the band Hot Apple Pie
, which released a self-titled album
and three singles in 2005, while Rushlow and Harris founded the duo Rushlow Harris a year later.
, releasing the live album The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud
. This album also included Mark Sutton, a supporting member who occasionally plays guitar for the band. The live album was followed one month later by the studio album Missing Years. This album produced three singles, although only one — the title track — made the country charts, peaking at #45.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
band founded in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, in 1988 by Tim Rushlow
Tim Rushlow
Timothy Ray "Tim" Rushlow is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1997, Rushlow was co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas, which recorded four albums and a Greatest Hits package, in addition to charting more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles...
(lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
), Brady Seals
Brady Seals
Brady Seals is an American country music artist. He is the cousin of Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals, and the husband of former BNA Records recording artist Lisa Stewart...
(lead vocals, background vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
), Del Gray (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
), Porter Howell (lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
), Dwayne O'Brien (rhythm guitar, background vocals), and Duane Propes (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, background vocals). Signed to Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
in 1991, Little Texas released its debut album First Time For Everything
First Time for Everything
First Time for Everything is the first studio album by country music band Little Texas. Released in 1992 on Warner Bros. Records, the album was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. Five singles were released from it: "Some Guys Have All the Love", the title track, "You and...
that year. The album's lead off single, "Some Guys Have All the Love", reached a peak of #8 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Little Texas continued to produce hit singles throughout the mid-1990s, including the Number One single "My Love
My Love (Little Texas song)
"My Love" is the title of a song recorded by the American country music band Little Texas. It was co-written by the band's keyboardist Brady Seals and guitarist Porter Howell along with Tommy Barnes. It was released in January 1994 as the third single from the album, Big Time...
" and six more Top Ten hits. Their debut album earned a gold certification, while 1993's Big Time
Big Time (Little Texas album)
Big Time is the second studio album released by country music band Little Texas. Released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records, it produced the singles "What Might Have Been", "God Blessed Texas", "My Love", and "Stop on a Dime". Respectively, these peaked at #2, #4, #1, and #14 on the Hot Country Songs...
was certified double platinum and 1994's Kick a Little
Kick a Little
Kick a Little is the third studio album released by country music band Little Texas. Released in 1994 on Warner Bros. Records, it was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies...
was certified platinum.
Seals departed in late 1994 for a solo career, with Jeff Huskins
Jeff Huskins
Jeffrey Howard Huskins is an American country musician, producer, and record label founder.Jeff Huskins, successful artist, producer and entrepreneur whose performing career included touring and performing with artists such as Clint Black and Gene Watson, is best known as a member of the...
succeeding him on keyboards. After a gold-certified Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Little Texas album)
American country music group Little Texas released its first greatest hits package via Warner Bros. Records in 1995. It is composed of nine tracks from their first three studio albums , as well as the newly-recorded tracks "Life Goes On" and "Country Crazy"; released as singles in 1995, these songs...
package and an unsuccessful self-titled
Little Texas (album)
Little Texas is a self-titled album released in 1997 by the country music group Little Texas. It was their last album for Warner Bros. Records...
fourth studio album, the group disbanded in 1997 and Rushlow also became a solo singer. By 2004, the four remaining original members — Gray, Howell, O'Brien, and Propes, along with new lead vocalist Steven Troy — re-established the group, although Howell took over on lead vocals after Troy's departure. Under the four-piece lineup of Gray, Howell, O'Brien and Propes, the band has recorded two albums for Montage Music Group
Montage Music Group
Montage Music Group was an American independent record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in country music. Acts signed to the label include Andy Griggs, Matt King, Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand, Little Texas, Minnie Murphy, and The Road Hammers...
: The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud
The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud
The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud is a live album, released in 2007 by country music band Little Texas. It is the band's first live album, and it features live renditions of several hits, as well as covers of the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and The Beatles' "Get Back"...
and Missing Years.
History
Little Texas was founded in 1988. Prior to the band's formation, Tim RushlowTim Rushlow
Timothy Ray "Tim" Rushlow is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1997, Rushlow was co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas, which recorded four albums and a Greatest Hits package, in addition to charting more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles...
and Dwayne O'Brien began playing together in Arlington, Texas
Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...
, in 1984. Porter Howell and Duane Propes got together while they were in high school in 1983 and moved to Nashville to attend Belmont College. Brady Seals
Brady Seals
Brady Seals is an American country music artist. He is the cousin of Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals, and the husband of former BNA Records recording artist Lisa Stewart...
and Del Gray played in the backup band of country music recording artist Josh Logan
Josh Logan (country singer)
Josh Logan is an American country music artist. He has recorded three albums, including one for the Curb Records label in 1988...
. Rushlow, O'Brien, Propes and Howell first started making music at Opryland
Opryland
Opryland may refer to:* Opryland USA - defunct theme park located in Nashville, Tennessee* Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center - formerly known as "Opryland Hotel", located in Nashville, Tennessee...
as a 1950s show band. With both Rushlow's first wife and Howell's wife, plus two other members, they took the show band on the road, naming their act "The Varsities".
When two of the members left to pursue other interests, they contacted Gray and Seals, whom they had met while playing in Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
, in hopes of forging a more country/Southern rock sound. All six members eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, where they started playing together. The band played at venues across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(around 300 dates a year), eventually catching the attention of Nashville's division of Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
.
1991-1993: First Time for Everything
Warner Bros. signed Little Texas in 1989, and two years later, the band released their debut single "Some Guys Have all the Love". This song, which reached #8 on the U.S. BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
country singles charts, was the first of five singles from their debut album First Time for Everything
First Time for Everything
First Time for Everything is the first studio album by country music band Little Texas. Released in 1992 on Warner Bros. Records, the album was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. Five singles were released from it: "Some Guys Have All the Love", the title track, "You and...
. After the debut single came the album's title track at #13, "You and Forever and Me" at #5, "What Were You Thinkin'" at #17 and finally "I'd Rather Miss You" at #16. The album was certified gold by the RIAA for shipping 500,000 copies in the US.
1993-1994: Big Time
Little Texas' second album, Big TimeBig Time (Little Texas album)
Big Time is the second studio album released by country music band Little Texas. Released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records, it produced the singles "What Might Have Been", "God Blessed Texas", "My Love", and "Stop on a Dime". Respectively, these peaked at #2, #4, #1, and #14 on the Hot Country Songs...
, was issued in 1993. Their most successful album, it was certified 2×Multi-Platinum by the RIAA and gold by the CRIA
Cria
A cria is the name for a baby camelid such as a llama, alpaca, vicuña, or guanaco. It comes from the Spanish word cría, meaning "baby". Its false cognate in English, crya , was coined by British sailors who explored Chile in the 18th century and were quick to describe the camelids onomatopoeically...
. It also produced a minor crossover hit in leadoff single "What Might Have Been", a #2 country hit that also reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and #16 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
. After it came "God Blessed Texas" and their only Number One, "My Love
My Love (Little Texas song)
"My Love" is the title of a song recorded by the American country music band Little Texas. It was co-written by the band's keyboardist Brady Seals and guitarist Porter Howell along with Tommy Barnes. It was released in January 1994 as the third single from the album, Big Time...
", both of which were also minor Hot 100 hits. The latter also featured Seals on lead vocals, and all three songs were Number Ones on the Radio & Records
Radio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...
country charts. Finishing off Big Time was the #14 "Stop on a Dime". Also in 1993, the band contributed a cover of the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling
Peaceful Easy Feeling
"Peaceful Easy Feeling" is a song written by Jack Tempchin and recorded by the American rock band Eagles. It was the third single from the band's 1972 debut album Eagles. The single reached #22 on the charts and is one of the band's most popular songs...
" to the tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles
Common Thread: The Songs of The Eagles
- "Take It Easy" :During the music video shoot for his rendition of "Take It Easy", Travis Tritt requested that the 1980 lineup of the Eagles - "Take It Easy" :During the music video shoot for his rendition of "Take It Easy", Travis Tritt requested that the 1980 lineup of the Eagles - "Take It...
. This cover charted at #73 based on unsolicited airplay.
The Big Time song "God Blessed Texas
God Blessed Texas
"God Blessed Texas" is the title of a song recorded by country music group Little Texas. It was released in September 1993 as the second single from their second album, Big Time. It was their seventh single overall. It was co-written by the band's lead guitarist Porter Howell, and keyboardist and...
" featured classic lyrics such as "God blessed Texas with his own hand, brought down angels from the Promised Land, gave 'em a place where they could dance. If you wanna see Heaven, brother here's your chance. I've been sent to spread the message: God blessed Texas." This song was also produced into a popular music video, filmed at Southfork Ranch
Southfork Ranch
Southfork Ranch is a conference and event center located near Plano, Texas; it contains the Ewing Mansion, which was the setting for the 1978 - 1991 television series Dallas. The ranch is located at 3700 Hogge Drive in Parker, Texas.-History:...
near Dallas.
1994-1996: Kick a Little and Greatest Hits
Kick a LittleKick a Little
Kick a Little is the third studio album released by country music band Little Texas. Released in 1994 on Warner Bros. Records, it was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies...
, the band's third album, was certified platinum by the RIAA. Leading off this album was its #5 title track, followed by the #4 "Amy's Back in Austin" and #27 "Southern Grace". After the album's release, however, Seals left for a solo career on Reprise Records
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...
, and was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Jeff Huskins
Jeff Huskins
Jeffrey Howard Huskins is an American country musician, producer, and record label founder.Jeff Huskins, successful artist, producer and entrepreneur whose performing career included touring and performing with artists such as Clint Black and Gene Watson, is best known as a member of the...
, a former backing musician for Clint Black
Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country...
. Huskins made his first appearance on "Life Goes On" and "Country Crazy", two new tracks that the band recorded for their 1995 Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Little Texas album)
American country music group Little Texas released its first greatest hits package via Warner Bros. Records in 1995. It is composed of nine tracks from their first three studio albums , as well as the newly-recorded tracks "Life Goes On" and "Country Crazy"; released as singles in 1995, these songs...
. Both of these songs were released as singles. The former became their final Top 40 hit with a peak of #5, while "Country Crazy" stopped at #44. Also in 1995, the band sang on the track "Party All Night", a musical track which featured snippets from a Jeff Foxworthy
Jeff Foxworthy
Jeffrey Marshall "Jeff" Foxworthy is an American comedian, television and radio personality and author. He is a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, a comedy troupe which also comprises Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Ron White. Known for his "you might be a redneck" one-liners, Foxworthy...
sketch and a sung chorus by the band. This song reached #53.
1997-1998: Little Texas
Little Texas' fourth album was self-titledLittle Texas (album)
Little Texas is a self-titled album released in 1997 by the country music group Little Texas. It was their last album for Warner Bros. Records...
. Lead-off single "Bad for Us" peaked at #45, followed by their two lowest-charting singles, "Your Mama Won't Let Me" and "The Call" at #64 and #71 respectively. The band also charted that year with a cover of "Kiss the Girl
Kiss The Girl
"Kiss the Girl" is a calypso song from Disney's 1989 animated film The Little Mermaid, composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman. In the film, the song was performed by Samuel E. Wright...
", a song from the Disney film The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince...
which they recorded on The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney
The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney
-Chart performance:...
. Seals also charted his only Top 40 solo hit that year, the #32 "Another Me, Another You". Seals would record a total of three albums between then and 2003. After Little Texas, the band broke up.
Hiatus and status of former members
During the band's hiatus, Del Gray co-wrote Trace AdkinsTrace Adkins
Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
' 2000 single "More
More (Trace Adkins song)
"More" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in January 2000 as the second single from his 1999 album of the same name. It peaked at number 10 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and number 4 on the Canadian RPM...
". Former frontman Tim Rushlow signed to Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
as a solo artist that same year, releasing a self-titled album
Tim Rushlow (album)
Tim Rushlow is the solo debut album of American country music artist Tim Rushlow, formerly co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas. Released in February 2001 on Atlantic Records, it is also his only solo album, although he did release another album and two singles in the band...
. Although it accounted for four singles, including the #8 "She Misses Him", Atlantic closed its country music division in 2001. Rushlow then founded a second band, Rushlow
Rushlow
Rushlow was an American country music band founded in 2003 by Tim Rushlow, who was originally the lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas until 1997, when he left for a solo career...
, whose members included his cousin Doni Harris. Rushlow released two singles and one album (Right Now
Right Now (Rushlow album)
Right Now is the only album released by the American country music band Rushlow, a band fronted by former Little Texas vocalist Tim Rushlow. Right Now produced two singles for the band on the Hot Country Songs charts: "I Can't Be Your Friend" at #16 and "Sweet Summer Rain" at #42. Additionally, the...
) on Lyric Street Records
Lyric Street Records
Lyric Street Records was an American record label specializing in country music. The label was part of the Disney Music Group, owned by the The Walt Disney Company. President Randy Goodman, formerly a general manager for RCA Records, founded the label in 1997...
, but disbanded by 2004. Seals founded the band Hot Apple Pie
Hot Apple Pie
Hot Apple Pie was an American country music band founded in 2002 by Brady Seals , Keith Horne , Trey Landry , and Mark "Sparky" Matejka . Matjeka was replaced in 2006 by Kevin Ray. Seals was initially co-lead vocalist and keyboardist in the band Little Texas until 1997...
, which released a self-titled album
Hot Apple Pie (album)
Hot Apple Pie is an eponymous debut album released by country music band Hot Apple Pie. It was released June 28, 2005 on DreamWorks Records Nashville. The tracks "Hillbillies", "We're Makin' Up" and "Easy Does It" were all released as singles, respectively reaching #26, #54 and #50 on the...
and three singles in 2005, while Rushlow and Harris founded the duo Rushlow Harris a year later.
Reunion
Duane Propes, Del Gray, Porter Howell, and Dwayne O'Brien decided to reunite Little Texas in 2004. When Little Texas reunited, Rushlow and Huskins made a legal attempt to keep their ex-bandmates from using the Little Texas name. Also included in the new lineup was lead singer Steven Troy. After Troy left, Howell became lead singer, despite having not been a vocalist in the original lineup. In 2007, the band signed to independent label Montage Music GroupMontage Music Group
Montage Music Group was an American independent record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in country music. Acts signed to the label include Andy Griggs, Matt King, Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand, Little Texas, Minnie Murphy, and The Road Hammers...
, releasing the live album The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud
The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud
The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud is a live album, released in 2007 by country music band Little Texas. It is the band's first live album, and it features live renditions of several hits, as well as covers of the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and The Beatles' "Get Back"...
. This album also included Mark Sutton, a supporting member who occasionally plays guitar for the band. The live album was followed one month later by the studio album Missing Years. This album produced three singles, although only one — the title track — made the country charts, peaking at #45.
Members
- Del Gray – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(1988–1997, 2004–present) - Porter Howell – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
(1988–1997, 2004–2006); lead vocals, lead guitar (2007–present) - Dwayne O'Brien – rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, background vocals (1988–1997, 2004–present) - Duane Propes – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, background vocals (1988–1997, 2004–present)
Former members
- Jeff HuskinsJeff HuskinsJeffrey Howard Huskins is an American country musician, producer, and record label founder.Jeff Huskins, successful artist, producer and entrepreneur whose performing career included touring and performing with artists such as Clint Black and Gene Watson, is best known as a member of the...
– background vocals, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
(1994–1997) - Tim RushlowTim RushlowTimothy Ray "Tim" Rushlow is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1997, Rushlow was co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas, which recorded four albums and a Greatest Hits package, in addition to charting more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles...
– lead and background vocals, rhythm guitar (1988–1997) - Brady SealsBrady SealsBrady Seals is an American country music artist. He is the cousin of Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals, and the husband of former BNA Records recording artist Lisa Stewart...
– lead and background vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar (1988–1994) - Steven Troy – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2004–2006)