Wild Horses (American country band)
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Wild Horses is an American country music
band composed of Lon Holland (accordion
, percussion
), Steve Kellough (bass guitar
), Michael Blake Mahler (lead guitar
, vocals), Ralph McCauley (drums
), Angela Rae (lead vocals), and Chris Sigmon (Dobro
). Mahler and Rae are husband and wife, and guitarist Joe Lee Koenig was formerly a member.
Founded in 1989 in the state of Texas
, the band signed to Epic Records
in 2002, releasing their debut single "I Will Survive" that year. The song went on to peak at #46 on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) charts, and was included on a compilation album entitled Dancin' with Thunder, which was issued in association with Professional Bull Riders. An album, Frontier Free for All, was released in 2003 on Persimmon Records.
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 composed of Lon Holland (accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
), Steve Kellough (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Michael Blake Mahler (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...
, vocals), Ralph McCauley (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 ....
), Angela Rae (lead vocals), and Chris Sigmon (Dobro
Dobro
Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
). Mahler and Rae are husband and wife, and guitarist Joe Lee Koenig was formerly a member.
Founded in 1989 in the state of Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, the band signed to Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
in 2002, releasing their debut single "I Will Survive" that year. The song went on to peak at #46 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 (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) charts, and was included on a compilation album entitled Dancin' with Thunder, which was issued in association with Professional Bull Riders. An album, Frontier Free for All, was released in 2003 on Persimmon Records.
Albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Frontier Free for All |
|
| Unbroken |
|
| KMA..Goodbye |
|
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
|||
| 2001 | "I Will Survive" | 46 | Dancin' with Thunder |
| 2003 | "You Gotta Ride" | — | Frontier Free for All |
| "Safely Home" | — | ||
| 2008 | "Surrounded" | — | Unbroken |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Music videos
| Year | Video |
|---|---|
| 2001 | "I Will Survive" |