Rascal Flatts facts
Joe Don Rooney, left, and Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts perform on the “Today” show recently. (Associated Press photo)
Let’s kick off Rascal Flatts Week here at BAM’s Blog by opening up the file on the contemporary country trio and checking out some of the band’s accomplishments.
Remember, the fact-sharing and festivities here on the blog lead up to the band’s performance Friday night at Buffalo Run Casino in Miami. The venue is just three miles from Picher, where Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney grew up. For more information, go to www.buffaloruncasino.com.
- Rascal Flatts signed with Lyric Street Records in 1999. The band was formed when singer Gary LeVox and bassist/pianist Jay DeMarcus, who are cousins, joined forces with Rooney in Nashville, Tenn. The trio is known, among other things, for their tight vocal harmonies.
- The band celebrated the 10th anniversary of the release of its first album on June 6.
- The trio’s sixth studio album, “Unstoppable,” was released April 7. It hit No. 1.
- Rascal Flatts’ five previous studio albums have all gone multi-platinum.
- The band has released 25 singles over the course of its career. “Here Comes Goodbye,” the first single from “Unstoppable,” recently became the band’s 10th No. hit. The others:
“These Days” (2002) (3 weeks)
“Mayberry” (2004)
“Bless the Broken Road” (2005) (5 weeks)
“Fast Cars and Freedom” (2005) (3 weeks)
“What Hurts the Most” (2006) (4 weeks)
“My Wish” (2006)
“Stand” (2007)
“Take Me There” (2007) (3 weeks)
“Here” (2009) (2 weeks)
- Rascal Flatts has sold nearly 20 million albums.
- In 2000, the trio was named the Academy of Country Music’s top new vocal group or duo. The group earned the Country Music Association’s Horizon Award (what the best new artist award used to be called) in 2002.
- The band in May 2008 earned the ACM/Home Depot Humanitarian Award, just days after Rooney returned to Picher as a Red Cross volunteer to assist with residents in the wake of a deadly tornado.
- The group in April received the ACM top vocal group award for the seventh straight year. Rascal Flatts also is the reigning CMA, CMT and People’s Choice vocal group winner.
- Rooney, DeMarcus and LeVox appear as themselves in “Hannah Montana: The Movie” singing their songs “Backwards” and “Bless the Broken Road” during a party scene.
- Rascal Flatts is nominated for three awards, including video of the year, for the fan-voted CMT Music Awards. The awards show is next week. Fans can vote at www.CMT.com.
- BAM
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