Diamond Rio

Diamond Rio est un groupe américain de musique country formé en 1984 à Nashville, Tennessee[1]. Le groupe est composé de six membres : Gene Johnson, Jimmy Olander, Brian Prout, Marty Roe, Dan Truman, et Dana Williams[2].

Diamond Rio
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Diamond Rio en concert en 2006
Informations générales
Pays d'origine Drapeau des États-Unis États-Unis
Genre musical Musique country
Années actives Depuis 1984
Labels Arista Records
Site officiel www.diamondrio.com
Composition du groupe
Membres Gene Johnson
Jimmy Olander
Brian Prout
Marty Roe
Dan Truman
Dana Williams

Le groupe a signé chez Arista Records en 1988 mais leur premier single ("Meet in the Middle") n'est sorti qu'en 1991. La chanson s'est classée à la première place au Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (aujourd'hui Hot Country Songs) faisant de Diamond Rio le premier groupe country de l'histoire à atteindre le top du classement avec un premier single.

Les succès du groupe ont été récompensés trente-deux fois au cours de leur carrière, avec entre autres : "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" (1997), "One More Day" (2001), "Beautiful Mess" (2002), et "I Believe" (2003).

Le groupe a également été récompensé d'un prix à plusieurs reprises : trois de leurs albums ont été certifiés disque de platine aux États-Unis, le groupe a été nommé quatre fois "Groupe de l'année" par la Country Music Association, ils ont reçu également deux récompenses de l'Academy of Country Music et treize nominations au Grammy Award.

Discographie
1991 : Diamond Rio
  1. "Meet in the Middle" (Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:18
  2. "This State of Mind" (Michael Puryear, Aaron Tippin) – 2:42
  3. "They Don't Make Hearts (Like They Used To)" (Monty Powell, Sam Mullins, Stan LaGrange) – 3:32
  4. "Mirror, Mirror" (Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard, Mark D. Sanders) – 3:12
  5. "The Ballad of Conley and Billy (The Proof's in the Pickin')" (Powell, Jimmy Olander) – 4:59
  6. "Nowhere Bound" (Powell, Jule Medders) – 3:41
  7. "It's Gone" (Herb McCullough, Larry Cordle) – 3:17
  8. "Norma Jean Riley" (Powell, Dan Truman, Rob Honey) – 3:03
  9. "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me" (Cordle, Larry Shell) – 4:12
  10. "Pick Me Up" (Powell, Marty Roe) – 3:25
  11. "Poultry Promenade" (Olander) – 3:26
1992 : Close to the Edge
  1. "Oh Me, Oh My, Sweet Baby" (Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro) – 3:16
  2. "In a Week or Two" (James House, Gary Burr) – 3:00
  3. "It Does Get Better Than This" (Robert Ellis Orrall, Billy Spencer) – 3:25
  4. "Sawmill Road" (Sam Hogin, Dan Truman, Jim McBride) – 4:49
  5. "Calling All Hearts (Come Back Home)" (Monty Powell, Kent Blazy, Wade Kimes) – 3:07
  6. "This Romeo Ain't Got Julie Yet" (Jimmy Olander, Eric Silver) – 2:44
  7. "I Was Meant to Be With You" (Tim DuBois, Powell, Debi Cochran, Marty Roe) – 3:17
  8. "Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)" (Powell, Chapin Hartford) - 3:18
  9. "Demons and Angels" (Judy Rodman, Ronnie Samoset) – 3:18
  10. "Nothing in This World" (Olander, Silver) – 3:01
  11. "Close to the Edge" (Gene C. Johnson, Carl Jackson) – 2:35
1994 : Love a Little Stronger
  1. "Love a Little Stronger" (Chuck Jones, Billy Crittenden, Gregory Swint) – 3:40
  2. "You Ain't in It" (Tim Mensy, Shawn Camp) – 2:52
  3. "Finish What We Started" (Monty Powell, Mike Noble) – 3:18
  4. "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart" (Dennis Linde) - 3:30
  5. "Down by the Riverside" (Powell, Marty Roe, Jule Medders) - 3:40
  6. "Wild Blue Yonder" (Karen Taylor-Good, Lisa Aschmann) - 2:54
  7. "Bubba Hyde" (Craig Wiseman, Gene Nelson) - 3:44
  8. "Gone out of My Mind" (Gene Dobbins, Michael Huffman, Bob Morrison) - 2:59
  9. "Appalachian Dream" (Jimmy Olander) - 2:27
    • instrumental track
  10. "Kentucky Mine" (Powell, Jimmie Lee Sloas, Dale Oliver) - 4:54
1996 : IV
  1. "Holdin'" (Craig Wiseman, Kelly Garrett) – 3:12
  2. "Walkin' Away" (Wiseman, Annie Roboff) – 3:51
  3. "That's What I Get for Lovin' You" (Neil Thrasher, Kent Blazy) – 3:18
  4. "She Misses Him on Sunday the Most" (Bobby Tomberlin, Steven Dale Jones) – 3:27
  5. "She Sure Did Like to Run" (Tomberlin, Walt Aldridge) – 3:09
  6. "It's All in Your Head" (Van Stephenson, Reese Wilson, Tony Martin) – 3:40
  7. "Who Am I?" (Randy Albright, Debi Cochran) – 3:48
  8. "Love Takes You There" (John Nance Sharp, Mary Ann Kennedy, Christopher Morris) – 3:15
  9. "Is That Askin' Too Much" (Wiseman, Donny Lowery) – 3:56
  10. "Just Another Heart" (Skip Ewing, Tim Johnson) – 3:29
  11. "Big" (Jimmy Olander) – 2:46
1997 : Greatest Hits
  1. "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" (Trey Bruce, Max T. Barnes) – 4:04
  2. "Meet in the Middle" (Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:19
  3. "Mirror, Mirror" (Bob DiPiero, Mark D. Sanders, John Jarrard) – 3:11
  4. "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me" (Larry Cordle, Larry Shell) – 4:11
  5. "Norma Jean Riley" (Monty Powell, Dan Truman, Rob Honey) – 3:03
  6. "In a Week or Two" (James House, Gary Burr) – 2:59
  7. "Love a Little Stronger" (Billy Crittenden, Chuck Jones, Gregory Swint) – 3:40
  8. "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart" (Dennis Linde) – 3:29
  9. "Bubba Hyde" (Craig Wiseman, Gene Nelson) – 3:44
  10. "Walkin' Away" (Wiseman, Annie Roboff) – 3:50
  11. "It's All in Your Head" (Van Stephenson, Reese Wilson, Tony Martin) – 3:39
  12. "Holdin'" (Kelly Garrett, Wiseman) – 3:11
  13. "She Misses Him on Sunday the Most" (Steven Dale Jones, Bobby Tomberlin) – 3:29
  14. "Imagine That" (Bryan White, Derek George, John Tirro) – 3:29
1998 : Unbelievable
  1. "Two Pump Texaco" (Neil Thrasher, Michael Dulaney) – 3:54
  2. "Miss That Girl" (Kenny Mims, Jeff Pennig) – 3:00
  3. "You're Gone" (Jon Vezner, Paul Williams) – 3:59
  4. "What More Do You Want from Me?" (Mark D. Sanders, Bob Regan) – 2:35
  5. "Unbelievable" (Al Anderson, Jeffrey Steele) – 2:21
  6. "Long Way Back" (Bill Rice, Sharon Rice) – 3:33
  7. "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" (Robert Lange, Huey Lewis) – 3:58
  8. "Hold Me Now" (Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy) – 3:14
  9. "I Know How the River Feels" (Amy Powers, Steven Dale Jones) – 3:40
  10. "(I Will) Start All Over Again" (Will Jennings, Annie Roboff) – 4:49
2001 : One More Day
  1. "That's Just That" (Tim Owens, Kelly Garrett) – 2:32
  2. "One More Day" (Bobby Tomberlin, Steven Dale Jones) – 3:35
  3. "Sweet Summer" (Neil Thrasher, Michael Dulaney) – 4:29
  4. "I'm Already Gone" (Phil Vassar, Annie Roboff) - 3:28
  5. "I Could Do It with My Eyes Closed" (Thrasher, Trey Bruce) - 2:55
  6. "'Til the Heartache's Gone" (Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson, John Hobbs) - 2:57
  7. "Here I Go Fallin'" (Steele, Chris Farren) - 3:30
  8. "I Think I Love You" (Steve Bogard, Marv Green) - 3:20
  9. "Hearts Against the Wind" (J. D. Souther) - 4:58
  10. "You Make Me Feel" (Skip Ewing, Bob DiPiero) - 3:51
  11. "The Love of a Woman" (Alan Springer, A. J. Masters, Thomas Cain) - 3:59
  12. "I'm Trying" (Darrell Scott, Tia Sillers) - 4:10
  13. "Stuff" (Owens, Garrett) - 3:06
2002 : Completely
  1. "Beautiful Mess" (Sonny LeMaire, Clayton Mills, Shane Minor) – 3:48
  2. "Big Ol' Fire" (Michael Lunn) – 3:06
  3. "I Believe" (Skip Ewing, Donny Kees) – 3:56
  4. "Something Cool" (David Lewis, Kim Williams) – 3:11
  5. "The Box" (Chris Wallin, Nicole Witt) – 3:17
  6. "We All Fall Down" (Arlis Albritton, Steven Dale Jones) – 4:08
  7. "Wrinkles" (Ronny Scaife, Neil Thrasher) – 3:09
  8. "Completely" (Diane Warren) – 3:47
  9. "A Better Idea" (Marty Dodson, Tom Shapiro) – 3:53
  10. "If You'd Like Some Lovin'" (David Ball, Tommy Polk) – 3:07
  11. "You'll Find Me" (Tommy Conners, D. Vincent Williams) – 3:47
  12. "Rural Philharmonic" (Jimmy Olander) – 3:19
    • instrumental track
  13. "Make Sure You've Got It All" (Bill Anderson, Steve Wariner) – 4:11
2004 : Can't You Tell
2006 : Greatest Hits, Volume 2
  1. "God Only Cries" (Tim Johnson) – 3:56
  2. "Beautiful Mess" (Sonny LeMaire, Shane Minor, Clay Mills) – 3:48
  3. "One More Day" (Bobby Tomberlin, Steven Dale Jones) – 3:35
  4. "Sweet Summer" (Neil Thrasher, Michael Dulaney) – 4:29
  5. "Redneck Love Gone Bad" (Bobby G. Taylor, Shannon Lawson) – 3:46
  6. "Over You" (Jason Sellers, Dulaney, Jones) – 3:41
  7. "Unbelievable" (Al Anderson, Jeffrey Steele) – 2:21
  8. "You're Gone" (Paul Williams, Jon Vezner) – 3:59
  9. "That's What I Get for Loving You" (Thrasher, Kent Blazy) – 3:17
  10. "Wrinkles" (Thrasher, Ronny Scaife) – 3:08
  11. "I Believe" (Skip Ewing, Donny Kees) – 3:57
  12. "Meet in the Middle" (Jim Foster, Chapin Hartford, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:20
  13. "In God We Still Trust" (Rob LeClair, Bill Nash, Kim Nash) – 3:36
2007 : A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines

Liens externes

Notes et références
  1. « Diamond Rio », sur AllMusic (consulté le ).
  2. (en) « Diamond Rio Biography : OLDIES.com », sur oldies.com via Wikiwix (consulté le ).
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