Lonestar in 2005, with original lead vocalist Richie McDonald

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Lone Star

Lonestar is an American country music band consisting of lead singer Cody Collins (lead vocals), Michael Britt (lead guitar, harmony vocals), Keech Rainwater (drums) and Dean Sams (keyboards, melodica, harmony vocals). more...

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Until November 2007, Richie McDonald was the band's lead singer; he departed in pursuit of a solo career. John Rich, currently one half of country music duo Big & Rich, was also the band's bass guitarist until his 1998 departure; since then, Lonestar has not had an official bass guitarist.

Lonestar made its debut on the U.S. country music charts in 1995 with the Top 10 single \"Tequila Talkin'\". Since then, the band has amassed a total of twenty-seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, with nine of those singles reaching Number One. The band's success peaked in 1999 with the release of their signature song \"Amazed\", a crossover hit that reached Number One on both the country charts and the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single to do so since Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's \"Islands in the Stream\" in 1983. To date, the band has also recorded eight studio albums and a Greatest Hits compilation; three of their albums have been certified gold, while three more have been certified platinum or higher.

Career

Beginnings

Lonestar began in 1992 as a band named Texassee; this name was derived from the fact that all five members were natives of Texas, and met in Nashville, Tennessee's Opryland USA theme park. The original lineup consisted of lead singer Richie McDonald; guitarist Michael Britt; drummer Keech Rainwater; keyboardist Dean Sams; and bass guitarist/co-lead vocalist John Rich. The band's name was later changed to Lonestar. They first played at a concert in Nashville in 1993 and began touring after a booking agent then added the group to his roster. A live EP was released in 1994, shortly before the group signed to BNA Records. Their first single, \"Tequila Talkin'\", reached a peak of #8 on the U.S. Billboard’s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was followed by the release of their eponymous debut album. Certified for gold sales by the RIAA, the album also produced the band's first Number One single in the hit \"No News\". In 1996, lead singer Richie McDonald also sang harmony vocals on Mindy McCready's Top 20 single \"Maybe He'll Notice Her Now\". This song and \"Heartbroke Every Day\" (the only single on which John Rich sang lead) overlapped on the charts.

Crazy Nights

In 1997, the band released its second album, Crazy Nights. Two of the singles from this album -- \"Say When\" and \"Come Cryin' to Me\" (their second Number One) -- were co-written by Jon Rich, while the 1998 single \"Everything's Changed\" was co-written by McDonald. Shortly after the release of \"Everything's Changed\", Rich was fired from the band and went to pursue a solo career on BNA, which would later prove unsuccessful. He has since become one half of the successful country rock duo Big & Rich.