Lonestar
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Lonestar is an American country music band consisting of Richie McDonald (lead vocals) (born Richard Vance McDonald, on 6 February, 1962, in Mesquite, Texas), Michael Britt (guitar) (born Michael Wayne Britt, on 15 June, 1966, in Fort Worth, Texas), Keech Rainwater (drums) (born Randy Keech Rainwater, on 24 January, 1963, in Plano, Texas) and Dean Sams (keyboards) (born Kenneth Dean Sams, on 3 August, 1966, in Garland, Texas) .
The group began having major country hits in 1995, with the top 10 hit "Tequilla Talkin'." Their first No. 1 hit was "No News," which spent three weeks at the top of Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart in 1996.
Lonestar's signature song is "Amazed," a ballad which spent nine weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's country chart during the summer of 1999. The song subsequently climbed to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart, the first country act to accomplish the feat since 1983's "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.
Other No. 1 hits include "Come Cryin' to Me" (summer 1997); "Smile" and "What About Now" (both 2000); "Tell Her" and "I'm Already There" (2001); "My Front Porch Lookin' In" (2003) and "Mr. Mom" (2004). Other important hits in Lonestar's discography include "Running Away With My Heart" and "When Cowboys Didn't Dance" (1996); "Heartbroke Every Day" and "You Walked In" (1997); "Say When" and "Everything's Changed" (1998); "With Me" (2001); "Not a Day Goes By" and "Unusually Unusual" (2002); "Walking in Memphis" (2003); "Let's Be Us Again" (2004); "Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us)" (2005) and "You're Like Coming Home" (2005)and "I'll Die Tryin'" (2006). Both "You're Like Coming Home" and "I'll Die Tryin'" had been previously cut by Emerson Drive three years earlier, and can be found on that band's What If? collection.
During Lonestar's early years, songwriter John Rich was also a member as the band's bassist and occasional lead singer (singing lead vocals for one single, "Heartbroke Every Day", as well as several album tracks on Lonestar and Crazy Nights). He left the group in 1998 and is now part of the country duo Big & Rich.
On May 1st, 2006 Lonestar sang the National Anthem at Fenway Park in Boston with the return of Johnny Damon.
Band Members
- Ryan Ochsner - rhythm guitar
- Robbie Cheuvront - bass
- Rob Tyler - fiddle
- Dave Ristrim - steel guitar
Discography
Albums
- 1995 Lonestar #69 US; #11 US Country
- 1997 Crazy Nights #166 US; #16 US Country
- 1999 Lonely Grill #28 US; #3 US Country [3X PLATINUM]
- 2000 This Christmas Time #95 US; #11 US Country
- 2001 I'm Already There #9 US; #1 US Country
- 2003 From Here To There - The Greatest Hits #7 US; #1 US Country
- 2004 Let's Be Us Again #14 US; #2 US Country
- 2005 Coming Home #26 US; #3 US Country
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 | US Country | |||
| 1995 | "Tequila Talkin'" | - | #8 | Lonestar |
| 1996 | "No News" | - | #1 | Lonestar |
| 1996 | "Runnin' Away With My Heart" | - | #8 | Lonestar |
| 1996 | "Heartbroke Everyday" | - | #18 | Lonestar |
| 1996 | "When Cowboys Didn't Dance" | - | #45 | Lonestar |
| 1997 | "Come Cryin' To Me" | - | #1 | Crazy Nights |
| 1997 | "You Walked In" | #93 | #12 | Crazy Nights |
| 1998 | "Say When" | - | #13 | Crazy Nights |
| 1998 | "Everything's Changed" | #95 | #2 | Crazy Nights |
| 1999 | "All My Love for Christmas" | - | #61 | |
| 1999 | "Amazed" | #1 | #1 | Lonely Grill |
| 1999 | "Saturday Night" | - | #47 | Lonely Grill |
| 1999 | "Smile'" | - | #1 | Lonely Grill |
| 2000 | "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" | - | #71 | This Christmas Time |
| 2000 | "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" | - | #67 | This Christmas Time |
| 2000 | "Tell Her" | #39 | #1 | Lonely Grill |
| 2000 | "What About Now" | #30 | #1 | Lonely Grill |
| 2000 | "Winter Wonderland" | - | #72 | This Christmas Time |
| 2000 | "The Little Drummer Boy" | - | #46 | This Christmas Time |
| 2001 | "I'm Already There" | #24 | #1 | I'm Already There |
| 2001 | "With Me" | #63 | #10 | I'm Already There |
| 2001 | "Unusually Unusual" | #66 | #12 | I'm Already There |
| 2002 | "Not A Day Goes By" | #36 | #3 | I'm Already There |
| 2003 | "My Front Porch Looking In" | - | #1 | From There to Here |
| 2003 | "Walking In Memphis" | #61 | #8 | From There To Here |
| 2004 | "Let's Be Us Again" | #38 | #4 | Let's Be Us Again |
| 2004 | "Mr. Mom" | #33 | #1 | Let's Be Us Again |
| 2004 | "Someboy's Someone" | - | #53 | Let's Be Us Again |
| 2005 | "Class Reunion (That Used To Be Us)" | #97 | #16 | Let's Be Us Again |
| 2005 | "You're Like Comin' Home" | #63 | #8 | Coming Home |
| 2006 | "I'll Die Tryin'" | - | #43 | Coming Home |
| 2006 | "Mountains" | - | - | - |
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