Īmong Big Kenny and John Rich's first outside cuts as songwriters was " Amarillo Sky", which was the title track to McBride & the Ride's 2002 album Amarillo Sky and later a top 5 hit for Jason Aldean in 2007. Big & Rich performed at The Bluebird Cafe on January 1, 2002. This group held its first official show at a Nashville, Tennessee, nightclub in 2001. The two then founded the MuzikMafia (an abbreviation for Musically Artistic Friends in Alliance), a roundtable aggregation of singer-songwriters including Cowboy Troy, James Otto, Gretchen Wilson and Shannon Lawson. Hot Country Songs charts - but his debut album, Underneath the Same Moon, was not released at the time. He charted two singles of his own - "I Pray for You" and "Forever Loving You," which respectively reached numbers 53 and number 46 on the U.S. In 2000, Rich began recording as a solo artist as well. įollowing his departure from Hollywood Records, Big Kenny recorded in a short-lived band called luvjOi, whose lead guitarist Adam Shoenfeld and drummer Larry Babb would later become part of Big & Rich's road band. Their first songwriting collaboration was "I Pray for You," which they wrote in October 1998. Big Kenny then befriended Rich after meeting him at a club, and the two began writing songs together. In the meantime, The Mavericks recorded one of Alphin's songs ("I Hope You Want Me Too") on their 1998 album Trampoline, and Danni Leigh recorded his "Beatin' My Head Against the Wall" on her album 29 Nights. Although one of its songs was featured in the soundtrack to the film Gun Shy, Live a Little was not released, and Hollywood Records held the rights to the songs for five years. Kenny Alphin (aka Big Kenny) was signed to Hollywood Records in 1998, where he recorded a rock album called Live a Little a year later. After Lonestar released its second album, Rich departed from the band in 1998, leaving McDonald as the band's sole lead singer. Rich played bass guitar in the band and alternated with Richie McDonald on lead vocals he also co-wrote their singles " Come Cryin' to Me" and " Say When". Prior to Big & Rich's foundation, John Rich was a founding member of the band Texassee, which later became Lonestar.
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This album produced four straight Top 40 country hits, including the number 11 " Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", plus collaborations with Cowboy Troy, Gretchen Wilson, and Martina McBride. Their first studio album, Horse of a Different Color, was released in 2004. Before the duo's foundation, Rich was bass guitarist in the country band Lonestar, while Kenny was a solo artist for Hollywood Records.
Big & Rich is an American country music duo composed of Big Kenny and John Rich, both of whom are songwriters, vocalists, and guitarists.