Pearl River was an American
country musicCountry music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains...
band composed of Jeff Stewart (lead vocals), Chuck Ethredge (
lead guitarA lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays...
), Joe Morgan (
bass guitarThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
), Derek George (
rhythm guitarRhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chordal accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the acoustic, country, blues, rock or metal genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the...
, background vocals), Ken Flemming (
drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
), and Bryan Culpepper (
keyboardsA keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, background vocals). Signed to
Liberty RecordsLiberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals....
in 1993, the band would record two albums: 1993's
Find out What's Happening, followed by a self-titled album one year later. This latter album replaced Flemming with Steve Argo, and Culpepper with Gary Schiera.
Pearl River was an American
country musicCountry music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains...
band composed of Jeff Stewart (lead vocals), Chuck Ethredge (
lead guitarA lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays...
), Joe Morgan (
bass guitarThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
), Derek George (
rhythm guitarRhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chordal accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the acoustic, country, blues, rock or metal genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the...
, background vocals), Ken Flemming (
drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
), and Bryan Culpepper (
keyboardsA keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, background vocals). Signed to
Liberty RecordsLiberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals....
in 1993, the band would record two albums: 1993's
Find out What's Happening, followed by a self-titled album one year later. This latter album replaced Flemming with Steve Argo, and Culpepper with Gary Schiera. The first album also produced a minor hit single on the
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country SongsHot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) charts in the single "Fool to Fall". After disbanding in 1994, some members of Pearl River served as a backing band for
Bryan WhiteBryan White is an American country music artist. Signed to Asylum Records in 1994 at age 20, White released his self-titled debut album that year. Both it and its follow-up, 1996's Between Now and Forever, were certified platinum by the RIAA, and 1997's The Right Place was certified gold...
.
Biography
Pearl River was founded in the early 1990s in
Philadelphia, MississippiPhiladelphia is a city in and the county seat of Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,303 at the 2000 census.- History :...
. In 1993, they were discovered by a representative of
Capitol RecordsCapitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Los Angeles and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group...
, who signed the band to the record's
Liberty RecordsLiberty Records was a United States-based record label. It was started by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revivals....
division. Their first album, entitled
Find Out What's Happening, was issued that year and was produced by Jerry Crutchfield. It produced one chart single, "Fool to Fall", which peaked at #62 on the
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Also included on this album was the song "Cast Iron Heart", which would later be recorded by BlackHawk on their 1996 album
Strong EnoughStrong Enough is the second studio album by the American country music band BlackHawk, released in 1995. It features the singles "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No", "Like There Ain't No Yesterday", "Almost a Memory Now", "Big Guitar", and "King of the World", which respectively reached #3, #11, #17...
and by
Linda DavisLinda Kaye Davis is a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer. Before beginning a career as a solo artist, she charted three minor country singles as one half of the duo Skip & Linda. In her solo career, Davis has recorded five major-label studio albums and more than fifteen singles...
on her 1996 album
Some Things Are Meant to BeSome Things Are Meant to Be is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Linda Davis. Her final studio album for Arista Records, it produced Davis's second-highest chart hit in "Some Things Are Meant to Be", a #13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1996...
.
A second album,
Pearl River, was issued in 1994, under the production of Steve Gibson. Its only single, "Hello Goodbye", failed to enter the charts. This album featured two more tracks which would later be recorded by other artists: "You've Always Got Me", later found on
Aaron TippinAaron Dupree Tippin is an American country music artist and record producer. Initially a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, he gained a recording contract with RCA Records in 1990...
's 1995 album
Tool BoxTool Box is the fifth studio album from American country music artist Aaron Tippin. It features the singles "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You", "Without Your Love", "Everything I Own" and "How's the Radio Know". "That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You" reached Number One on the...
(which was also produced by Steve Gibson), and "Heartbroke Every Day", which
LonestarLonestar is an American country music group consisting of Cody Collins , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater and Dean Sams...
recorded on their 1995 album
LonestarLonestar is the self-titled debut album from the American country music band Lonestar. Released in 1995 on BNA Records , it features five singles: "Tequila Talkin'", "No News", "Runnin' Away With My Heart", "Heartbroke Every Day", and "When Cowboys Didn't Dance", of which "No News" was a Number One...
and released as a single in 1996.
After Pearl River disbanded in 1994, several of its members were recruited as a backing band for
Bryan WhiteBryan White is an American country music artist. Signed to Asylum Records in 1994 at age 20, White released his self-titled debut album that year. Both it and its follow-up, 1996's Between Now and Forever, were certified platinum by the RIAA, and 1997's The Right Place was certified gold...
, who had previously worked as a
T-shirtA T-shirt is a shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's torso. A T-shirt is usually buttonless, collarless, and pocketless, with a round neck and short sleeves. The sleeves of the T-shirt extend at least slightly over the shoulder but not completely over the elbow...
vendor for the band. By 1994, White was signed to a recording contract with
Asylum RecordsAsylum Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and is currently distributed through Warner Bros. Records. After various incarnations, today it is geared primarily towards hip-hop music.-Formation:...
. Former guitarist Derek George also co-wrote several of Bryan's singles, in addition to producing White's albums. He also made an appearance on
Steve WarinerSteven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...
's 1996 album
No More Mr. Nice GuyNo More Mr. Nice Guy is the title of an instrumental album released in 1996 by American country music artist Steve Wariner. His final album for Arista Nashville, it comprises twelve instrumental tracks. No singles were released from it, although "The Brickyard Boogie" was nominated for Best Country...
on the track "The Brickyard Boogie", for which he received a
Grammy AwardThe Grammy Awards —or Grammys—are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry...
nomination in 1997. White and George also co-wrote
Diamond RioDiamond Rio is an American country music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams Diamond Rio is an American country music band formed in...
's 1998 single "Imagine That". George is now a member of
Williams RileyWilliams Riley is an American country music band composed of Steve Williams , Derek George , Charlie Hutto , Joe Rogers , Dave Guidry , Travis Thibodaux and Nick Buda...
.
Track listing
- "I Wanna Be in the Picture" (Bob Merrill, J. P. Pennington) - 2:46
- "Hole Where the Heart Oughta Be" (Jim Rushing, Randy Scruggs
Randy Scruggs is a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13. He has won a Grammy Award and was twice named "Musician of the Year" at the Country Music Association Awards. He is the son of Earl Scruggs....
) - 3:00
- "Does She Need Me" (Ken Fleming, Derek George, Jeff Stewart, Jim Weatherly
Jim Weatherly is an American singer-songwriter. Weatherly played quarterback at the University of Mississippi and was an All-American before choosing songwriting over a football career...
) - 3:09
- "Find Out What's Happening" (Jerry Crutchfield) - 3:16
- "Cast Iron Heart" (Dennis Linde
Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country music....
) - 3:02
- "That Ole Gravel Road" (Billy Lawson, Roger Murrah
Roger Murrah is a songwriter and music publisher who has written hits for artists including Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, Al Jarreau, and Alabama.After working in the late 1960s as a staff writer, he opened his own studio in Huntsville, Alabama...
) - 3:17
- "Fool to Fall" (Wood Newton, Larry Stewart
Larry Stewart is an American country music singer, best known for his role as lead singer of the country pop band Restless Heart...
) - 4:03
- "She's Already Earned Her Wings" (Marc Beeson, Robert Ellis Orrall
Robert Ellis Orrall is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to RCA Records in 1980, Orrall debuted that year with the single "I Couldn't Say No", a duet with Carlene Carter. By 1990, Orrall found success as a songwriter, having penned singles for Shenandoah and Clay Walker...
) - 2:59
- "Good Thing Going" (Vicki Gossett, Ronnie Gossett) - 3:02
- "Josephine" (Craig Bickhardt
Craig Bickhardt is an American country music singer and songwriter. His musical career includes co-writing credits for The Judds, Steve Wariner, Kathy Mattea and others. He was also a member of S-K-B, formerly S-K-O, after Paul Overstreet exited that band, and he has released three studio albums...
) - 2:50
Personnel
Pearl River
- Bryan Culpepper - keyboards
A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, background vocals
- Chuck Ethredge - lead guitar
A lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays...
- Ken Flemming - drums
A drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
- Derek George - acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings. The term is a retronym, coined after the advent of electric guitars, which depend on electronic amplification to make their sound audible....
, background vocals
- Joe Morgan - bass guitar
The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
- Jeff Stewart - lead vocals
Additional musicians
- Bryan Culpepper - background vocals
- Dan Dugmore - pedal steel guitar
The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it uses foot pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence its name...
- Sonny Garrish - pedal steel guitar
- Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Gray Gordon - background vocals
- Gregory Gordon - background vocals
- Mike Lawler - synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument that is capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies...
- Paul Leim - drums, percussion
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration...
- Terry McMillan - harmonica
The harmonica is a free reed wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes. The pressure caused by blowing or drawing air into the reed chambers causes a reed or multiple reeds to vibrate up and down creating sound...
- Wayland Patton - background vocals
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Matt Rollings
Matt Rollings is an American composer, musician and record producer. He plays piano, organ, and keyboards.Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, he has worked with many artists, not all country...
- piano, synthesizer
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar
- Curtis Young - background vocals
- Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle
The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, including the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
Track listing
- "Hello Goodbye" (Lonnie Wilson, Kim Williams) - 2:52
- "Don't Know Much About Love" (John Hiatt
John Hiatt is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country...
) - 3:39
- "How Quick I Remember" (Wilson, Tom Shapiro
Tom Shapiro is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters...
, Chris Waters) - 3:21
- "You've Always Got Me" (Walt Aldridge
Walt Aldridge is an American musician, singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer.Aldridge is known primarily as a Nashville songwriter...
, Brad Crisler) - 2:51
- "Nowhere Road" (Jeff Crossan) - 3:46
- "Heartbroke Every Day" (Bill LaBounty
Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre, first as a member of the band Fat Chance, and later as a solo artist. As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb Records/Warner Bros. Records...
, Rick VincentRick Vincent is an American country music artist. Signed to Curb Records in 1993, Vincent released his debut album A Wanted Man that year, and charted two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
, Cam King) - 3:03
- "Good Way to Get Hurt" (Wilson, Williams, Collin Raye
Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray Floyd Collin Wray (born August 22, 1959 or 1960,[Although multiple online sources all indicate Raye's date of birth as 1959, Raye's MySpace lists his date of birth as 1960...]
, Tammy Hyler) - 3:54
- "Mr. Right Now" (Steve Dean, Danny "Bear" Mayo, Bill McCorvey
Pirates of the Mississippi is an American country music group founded in 1987 by Rich Alves , Bill McCorvey Jimmy Lowe , Pat Severs , and Dean Townson . Under this lineup, Pirates of the Mississippi made its national debut in 1990 with a cover of Hank Williams' "Honky Tonk Blues"...
) - 4:01
- "Not After You" (John Jarrard, Wendell Mobley, Jeff Stewart) - 3:20
- "Cows" (Gordon Kennedy
Gordon Kennedy is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer.He has collaborated with many artists including Eric Clapton, Garth Brooks, Bonnie Raitt, Jewel, Kenny Loggins and others. The Grammy-winning song "Change the World", was co-written by Kennedy, Tommy Sims and Wayne...
) - 3:27
Personnel
Pearl River
- Steve Argo - drums
A drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
- Chuck Ethredge - lead guitar
A lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays...
- Derek George - guitar, background vocals
- Joe Morgan - bass guitar
The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
- Gary Schiera - keyboards
A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, background vocals
- Jeff Stewart - lead vocals
Additional musicians
- Bob Bailey - background vocals
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Kim Fleming - background vocals
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Steel guitar is a type of guitar and/or the method of playing the instrument. The name steel guitar comes not from the material of which the guitar is made, but from the name of the steel, a slide held in the left hand....
- Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings. The term is a retronym, coined after the advent of electric guitars, which depend on electronic amplification to make their sound audible....
, electric guitar, background vocals
- Mitch Humphries - piano
The piano is a musical instrument which is played by means of a keyboard. Widely used in Western music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Brent Mason
Brent Mason is an American session guitarist and occasional songwriter. He is known primarily for his work in the field of country music. In addition to releasing two instrumental studio albums, he holds several credits as a songwriter...
- electric guitar
- Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s, it became a standard...
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Andrew Stewart, Chris Stewart, Josh Stewart - tambourine
The tambourine or Marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils"...
overdubs
- Harry Stinson - background vocals
- Billy Thomas
McBride & the Ride was an American country music band initially composed of Terry McBride , Ray Herndon and Billy Thomas . The group was founded in 1989 through the assistance of record producer Tony Brown...
- background vocals
- Steve Wills - background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson - drums
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Chart Positions |
Album |
| US Country Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
|
CAN Country |
| 1993 |
"Fool to Fall" |
62 |
83 |
Find Out What's Happening |
| 1994 |
"Hello Goodbye" |
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Pearl River |
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