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Brooks and Dunn

Biography

Started: 1991
City and Country of Origin: Nashville, Tennessee
Music Training:
Awards: CMA 2006 Vocal Duo of the Year; Music Video of the Year "Believe;" Single of the Year "Believe;" 2005 Vocal Duo of the Year; 2004 Vocal Duo of the Year; 2003 Vocal Duo of the Year; 2002 Vocal Duo of the Year; 1999 Vocal Duo of the Year; 1998 Vocal Duo of the Year; 1997 Vocal Duo of the Year; 1996 Entertainer of the Year; Vocal Duo of the Year; 1995 Vocal Duo of the Year; 1994 Vocal Duo of the Year; 1993 Vocal Duo of the Year; 1992 Vocal Duo of the Year; Grammy 1996 Best Country Performance by Duo/Group w/Vocals; 1993 Best Country Performance by Duo/Group w/Vocals
Top Recordings: "Brand New Man," "My Next Broken Heart," "Neon Moon," "Boot Scootin' Boogie," "She Used To Be Mine," "That Ain't No Way To Go," "She's Not The Cheatin' Kind," "Little Miss Honky Tonk," "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone," "My Maria," "A Man This Lonely," "If You See Him/If You See Her," "How Long Gone," "Husbands And Wives," "Ain't Nothing 'Bbout You," "The Long Goodbye," "Only In America," "Red Dirt Road," "It's Getting Better All The Time," "Play Something Country"
Brooks and Dunn Biography: Brooks & Dun is an American country music singer-songwriter duo. Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn debuted as Brooks & Dunn in 1991. They have since won the Vocal Duo Award of the Country Music Association every year between 1992 and 2006, with the exception of 2000 in which Southern Rock duo Montgomery Gentry took the honor. Other notable awards include the CMA Album of the Year award for 1994 and the Entertainer of the Year gong for 1996. As of 2004, the duo had won 19 CMA awards and remain the foremost duo in their genre.

Brooks & Dunn's music covers the full range of modern country music, and their chart-topping hits have included everything from the Ronan Keating-penned ballad "The Long Goodbye," through the Rivers Rutherford-written "Ain't Nothing About You," to the gospel music-influenced "Believe." They are also associated with being pioneers of the line dance craze of the mid-1990s. One of their hits, "Boot Scootin' Boogie" - the video for which was made at the country dance club, Tulsa City Limits Tulsa, Oklahoma - is most emblematic of this style.

Both band members write, sing, and play guitar. One or both artists writes or co-writes a large majority of their material, and self-penned successes include the 2004 smash "Red Dirt Road" which the duo wrote together. Both artists have served as song-writers for other artists, too. Ronnie Dunn co-wrote country superstar Toby Keith's song "Don't Leave (I Think I Love You)" which appeared on his 2003 album Shock'n Y'all. Dunn's vocal performances have tended to be released as radio singles. In fact, only one of the duo's several #1's - "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" has featured Kix on lead vocals. Furthermore, the last Brooks & Dunn single to feature Kix on lead vocals was 1999's "South Of Santa Fe".

Brooks & Dunn are renowned for their high-energy stage shows. Recent tours have featured Australian country singer Keith Urban, fellow duo Montgomery Gentry, and successful country newcomer Gretchen Wilson. Their Deuces Wild tour of 2005 featured fellow country duo Big and Rich. In 2006, the duo opened for the Rolling Stones at their Omaha, Nebraska show. Also in 2006 they toured with country artist Sara Evans.

The duo's songs have been used by President George W. Bush as his official campaign songs in both his election and re-election campaigns. In 2000, the then Texas Governor chose the blue-collar line-dance-friending hit of the mid-1990s, "Hard Workin' Man," and in 2004, the President selected the (pre-9/11) hit patriotic "Only in America." Brooks & Dunn both supported the President's re-election campaign, performing at a Republican rally featuring Laura Bush on the eve of the election.

The duo have made appearances on several other artist's albums as well; they recorded the duet "If You See Him/If You See Her" with Reba McEntire and most recently Ronnie recorded a duet with Keith Urban on Urban's newest album, Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing. Ronnie also recorded a duet with teenaged country newcomer Ashley Monroe.

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