June 2, 2014 How many times has a pop song crossed over to country and reached the top of the charts? Well, 'My Maria' did just that!
Co-written and recorded originally by B. W. Stevenson, 'My Maria' reached the top ten on the US Pop charts, but it wasn't until it was recorded by country duo Brooks & Dunn that it reached the #1 spot. No
April 23, 2014 It's Wednesday so that means I choose a gospel, or religious song for my Daily Digital Download. I love this song from Brooks & Dunn "Believe" I can see every word that he sings. When he reaches the chorus, it doesn't matter how many times I have listened to it, it gives me goose bumps.
Has it really been 17 years? Hard to believe, but it was May 18th, 1996 when Brooks & Dunn hit #1 with a song that B.W. Stevenson had on the pop charts in 1973.
Keith Urban is back on the road, and he’s so excited to be playing music for his devoted fans that he’s pulling out all the stops. The ‘You Gonna Fly’ hitmaker recently wrapped up a series of shows in Canada and the Northeast, pausing in New Hampshire to join forces with fellow country crooner David Nail. The two stars wowed fans by putting on their own rendition of Brooks and Dunn‘s ‘Brand New Man.’
What happens when a record producer takes two solo artists and makes them a duo?
Country singer Ronnie Dunn – one half of superduo Brooks & Dunn – talked with Taste of Country a bit last week about musicians that influenced him. Among Dunn’s more interesting recent influences: “I love Harrison’s slide guitar on ‘Something,’” the singer told Taste of Country.
Dunn has of course been impactful in his own wide-ranging way, and the wild diversity of Brooks & Dunn covers on YouTube are a pretty-great sample of his influence. Among the YouTube treasures we unearthed: a rocker girl singing a heartfelt cover of B&D’s ‘If You See Her, If You See Him’; a ukelele-toting troubadour singing his dog to sleep with ‘Neon Moon’; and a near-perfect bedroom rendition of ‘My Maria.’ Check ‘em out and more below, and don’t forget to sign up to see and meet Ronnie Dunn in Yakima, WA on July 21st!
The legendary country duo that was Brooks & Dunn "retired" back in 2009, but the famed band's ex-members Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn are still keeping busy.
Brooks is working on a new album and filming a western called 'To Kill a Memory' with "Boots On" singer Randy Houser. Dunn has a new album out and a hit single with 'Bleed Red,' and he'll be touring the nation solo for the next few months. You can sign up on our Facebook page for your chance to win two tickets and backstage passes to Dunn's July 21st show in Yakima, WA.
We got a little nostalgic thinking about all that history, though, so we surfed the tubes and collected what we think are the five best classic Brooks & Dunn music videos. Check 'em out, and let us know if we missed any (or if we're just flat wrong).
I remember many years ago listening to a single sent to me from a record label out of Tulsa, Churchill Records, by a guy named Ronnie Dunn.