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Brooks and Dunn Biography |
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Leon Eric "Kix" Brooks (born in Shreveport, LA) and Ronnie Gene Dunn (born in Coleman, TX) arrived in Nashville from very different backgrounds. Brooks was a neighbor of Johnny Horton and first began singing with the country legend''''''''s daughter at age 12; after a time working on the Alaskan oil pipeline, he moved to Maine and performed in ski resorts and other local venues. He went to Nashville in the early ''''''''80s and found success as a songwriter, penning hits for John Conlee, Highway 101, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, among others; however, his solo recordings a few small-label singles in 1983 and a self-titled album in 1989 failed to make any impact. Dunn, meanwhile, had been playing with traditional string bands since he was a teenager, but originally aspired to become a Baptist minister. He attended the highly conservative Abilene Christian University, but was kicked out for continuing to play music on the side in area bars. He decided to pursue music full-time and moved to Tulsa, where he led a house band and recorded for a local label from 1983-1984. In 1988, he won a songwriting contest whose prize included a recording session in Nashville; the producer, Scott Hendricks, was impressed enough to pass some of Dunn''''''''s material on to Arista executive Tim DuBois. DuBois had a hunch that Dunn and Brooks would complement each other well, and he introduced the two and encouraged them to try writing and recording some demo songs together. When he heard the results, DuBois signed the newly minted Brooks & Dunn duo to a contract.
Brooks & Dunn''''''''s commercial dominance continued apace with 1996''''''''s Borderline, another double-platinum success which produced two more chart-toppers in "My Maria" (a cover of the B.W. Stevenson pop hit from 1972) and "A Man This Lonely," and a number two hit in "I Am That Man." In 1997, the duo issued The Greatest Hits Compilation, whose new tracks, "Honky Tonk Truth" and "He''''''''s Got You," both reached the Top Five. And they weren''''''''t done as hitmakers by any means; despite failing to go platinum, 1998''''''''s If You See Her contained two number ones in "Husbands and Wives" (a Roger Miller cover) and "How Long Gone," and another Top Fiver in "I Can''''''''t Get Over You." With such a consistent track record, Brooks & Dunn were perhaps due for the inevitable slip, and 1999''''''''s Tight Rope was the closest thing to a commercial misstep they''''''''d ever recorded. Despite some chance-taking in the production and the cover of rocker John Waite''''''''s ballad "Missing You," other parts of the album found their formula wearing thin. The record produced only one Top Ten hit in "You''''''''ll Always Be Loved by Me," and failed to even go gold. Faced with a downturn in their sales, Brooks & Dunn spent more time crafting their next album, 2001''''''''s Steers and Stripes. It helped restore their commercial fortunes with a trio of chart-topping singles: "Ain''''''''t Nothing ''''''''Bout You," "Only in America," and "The Long Goodbye." The following year, the duo issued their first holiday album, It Won''''''''t Be Christmas Without You.
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