Mark Eugene Gray was a member of a country pop band that started by playing local clubs which led to touring with what?
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Mark Gray (singer) Mark Eugene Gray (October 24, 1952 – December 2, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter and country music artist. He recorded both as a solo artist for Columbia Records and as a member of the country pop band Exile, of which he was a member between 1979 and 1982.
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Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky, by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.
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Jump 'N the Saddle Band Jump 'N the Saddle Band was a country pop group from Chicago, Illinois. They scored a regional hit with the novelty song "The Curly Shuffle" in 1983, a tribute to The Three Stooges. As the tune gained popularity on radio, the group signed to Atlantic Records and released a self-titled album, composed mostly of covers, in 1984. "The Curly Shuffle" became a major U.S. hit, peaking at No. 15 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 that year.
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Hot Country Nights Hot Country Nights was an American television program which presented country music acts performing their biggest hits. It aired on NBC from November 1991 to March 1992.
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The Party's Over (Willie Nelson song) "The Party's Over" is a song written by country music singer Willie Nelson during the mid-1950s. After arriving in Houston, Texas, Nelson was hired to play for the Esquire Ballroom band, where he would be allowed to close the shows singing the song. Guitar instructor and Nelson's friend Paul Buskirk forwarded the song to singer Claude Gray, who recorded the original version of the song, released as "My Party's Over" in 1959.
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I'm with the Band (song) "I'm with the Band" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released in September 2007 as the first single from the album "A Place to Land". The song reached #32 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart. The song was written by group members Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook and Wayne Kirkpatrick.
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Bill Davis (musician) William "Bill" Davis (born New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is the founder, lead guitarist, and lead vocalist of the rock band Dash Rip Rock, and a member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Davis founded Dash Rip Rock in 1984 and is often credited as a pioneer in "country punk," "cowpunk," and alt-country music that combines elements of rock with country and outlaw country with punk rock, but Davis has said in interviews that he considers his music to be widely roots-based. His work has been inspired by a variety of styles, including rock, country, punk, power pop, punk, soul and, at times, Cajun.
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Cross Country (band) Cross Country is a band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1973 by three-fourths of the musical group, The Tokens - Jay Siegel, Mitch Margo and Phil Margo.
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New Orleans Pop Festival The New Orleans Pop Festival was a rock festival held on Labor Day weekend (August 30 - September 1, 1969), two weeks after the Woodstock Festival. It was held at the Louisiana International Speedway in Prairieville, Louisiana, about 65 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans and 15 miles south of Baton Rouge. Over 26 bands performed during the three days of the festival, including 7 veterans of Woodstock. It had a peak attendance of 25,000–30,000 people.
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Heroes of Woodstock Tour The Heroes of Woodstock Tour was a North American concert tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. The tour featured several bands, most of which performed at the original Woodstock festival or feature members that performed at the festival. The musicians featured differed slightly from venue to venue but most of the concerts featured Jefferson Starship, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Canned Heat, Ten Years After and Tom Constanten. Some dates featured Melanie, Edgar Winter, John Sebastian, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Mountain and the Levon Helm Band. Country Joe McDonald hosted all of the concerts, playing a couple of songs in between the different sets.
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The Woolies The Woolies was an American rock band from Lansing, Michigan. It was formed in 1964 by Bob Baldori, Stormy Rice, Jeff Baldori, Ron English, and Bee Metros. Their cover of "Who Do You Love?" became a regional hit when it was released as a single in 1966. "Who Do You Love" peaked at # 95 on the Billboard Hot 100. Dunhill Records dropped the band because they failed to achieve much more success. In 1968, Stormy Rice left the band to begin a solo career and was replaced by Zocko Groendahl. The Woolies have announced a compilation of songs from the period when they were between labels from 1965 to 1975. The album is called "Ride, Ride, Ride".
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Hometown Honeymoon "Hometown Honeymoon" is a song written by Josh Leo and Jim Photoglo, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in March 1993 as the fourth and final single from their album, "American Pride". The song reached number 3 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in June 1993.
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The Marylanders The Marylanders were a mid-20th century doo wop group, based out of Baltimore, Maryland. The membership included Johnny Page, a singer and member of an urban street gang called "The Dungaree Boys".
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KGGL KGGL (93.3 FM, "Eagle 93") is a commercial radio station in Missoula, Montana, airing a country music format. For at least two decades before becoming country, KGGL was KDXT, XT 93 as it was called was Missoula and Western Montana's station for hit music. It was Missoula's home for Casey's top 40 and "American Top 40". Then suddenly in 1996 it flipped to country music to take on established country outlet KYSS. This left Missoula and western Montana without an affiliate for pop music until KXDR signed on in July 1999. Throughout its history, the station has competed with KYSS as being western Montana's most powerful radio station as it can reach almost every county west of the continental divide.
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Area Code 615 (band) Area Code 615 was the name of a Nashville country rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, taking their name from the telephone area code, which at the time covered all of Central and Eastern Tennessee. The band was made up of session musicians, recording only two albums before resuming normal session work. Several of the members were backing musicians for Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" and "Nashville Skyline" albums and on recordings by Billy Swan.
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The Wrays The Wrays, also known as The Wray Brothers Band, were an American country music group from Oregon composed of Bubba Wray, Jim Covert, Lynn Phillips and Joe Dale Cleghorn. Following two independent singles, The Wrays released a pair of singles on Mercury Records in the 1980s. Their highest charting single, "You Lay a Lotta Love on Me," reached the Top 50 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in 1987. After The Wrays broke up, lead singer Bubba Wray launched a successful solo career as Collin Raye.
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White Hot Odyssey White Hot Odyssey is an American hard rock band formed in Eugene, Oregon in 2002 by Cherry Poppin' Daddies vocalist Steve Perry and guitarist Jason Moss, along with musicians Mark Rogers (guitar), Ed Cole (bass) and Jivan Valpey (drums).
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The Streak "The Streak" is a popular country/novelty song written, produced, and sung by Ray Stevens. It was released in March 1974 as the lead single to his album "Boogity Boogity". "The Streak" capitalized on the then-popular craze of streaking. In 2007 Cledus T. Judd covered "The Streak" on his album "Boogity Boogity - A Tribute to the Comic Genius of Ray Stevens".
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Goin' Coastal Tour The Goin' Coastal Tour was the eleventh headlining concert tour by American country music singer Kenny Chesney, in support of his thriteenth studio album "Hemingway's Whiskey" (2010). It was announced in November 2010,with nine stadium shows being announced first. An additional forty-one were announced two months later. Chesney co-headlined the stadium shows with Zac Brown Band. Billy Currington and Uncle Kracker served as opening acts. This was the Chesney's last tour before taking a two-year hiatus.
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Damon Gray (singer) Damon Gray (born in Belen, New Mexico) is an American country music singer. Gray was 16 years old when he began his professional career. He moved to Nashville in August 1989.
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Wheeling Jamboree The Wheeling Jamboree is a pioneering American radio show that features country music and has aired since 1933. It was broadcast from Wheeling, West Virginia on WWVA, the first radio station in West Virginia and a 50,000-watt clear-channel station, from its launch through approximately 2008. As of 2016, the Jamboree now only broadcasts on a 6-watt low-power station and is, for the most part, no longer broadcast live. Numerous acts and stars passed through the annals of the "Jamboree"; some reached fame and fortune while others fell into oblivion. It is the second oldest country music broadcast in the United States after the "Grand Ole Opry".
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Shriner's Convention "Shriners Convention" is a country-and-western novelty song written, composed, and performed by Ray Stevens. It is based on Stevens' experiences at an Atlanta hotel where an actual Shriners convention was being held.