Brooks and Dunn was a Country band consisting of two vocalists, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn. They initially were formed in 1988 in Nashville, TN. Both Ronnie and Kix were solo recording artists before forming a band together. The band Brooks and Dunn were influenced by many people and kinds of music as well as they influenced others. They used influences of Honky-Tonk, Mainstream Rock, and other Rock in their music. The band is mostly known for the kick starting of the line dancing craze, the dance that swept the nation (Huey). They liked to use rock in their country songs and they influenced a lot of upcoming artists to be more rock as well. A lot of the music produced after that all had the same honky-tonk vibe to it with danceable beats and incorporated rock in it somehow.
Before Ronnie and Kix worked together, things didn’t work out as solo recording artists. Tim DuBois, a Nashville-based music executive for Arista record company, told them they should try composing together (Fabian). He liked both of their music separately but thought they could be great as a duo. They hit it off together right away during their first single, “Brand New Man”, which soon became a number one hit. They wanted something Western like a George Strait band, but also something that rocked. They sure got that in almost every song they wrote.
Even though the two singers had very different qualities, both singing and performing, it worked out quite well and they were quite successful. The two singers were very different from each other but they never wanted to change that. One didn’t force the other to be more like them. This made the duo very unique. They didn’t want to change who they were. That is how the public knew them. One of ...
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...ike Brooks and Dunn had done. I think it’s neat that even though things were popular a long time ago they are brought back time and time again through music. Whether it be songs, dances, music, events or memories, it’s nice to have something to remember.
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Young, Neil. "Country Girl." Perf. Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. Déjà vu. Atlantic, 1970.
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