![]() ![]() “When you hear Marty Raybon sing there’s nobody that sounds like him,” McGuire says. McGuire credits Raybon’s vocals for providing Shenandoah with an identifiable sound. Shenandoah also won the Academy of Country Music’s Vocal Group of the Year in 1991. “Next to You, Next to Me” topped the charts for three weeks and “Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart,” a beautiful duet with Alison Krauss, won a Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the year and a Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Shenandoah became known for delivering songs that celebrated the importance of faith and family while reveling in the joys of small town life. When he played us a song he found, we knew it was going to be special.” Mike, in particular, has always been a good song guy. “We are songwriters and we wrote some of those hits, but we really prided ourselves on having an ear for songs. ![]() “We knew a hit song when we heard one,” Raybon says. Great songs have provided the foundation for Shenandoah’s illustrious career. It also helped propel sales of the album to more than half a million units thus giving Shenandoah their first gold album. 1 single spent more than one week at the summit. 1 hits-“Church on Cumberland Road,” “Sunday in the South” and “Two Dozen Roses.” “The Church on Cumberland Road” spent two weeks at the top of the chart and made country music history as it marked the first time that a country band's first No. However, it was the band’s sophomore effort, The Road Not Taken, that spawned their first top ten hits-“She Doesn't Cry Anymore” and “Mama Knows.” Shenandoah followed with three consecutive No. Shenandoah inked a deal with the legendary label and beganĮstablishing a national fan base with their self-titled debut in 1987. McGuire invited noted producer Robert Byrne out to see the band perform and he was so impressed he recorded a demo on the group and pitched them to Columbia Records. Raybon and McGuire formed the band in 1984 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with bassist Ralph Ezell, keyboardist Stan Thorn and guitarist Jim Seales. It was great to get back up there and do them together again.” “We had done so many shows over the years together, even though we spent 17 years apart, we got back up on the stage and it was like we never stopped. “It’s kind of like riding a bicycle,” McGuire says of the band reigniting that chemistry on stage. There’s a lot of excitement in the air.’” “And then Jerry Phillips, son of legendary Sun Records producer Sam Phillips, said ‘You guys need to make a run at this. “We saw how folks reacted,” Raybon says of the response to their reunion. It all began when the guys got back together to perform a benefit concert for a friend battling cancer. Today that legacy continues as original members Raybon and Mike McGuire reunite to launch a new chapter in Shenandoah’s storied career. Fueled by Marty Raybon’s distinctive vocals and the band’s skilled musicianship, Shenandoah became well known for delivering such hits as “Two Dozen Roses”, “Church on Cumberland Road” and “Next to You, Next to Me” as well as such achingly beautiful classics as “I Want to be Loved Like That” and the Grammy winning “Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart” duet with Alison Krauss. ![]() (615) country music lovers talk about the greatest groups in the genre, Shenandoah is always at the forefront of any discussion. ![]()
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