RASCAL FLATTS EXPERIENCE:
Members: Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney
Genre: Country Music
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Awards: CMA Vocal Group of the Year, ACM Song of the Year, Grammy Best Country Song
Albums: Rascal Flatts, Melt, Feels Like Today, Me and My Gang
Hits: "I Melt", "What Hurts the Most", "Bless the Broken Road"
Other: The group covered Tom Cochranes "Life is a Highway" for the Disney animated movie "Cars."
Rascal Flatts is one of today’s most popular and successful pop country bands. The band was formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2000, and has released 5 studio albums. Rascal Flatts first self-titled album would produce 4 bona fide country music hits. The band met in Nashville after Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus, first cousins, moved to Tennessee from near Columbus, Ohio. The two met Joe Don Rooney working at nightclub in Music City. After recording some demos, the Rascal Flatts was discovered by the Vice President of A&R at Lyric Street Records and given a recording contract. The band has since worked with some of the industry’s most sought after song writers, including Kenny Chesney. The band’s most recent album, Still Feels Good, was produced by Dan Huff who has also worked with Keith Urban and Faith Hill.
Rascal Flatts has created a live show that has become the industry standard for pop country music today. Their first two albums went double platinum, and their next two went quadruple platinum. 2007’s Still Feels Good has already gone platinum and keeps on selling. The band has had 8 No. 1 hit singles on the country charts, along with 2 top 10’s on the Pop 100 chart. The band has won 8 Academy of Country Music Awards and 5 Country Music Association Awards. In 2006, Rascal Flatts toured in 74 cities with 61 of those shows sold out and appeared in front of over 1 million fans. Rascal Flatts has built a reputation for incredible live shows, soaring harmonies, and an above and beyond approach to interactions with their fans. Buy Rascal Flatts tickets and experience the next generation of country music legends live!