When Diamond Rio released their debut self-titled album in 1991, they made history. The album's lead single, "Meet In the Middle," spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. At ...
Diamond Rio's chart-topping single from 2000 and 2001 is closely attached to two very emotional news events. 'One More Day' was used to remember Dale Earnhardt after his untimely death in 2001, and ...
In the early 1990s, Diamond Rio turned doubters into duplicators. The group were told they were just too big to succeed in country music prior to signing with Arista Nashville. The Randy Owen-led trio ...
The six-man act Diamond Rio has made a name for itself by mixing country and rock with a solid bluegrass foundation, a signature style that has paid off with a long string of high-energy hit singles.
In the fall of 2000, songwriter Steven Dale Jones (“Ten Thousand Angels,” “Singles You Up”) played a club in Atlanta the night he’d learned that Arista planned to release his song “One More Day.” “I ...
Times-Union readers want to know: A post on Facebook and various blogs claim that radio stations around the country didn't play the song "In God We Still Trust" by the group Diamond Rio because ...
It takes 75 years for a diamond anniversary, slightly more than twice the time that country band Diamond Rio has been together. The band’s longevity, however, deserves a measure of celebration. Since ...
Artists are often warned not to let success go to their head and to not believe their own hype, but the Diamond Rio band members are proof that you also have to know your own worth. Having started out ...
Country group Diamond Rio hasn't had a hit song in a few years, but they're taking some hits for a song they recorded in 2005. And the trouble started at, of all places, a Florida elementary school.
The strongest memory Diamond Rio’s Gene Johnson has of the Lehigh Valley is of a May 2000 date at the Allentown Fairgrounds that was canceled because of a storm. “If I’m not mistaken, a tornado came ...
Sometimes a band's vocals and instrumentals are so good, the lack of stylish showmanship goes almost unnoticed. Diamond Rio is just that kind of band. The six-man country group made a stop at the ...
There’s no place a performer likes to be more than the stage, and since the pandemic restrictions were lifted, country singer-songwriter Wyatt McCubbin has been in his natural element. From his native ...