Big & Rich

Big & Rich

Big & Rich is an American country music duo composed of Big Kenny and John Rich, both of whom are songwriters, vocalists and guitarists. Rich was a founding member of the country music band Lonestar and later a solo artist for BNA Records, while Big Kenny was formerly a solo artist on Hollywood Records.

Big & Rich's first studio album, Horse of a Different Color, was released in 2004. This album produced four straight Top 40 country hits, including the number 11 "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", and collaborations with Cowboy Troy, Gretchen Wilson and Martina McBride. Comin' to Your City, released in November 2005, added another top-20 single, the Vietnam War-inspired "8th of November" and two more top 40 hits. Joining the duo on this album were Cowboy Troy, Wilson and Kris Kristofferson. 2007's Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace produced the duo's first Number One single, "Lost in This Moment". Both before and during the band's hiatus, Rich has worked as a producer and songwriter for several other artists.

After this album, both members went on hiatus and released solo albums which produced singles that charted in the country top 40. Rich with "Shuttin' Detroit Down" and "Country Done Come to Town", and Kenny with "Long After I'm Gone". Big & Rich reunited in May 2011 to release "Fake ID", a cut from the soundtrack to the 2011 film Footloose. A year later, the duo released its fourth album, Hillbilly Jedi, which produced the Top 20 hit "That's Why I Pray".

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