Deryl Dodd

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Deryl Dodd
Background information
Birth name Deryl Dwaine Dodd
Born April 12, 1964 (1964-04-12) (age 44)
Origin Texas, USA
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals
Rhythm guitar
Years active 1996-present
Label(s) Columbia
Dualtone
Website DerylDodd.com

Deryl Dodd (born Deryl Dwaine Doddd, April 12, 1964) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Originally a regular on the Texas club circuit, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, soon finding work as a harmony vocalist and songwriter. By 1996, he was signed to a recording contract, releasing two albums and charting several singles on the country charts, before a debilitating bout of viral encephalitis which put his career on hiatus. Having recovered from his encephalitis in 2000, Dodd later resumed his singing career; he continues to record and tour to this day.

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[edit] Biography

Deryl was raised in Dallas, Texas, where he played football from an early age.[1] After a career-ending injury, Dodd was persuaded to perform music in clubs throughout the state of Texas. In 1991, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, forming a band along with Brett Beavers, now an established Nashville songwriter.[1] Dodd later found work singing harmony vocals for Martina McBride, Radney Foster, and George Ducas, in addition to playing in Tracy Lawrence's road band, and co-writing a song on Tim McGraw's All I Want album.[1][2]

Dodd signed to Columbia Records in 1996 as a solo act. His first album, One Ride in Vegas, was released that year, producing a Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard country music charts in the Tom T. Hall-penned "That's How I Got to Memphis".[1] One Ride in Vegas was followed by an eponymous album in 1998; that same year, Dodd was nominated as Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music.[3] His second album also produced his biggest chart hit to date in "A Bitter End", which peaked at #26 on the country charts.

Dodd's career came to a halt in 1999, however, when he was diagnosed with viral encephalitis.[1][4] He remained bedridden for six months, and then went through eighteen months of rehabilitation (which included re-learning how to play guitar).[1] Once he had fully recovered, Deryl attended several writers' nights in Nashville, and was later signed as an opening act on Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Soul2Soul tour.[2]

Dodd's third and final album for Columbia, Pearl Snaps, was released in 2002. Later, he recorded Live at Billy Bob's Texas, before switching to Dualtone Records in 2004 to release Stronger Proof (2004) and Full Circle (2006).[1][2]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album Label US Country
1996 One Ride in Vegas Columbia 61
1998 Deryl Dodd 63
2002 Pearl Snaps
2003 Live at Billy Bob's Texas Image 61
2004 Stronger Proof Dualtone
2006 Full Circle

[edit] Singles

Year Single US Country Album
1996 "Friends Don't Drive Friends"A One Ride in Vegas
"That's How I Got to Memphis" 36
1997 "Movin' Out to the Country" 63
1998 "Time on My Hands" 62
"A Bitter End"B 26 Deryl Dodd
1999 "John Roland Wood" 64
"Good Idea Tomorrow" 65
"On Earth as It Is in Texas" 71 Pearl Snaps
"Sundown" 59
2004 "Let Me Be" 59 Stronger Proof
2005 "Love or Something Like It"A
  • AFailed to chart.
  • B"A Bitter End" also peaked at #88 on the US Hot 100.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g allmusic (((Deryl Dodd > Biography)))
  2. ^ a b c How Deryl Dodd Got to Texas (html). cmt.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  3. ^ Dodd Recovers After Health Battle (html). CMT.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
  4. ^ Dodd Back On Track (html). CMT.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.

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