Hot Apple Pie
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| Hot Apple Pie | |
|---|---|
| Origin | USA |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Label(s) | DreamWorks Nashville MCA Nashville |
| Associated acts | Little Texas |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Keith Horne Trey Landry Kevin Ray Brady Seals |
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| Former members | |
| Matt "Sparky" Matejka | |
Hot Apple Pie is an American country music band founded in 2002 by lead singer Brady Seals. Until 1997, Seals was keyboardist and co-lead singer of the country band Little Texas; between then and 2002, he was a solo singer, recording two albums for Reprise Records. The other three founding members of Hot Apple Pie include Keith Horne (bass guitar), Trey Landry (drums), and Matt "Sparky" Matejka (guitar); Matejka left the group in 2006 and was replaced by Kevin Ray.
Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 2005, Hot Apple Pie released its self-titled debut album that year; this album produced three chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the #26-peaking "Hillbillies". Due to the collapse of DreamWorks Records in mid-2005, the second and third singles from this album were released on MCA Nashville, a label which the band exited in 2006.
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[edit] History
Prior to the foundation of Hot Apple Pie, Brady Seals was one of two lead vocalists (the other being Tim Rushlow) in the country band Little Texas; in 1997, he left Little Texas in pursuit of a solo career on Reprise Records.[1] Between then and the early 2000s, Seals recorded two albums for the label, and charted six singles of his own on the country charts.
After deciding that his solo career was not proving successful, Seals decided to form a second band. Guitarist Matt "Sparky" Matejka and drummer Trey Landry, both of whom had backed Seals during his solo career, were recruited; completing the lineup bass guitarist Keith Horne.[2] These three musicians all had experience prior to the band's foundation. Matejka had played for Sons of the Desert and Charlie Daniels; Landry, for Rodney Crowell and Suzy Bogguss; and Horne, for Waylon Jennings.[2]
[edit] First album
In 2005, Hot Apple Pie signed to DreamWorks Records' Nashville division.[1] That year, they released their debut album, also entitled Hot Apple Pie. It produced three singles, all of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Hillbillies", "We're Makin' Up", and "Easy Does It". Due to the dissolution of DreamWorks Records in late 2005, however, these latter two singles were issued on MCA Nashville. The band exited this label in 2006, the same year that Matejka left to join the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd;[3] he was replaced with Kevin Ray.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | US Country | US 200 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Hot Apple Pie | 6 | 60 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | US Country | US Hot 100 | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "Hillbillies" | 26 | 122 | Hot Apple Pie |
| "We're Makin' Up" | 54 | |||
| 2006 | "Easy Does It" | 50 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Monger, James Christopher. Hot Apple Pie biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ a b Morris, Edward. Hot Apple Pie Leaves the Oven. Country Music Television. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ Lynyrd Skynyrd hope to team up with George Jones. The Rock Radio (2006-06-14). Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
