Pearl River (band)

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Pearl River
Origin Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States
Genre(s) Country
Years active 1993-1994
Label(s) Liberty
Associated acts Bryan White
Former members
Steve Argo
Chuck Ethredge
Derek George
Joe Morgan
Garry Schiera
Jeff Stewart

Pearl River was an American country music band composed of Jeff Stewart (lead vocals), Chuck Ethredge (lead guitar), Joe Morgan (bass guitar), Derek George (rhythm guitar, background vocals), Steve Argo (drums), and Garry Schiera (keyboards, background vocals).[1] Signed to Liberty Records in 1993, the band would record two albums: 1993's Find out What's Happening, followed by a self-titled album one year later. The former album also produced a minor hit single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in the single "Fool to Fall".

After disbanding in 1994, the members of Pearl River served as a backing band for Bryan White, then an up-and-coming country singer.[2]

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[edit] Biography

Pearl River was founded in the early 1990s in Philadelphia, Mississippi.[3] In 1993, they were discovered by a representative of Capitol Records, who signed the band to the record's Liberty Records division.[3] Their first album, entitled Find Out What's Happening, was issued that year. It produced one chart single, "Fool to Fall", which peaked at #62 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.[4] Also included on this album was the song "Cast Iron Heart", which would later be recorded by BlackHawk on their 1996 album Strong Enough (and by Linda Davis on her 1996 album Some Things Are Meant to Be).

A second album, Pearl River, was issued in 1994; its only single, "Hey Goodbye", failed to enter the charts. This album featured two more tracks which would later be recorded by other artists: "You've Always Got Me", later found on Aaron Tippin's 1995 album Tool Box, and "Heartbroke Every Day", which Lonestar recorded on their 1995 album Lonestar and released as a single in 1996.

After Pearl River disbanded in 1994, several of its members were recruited as a backing band for Bryan White, a then-unknown singer who had previously worked as a T-shirt vendor for the band.[2] By 1994, White was signed to a recording contract with Asylum Records; former guitarist Derek George also co-wrote several of Bryan's singles, in addition to producing White's albums.[3]

[edit] Find Out What's Happening

Find Out What's Happening
Find Out What's Happening cover
Studio album by Pearl River
Released April 26, 1993 (1993-04-26)
Genre Country
Label Liberty
Producer Jerry Crutchfield
Pearl River chronology
Find Out What's Happening
(1993)		 Pearl River
(1994)

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Wanna Be in the Picture" (Bob Merrill, J. P. Pennington) - 2:46
  2. "Hole Where the Heart Oughta Be" (Jim Rushing, Randy Scruggs) - 3:00
  3. "Does She Need Me" (Ken Fleming, Derek George, Jeff Stewart, Jim Weatherly) - 3:09
  4. "Find Out What's Happening" (Jerry Crutchfield) - 3:16
  5. "Cast Iron Heart" (Dennis Linde) - 3:02
  6. "That Ole Gravel Road" (Billy Lawson, Roger Murrah) - 3:17
  7. "Fool to Fall" (Wood Newton, Larry Stewart) - 4:03
  8. "She's Already Earned Her Wings" (Marc Beeson, Robert Ellis Orrall) - 2:59
  9. "Good Thing Going" (Vicki Gossett, Ronnie Gossett) - 3:02
  10. "Josephine" (Craig Bickhardt) - 2:50

[edit] Personnel

Pearl River
Additional musicians
  • Bryan Culpepper - background vocals
  • Dan Dugmore - pedal steel guitar
  • Sonny Garrish - pedal steel guitar
  • Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Gray Gordon - background vocals
  • Gregory Gordon - background vocals
  • Mike Lawler - synthesizer
  • Paul Leim - drums, percussion
  • Terry McMillan - harmonica
  • Wayland Patton - background vocals
  • Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
  • Matt Rollings - piano, synthesizer
  • Brent Rowan - electric guitar
  • Curtis Young - background vocals
  • Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle

[edit] Pearl River

Pearl River
Pearl River cover
Studio album by Pearl River
Released July 26, 1994 (1994-07-26)
Genre Country
Label Liberty
Producer Steve Gibson
Pearl River chronology
Find Out What's Happening
(1993)		 Pearl River
(1994)

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hello Goodbye" (Lonnie Wilson, Kim Williams) - 2:52
  2. "Don't Know Much About Love" (John Hiatt) - 3:39
  3. "How Quick I Remember" (Wilson, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) - 3:21
  4. "You've Always Got Me" (Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler) - 2:51
  5. "Nowhere Road" (Jeff Crossan) - 3:46
  6. "Heartbroke Every Day" (Bill LaBounty, Rick Vincent, Cam King) - 3:03
  7. "Good Way to Get Hurt" (Wilson, Williams, Collin Raye, Tammy Hyler) - 3:54
  8. "Mr. Right Now" (Steve Dean, Danny "Bear" Mayo, Bill McCorvey) - 4:01
  9. "Not After You" (John Jarrard, Wendell Mobley, Jeff Stewart) - 3:20
  10. "Cows" (Gordon Kennedy) - 3:27

[edit] Personnel

Pearl River
Additional musicians
  • Bob Bailey - background vocals
  • Eddie Bayers - drums
  • Kim Fleming - background vocals
  • Paul Franklin - steel guitar
  • Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
  • Mitch Humphries - piano
  • Brent Mason - electric guitar
  • Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
  • Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
  • Andrew Stewart, Chris Stewart, Josh Stewart - tambourine overdubs
  • Harry Stinson - background vocals
  • Billy Thomas - background vocals
  • Steve Wills - background vocals
  • Lonnie Wilson - drums

[edit] Singles

Year Single US Country Album
1993 "Fool to Fall" 62 Find Out What's Happening
1994 "Hello Goodbye" Pearl River

[edit] References

  1. ^ (1994) Album notes for Pearl River by Pearl River. Liberty Records.
  2. ^ a b Rhodes, Don (1997-9-5). There will be lots of picking at Macon's Bluegrass Jam. The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  3. ^ a b c The Songwriters: Derek George. Windswept Pacific. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
  4. ^ Hot Country Songs chart listing for "Fool to Fall". Billboard. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.

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