| Joe Don Rooney | |
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Joe Don performing in 2005 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | September 13, 1975 |
| Origin | Baxter Springs, Kansas, USA |
| Genres | Country |
| Instruments | Electric guitar Acoustic guitar Bass guitar Mandolin Vocals |
| Labels | Big Machine Records |
| Associated acts | Rascal Flatts |
Joe Don Rooney (born September 13, 1975 in Baxter Springs, Kansas) is lead guitarist and a harmony singer in the American country pop trio Rascal Flatts.
Raised in Picher, Oklahoma, his first known band, Rascal's, was formed in the early 1990s in Miami, Oklahoma with Boone Pickens and Fred Samuels, two lifelong friends. In addition to electric guitar, Rooney plays the acoustic and bass guitars, as well as mandolin. His influences include guitarists Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck.[1]
Joe Dons first band was called Rascal's which later became known as Rascall Flats with Justin Speer(Singer Songwriter and Bass guitarist), Jeremy Essary (Singer Songwriter and Acoustic guitarist), Colin Frayser (Drums) and Jason Winnie (Rhythm Guitar)Joe Don (Lead Guitarist and back up Harmony). Joe Don frequently jammed with family member musicians Justin Speer, Tracy Conder, and Jeramy Essary (whom he later dedicated "I'm Moving On")
Joe Don married former beauty queen -- Miss Georgia USA 2001 and Miss USA 2001 2nd Runner-Up and 2005 Playmate of the Year Tiffany Fallon on April 23, 2006. The couple was featured in the Playboy Cyber Club's celebrity photographer section, with the nude pictorial of Tiffany being shot by Joe Don himself. The couple had a son named Jagger Donovan Rooney on May 31, 2008.[2] The couple had their second child, a daughter named Raquel Blue, at 4:26 pm CST on September 7, 2010.
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