Halfway to Hazard
| Halfway to Hazard | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hazard, Kentucky, United States |
| Genres | country |
| Years active | 2007–2010, 2015–present |
| Labels |
Mercury Nashville/StyleSonic Picnic Hill |
| Website | Official website |
| Members |
David Tolliver Chad Warrix |
Halfway to Hazard is an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters David Tolliver and Chad Warrix. Though Tolliver and Warrix grew up in different towns in southeastern Kentucky, their band's origins are in Hazard, Kentucky, which was halfway between their hometowns.
Biography
Their debut single, "Daisy", was a Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2007. The song was also featured as iTunes' single of the week on August 6, 2007. In addition, they toured as Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's opening act on their Soul2Soul 2007 Tour. McGraw helped to produce the album.[1]
On October 14, 2007, the duo performed the national anthem prior to the Green Bay Packers' home game against the Washington Redskins.[2] Later that season they performed again at Lambeau Field for the Packers NFC Championship game against the New York Giants.[1]
In May 2008, they were nominated by the Academy of Country Music for the Duo of the Year award. Halfway to Hazard toured again on the Live Your Voice tour with Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean.
A single from their second album, "I Know Where Heaven Is," was released on July 20, 2009. The album, Come on Time, was released on October 19, 2009. Neither charted.
Warrix released a solo music video, "Rain on the Roof," in 2012.[3]
Tolliver now writes full-time for Tim McGraw's publishing company, StyleSonic. He and Warrix had one song, "Die by My Own Hand," on McGraw's Emotional Traffic album and Tolliver has the song "Let Me Love It Out of You" on McGraw's Two Lanes of Freedom album. Brantley Gilbert and Jerrod Niemann have also recorded Tolliver's songs. Halfway to Hazard released two singles for purchase on iTunes via their own Picnic Hill Label. "Heaven On Down the Highway" and "American Outlaw" respectively.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| Halfway to Hazard |
|
14 | 87 |
| Come On Time |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | |||
| 2007 | "Daisy" | 39 | Halfway to Hazard |
| "Devil and the Cross" | 50 | ||
| 2009 | "I Know Where Heaven Is" | — | Come On Time |
| 2015 | "Heaven On Down the Highway" | __ | Single Only |
| 2016 | "American Outlaw" | __ | Single Only |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Daisy" | Traci Goudie |
| "Countrified" | Cory Kelley | |
| 2009 | "I Know Where Heaven Is" | |
| 2016 | "American Outlaw" | |
External links
References
- 1 2 Kendra Meinert (January 19, 2008). "Halfway to Hazard rockin' in to perform NFC championship game national anthem". Gannett Company / Green Bay Press Gazette. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ↑ "G-Force". Packers.com - Green Bay Packers Football Club. Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
- ↑ "CMT : Videos : Chad Warrix : Rain on the Roof". Country Music Television. Retrieved May 8, 2012.