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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the I Can't Sleep Podcast, where I help

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<v Speaker 1>you drift off one fact at a time. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Benjamin Boster, and today's episode is about Brooks and Done.

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<v Speaker 1>This episode is a happy Birthday present for Dom and

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<v Speaker 1>a special thank you for all your help on the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Brooks and Dunn are an American country music duo consisting

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<v Speaker 1>of Kicks Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, both of whom are

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<v Speaker 1>vocalists and songwriters. The duo was founded in nineteen eighty

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<v Speaker 1>eight through the suggestion of songwriter and record producer Tim Dubois.

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<v Speaker 1>Before their formation, both members were solo recording artists, having

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<v Speaker 1>each charted two UZ solo singles in the nineteen eighties.

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<v Speaker 1>Kicks Brooks also released an album for Capitol Records in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty nine and wrote hit singles for other artists.

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<v Speaker 1>The duo signed to Arista Nashville after their formation. They

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<v Speaker 1>recorded eleven studio albums, one Christmas album, and five compilation

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<v Speaker 1>albums for the label. They also have released fifty singles,

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<v Speaker 1>of which twenty went to number one on the Hot

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<v Speaker 1>Country Songs chart and nineteen more reached top ten. Two

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<v Speaker 1>of these number one songs, my Maria a posthumous cover

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<v Speaker 1>of the nineteen seventy three B. W. Stevens hit and

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<v Speaker 1>Ain't Nothing About You were the top country songs of

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety six and two thousand one, respectively, according to

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<v Speaker 1>the Billboard Year End Charts. The latter is also the

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<v Speaker 1>duo's longest lasting number one single on that chart, at

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<v Speaker 1>six weeks. Several of their songs have also reached the

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<v Speaker 1>Billboard Hot one hundred was the number twenty five peaks

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<v Speaker 1>of Ain't Nothing About You and Red Dirt Road being

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<v Speaker 1>their highest there. Brooks and Dunn also won the Country

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<v Speaker 1>Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award every year

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<v Speaker 1>between nineteen ninety two and two thousand six, except for

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand. Brooks and Dunn won the award again in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four. Two of their songs won the Grammy

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<v Speaker 1>Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group

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<v Speaker 1>with Vocal hard Working Man in nineteen ninety four and

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<v Speaker 1>My Maria in nineteen ninety six. All but two of

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<v Speaker 1>the duo's studio albums are certified platinum or higher by

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<v Speaker 1>the Recording Industry Association of America. Their highest certified is

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<v Speaker 1>their nineteen ninety one debut album, Brand New Man, which

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<v Speaker 1>is certified sextuple platinum for shipments of six million copies.

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<v Speaker 1>The duo's material is known for containing influences of honky Tonk,

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<v Speaker 1>mainstream country, and rock, as well as a contrast between

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<v Speaker 1>their singing voices and on stage personalities, Although some of

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<v Speaker 1>their music has also been criticized as formulae, their nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety two single Bootscoot and Boogie helped repopularize line dancing

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States. Brooks and Dunn have collaborated with

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<v Speaker 1>several artists, including Reba McIntyre, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crowe, mac Powell,

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<v Speaker 1>Billy Gibbons, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Luke Combs. After announcing

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<v Speaker 1>their retirement in August two thousand nine, they performed their

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<v Speaker 1>final concert on September second, twenty ten, at the Bridgestone

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<v Speaker 1>Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Both Brooks and Dunn have continued

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<v Speaker 1>to record for eirest to Nashville as solo artists. Dunn

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<v Speaker 1>released a self titled album in twenty eleven, which included

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<v Speaker 1>the top ten country hit Bleed Red, while Brooks released

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<v Speaker 1>New to This Town in September twenty twelve. The duo

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<v Speaker 1>reunited in twenty fifteen for a series of concerts with

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<v Speaker 1>Reba McIntyre and Life Las Vegas. In twenty nineteen, the

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<v Speaker 1>duo was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame

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<v Speaker 1>leon Eric Kicks Brooks, the Third, was born on May twelfth,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen fifty five, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and before moving to Nashville, Tennessee,

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<v Speaker 1>in nineteen seventy six, he played at various venues in Maine.

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<v Speaker 1>He was also a neighbor of country singer Johnny Horton.

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<v Speaker 1>Brooks worked as a songwriter in the nineteen eighties, co

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<v Speaker 1>writing the number one singles I'm Only in It for

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<v Speaker 1>the Love by John Conley, Modern Day Romance by the

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<v Speaker 1>Nitty Gritty Dirty Band, and Who's Lonely Now by Highway

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<v Speaker 1>one oh one plus the Oakridge Boys top twenty head

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<v Speaker 1>He made a Rock of a Rolling Stone at Larsen's

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<v Speaker 1>let Me Be the First and Keith Palmers Don't Throw

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<v Speaker 1>Me in the Briar Patch. Brooks also released several singles

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<v Speaker 1>through the independent Avian label, charting at number seventy three

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<v Speaker 1>on Hot Country Songs in nineteen eighty three with Baby

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<v Speaker 1>When your Heart Breaks Down. In nineteen eighty nine, he

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<v Speaker 1>released a self titled studio album through Capitol Records. This

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<v Speaker 1>album included Baby When Your Heart Breaks Down and Sacred Ground,

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<v Speaker 1>which McBride and The Ride covered and took to number

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<v Speaker 1>two on the country charts in nineteen ninety two. Brooks

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<v Speaker 1>and Pam Tillis co wrote and sang on Tomorrow's World,

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<v Speaker 1>a multi artist single released on Warner Brothers Records in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety in honor of earth Day. Brooks also co

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<v Speaker 1>produced and co wrote Backbone Job, a Keith Whitley outtake

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<v Speaker 1>that appeared in his nineteen ninety one compilation album Kentucky Bluebird.

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<v Speaker 1>Ronnie Gen Dunn was born on June first, nineteen fifty three,

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<v Speaker 1>in Coleman, Texas. He played bass, guitar and local bands

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<v Speaker 1>during high school, and he briefly studied theology at Hardin

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<v Speaker 1>Simmons University with the intention of becoming a Baptist preacher.

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<v Speaker 1>Dunn was kicked out of the school because he played

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<v Speaker 1>in bars. Between nineteen eighty three and nineteen eighty four,

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<v Speaker 1>he recorded for the church Hill label, taking both ITDs

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<v Speaker 1>written all over Your Face and She Put the Sad

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<v Speaker 1>in All his songs to number fifty nine on the

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<v Speaker 1>country charts in nineteen eighty nine, says drummer Jamie Oldacre

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<v Speaker 1>entered Dunn in a talent contest sponsored by Marlborough, which

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<v Speaker 1>he won the grand prize in The competition included a

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<v Speaker 1>recording session in Nashville, Tennessee. The producer of that session,

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<v Speaker 1>Scott Hendricks, recommended Dunn's recordings to Tim Dubois, then an

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<v Speaker 1>executive of Heirest in Nashville. Dubois paired Brooks and Dunn

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<v Speaker 1>because he thought that they would work well together as songwriters,

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<v Speaker 1>and after the two recorded a demo, he suggested that

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<v Speaker 1>they form a duo. During this time span, Dunn also

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<v Speaker 1>wrote boots Guten Boogie, which Asleep at the Wheel recorded

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<v Speaker 1>on their nineteen ninety album Keeping Me Up Nights. Brooks

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<v Speaker 1>and Dunn's first single, brand New Man, entered the Hot

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<v Speaker 1>Country Songs charts in June nineteen ninety one and went

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<v Speaker 1>to number one. It was the title track to the

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<v Speaker 1>duo's debut album, Brand New Man, which was released two

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<v Speaker 1>months later. Brooks and Dunn wrote this song and several

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<v Speaker 1>other cuts in collaboration with songwriter Don Cook, who co

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<v Speaker 1>produced the album with Hendrix. It was also Cook's first

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<v Speaker 1>credit as a producer. The next three single releases from

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<v Speaker 1>Brand new Man, My Next Broken Heart, Neo Moon, and

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<v Speaker 1>their own rendition of Bootscooten Boogie, all made number one

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<v Speaker 1>on the Country music charts as well, making for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time in country music history that a duo or

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<v Speaker 1>group had sent its first four singles to the the

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<v Speaker 1>top of the charts. A fifth single, Lost and Found,

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<v Speaker 1>peaked at number six. Bootscoot and Boogie, which had previously

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<v Speaker 1>been the B side to My Next Broken Heart, also

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<v Speaker 1>made number fifty on the Billboard Hot one hundred, and

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<v Speaker 1>its commercial success led to a renewal interest in line

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<v Speaker 1>dancing throughout the United States. Brand New Man was certified

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<v Speaker 1>platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in August

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety two for shipments of one million copies. By

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and two, the album had been certified sextuple

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<v Speaker 1>platinum for shipments of six million. It spent more than

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and ninety weeks in the Top Country Albums charts.

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<v Speaker 1>In nineteen ninety two, the duo the Duo of the

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<v Speaker 1>Year award from the Country Music Association, which also nominated

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<v Speaker 1>them for that year's Album of the Year and Horizon Awards.

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<v Speaker 1>Brooks and Dunn won the association's Duo Award for every

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<v Speaker 1>year from then on until two thousand and six, except

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<v Speaker 1>for two thousand, when the award went to Montgomery Gentry.

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<v Speaker 1>After the album's release, Brooks and Dunn began touring as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Hard Working Man was the title of Brooks and Dunn's

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<v Speaker 1>second album, which was released in nineteen ninety three. The

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<v Speaker 1>title track, also its first single, peaked at number four

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<v Speaker 1>on the Country music charts. The album included two number

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<v Speaker 1>one singles in its third and fifth releases, she Used

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<v Speaker 1>to Be Mine and its B side that Ain't No

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<v Speaker 1>Where to Go, Will Burn That Bridge and rock My

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<v Speaker 1>World both made top five on Billboard, with a former

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<v Speaker 1>reaching number one on Radio and Records. Also included on

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<v Speaker 1>the album was a remix of Bootscoot and Boogie. In

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety four, Hard Workin' Man won the duo a

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<v Speaker 1>Grammy Award for the Best Country Performance by a Duo

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<v Speaker 1>or Group with Vocal and the album was nominated for

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<v Speaker 1>Best Country Album. Hard Workin Man earned its highest RIAA

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<v Speaker 1>certification in two thousand two, when it was certified quintuple platinum.

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<v Speaker 1>By the end of nineteen ninety four, the duo released

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<v Speaker 1>their third studio album, Waiting on Sundown. It also produced

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<v Speaker 1>five charting singles, three of which made number one on

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<v Speaker 1>the Country charts, She's Not the Cheating Kind, Little Miss

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<v Speaker 1>honky Tonk, and You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone.

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<v Speaker 1>The other two singles, I'll Never Forgive My Heart and

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<v Speaker 1>Whiskey under the Bridge, both made top ten. The first

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<v Speaker 1>single from Brooks and Dunn's fourth album, Borderline, was a

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<v Speaker 1>cover version of B. W. Stevenson's nineteen seventy three single

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<v Speaker 1>My Maria. Their version of the song spent three weeks

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<v Speaker 1>at number one at mid nineteen ninety six, and peaked

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<v Speaker 1>at number seventy nine on the Billboard Hot one hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>It was also that year's top country song according to

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<v Speaker 1>the Billboard Year end Charts. Dunn said that he was

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<v Speaker 1>initially reluctant to record My Maria because the duo had

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<v Speaker 1>not previously recorded any cover songs. The song won Brooks

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<v Speaker 1>and Dunn its second Grammy Award for Best Country Performance

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<v Speaker 1>by a Group or Duo, and the duo won the

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety six Entertainer of the Year award from both

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<v Speaker 1>the Country Music Association an Academy of Country Music, making

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<v Speaker 1>them the first duo to win that award from the former.

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<v Speaker 1>In nineteen ninety seven, Brooks and Dunn joined a double

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<v Speaker 1>headliner tour with Reba McIntyre. Borderline produced another number one

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<v Speaker 1>in a Man This Lonely, along with top ten hits

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<v Speaker 1>I Am That Man and Why Would I Say good Bye? Mamma?

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<v Speaker 1>Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing? The third single and

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<v Speaker 1>B side to My Maria, became their first release not

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<v Speaker 1>to make the top ten. The first Greatest Hits compilation

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<v Speaker 1>was released on September sixth, nineteen ninety seven. It comprised

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<v Speaker 1>most of their singles to that point and three new songs,

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<v Speaker 1>don Quy Tong, Truth, He's Got You, and Days of Thunder.

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<v Speaker 1>The first two were released as singles, with respective peaks

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<v Speaker 1>of three and two on the country charts. The Greatest

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<v Speaker 1>Hits Collection was certified platinum in April nineteen ninety eight

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<v Speaker 1>and double platinum in two thousand one. Brooks and Dunn

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<v Speaker 1>collaborated with Reba MacIntyre to perform if You See Him

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<v Speaker 1>If You See Her, which was the lead off single

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<v Speaker 1>to Brooks and Duns If You See Her and MacIntyre's

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<v Speaker 1>if You See Him, both of which were released on

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<v Speaker 1>the same day. Arista Nashville and m c A Nashville,

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<v Speaker 1>the label to which McIntyre was signed, both promoted the single.

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<v Speaker 1>This cut went to number one, as did If You

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<v Speaker 1>See Hers. Next two singles, how Long Gone and a

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<v Speaker 1>cover of Roger Miller's Husbands and Wives, which also became

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<v Speaker 1>the duo's first top forty hit on the Billboard Hot

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred. Dunn recorded the vocals for Husbands and Wives

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<v Speaker 1>in one take. Also included on the album was a

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<v Speaker 1>cover of Mark Cauley's Born and Raised in Black and White,

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<v Speaker 1>the first song of the duo's career in which they

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<v Speaker 1>alternated on lead vocals. The album's fourth single was I

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<v Speaker 1>Can't Get Over You, which was a top five country

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<v Speaker 1>head Following it was South of Santa Fe, which peaked

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<v Speaker 1>the duo's lowest peaking single there. In two thousand one,

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<v Speaker 1>If You See Her reach double platinum certification in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States. Tight Rope nineteen ninety nine, the duo's sixth album,

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<v Speaker 1>a cover of John Waite's Missing You, followed by Beer

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<v Speaker 1>sixty based on unsolicited airplay. In addition to persuading the

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<v Speaker 1>from their seventh album, two thousand Ones, Steers and Stripes.

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<v Speaker 1>featuring a back vocal by Richie. All of these other

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<v Speaker 1>their first Christmas album in two thousand and two, titled

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<v Speaker 1>title track Hanging Around the Missiletoe, Rockin' Little Christmas, and

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<v Speaker 1>Red Dirt Road, whose title track became the duo's eighteenth

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<v Speaker 1>on the Hot one hundred. These songs respectively peaked at

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<v Speaker 1>and Stripes, Red Dirt Road was certified platinum. The album

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<v Speaker 1>featured a rock oriented sound compared to the duo's previous releases.

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<v Speaker 1>Ariston Nashville released Brooks and Dunn's second Greatest Hits package,

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<v Speaker 1>what It's All About and It's Getting Better all the Time, respectively.

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<v Speaker 1>Country Music charts, as well as thirty eight and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>play Something Country. According to Dunn and co writer Terry

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<v Speaker 1>Hot Country Songs and went to number thirty seven on

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<v Speaker 1>Put a Girl In It at number three. After this song,

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<v Speaker 1>with Reba MacIntyre at the Country Music Association Awards. Following

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<v Speaker 1>In early two thousand nine, the song peaked at number

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<v Speaker 1>the title track spent three weeks on the charts and

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<v Speaker 1>of Jerry Jeff Walker. Cowboy Town was also the name

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<v Speaker 1>of the duo's two thousand nine tour, which featured Rodney

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<v Speaker 1>at the Bamajam Festival in Enterprise, Alabama. On August ten,

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand nine, Brooks and Dunn announced that they would

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<v Speaker 1>be splitting up after a tour titled The Last Rodeo.

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<v Speaker 1>According to Brooks, the decision to split was on good terms.

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<v Speaker 1>He told CMT that Dunn and he are still good friends,

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<v Speaker 1>while Dunn said we've ended up more like brothers. The

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<v Speaker 1>eight past hits and two new songs, but again skipping

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<v Speaker 1>material from Tide Rope. Both of these new songs, Indian

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<v Speaker 1>Summer and honky Tonk's Tomp featuring guest vocals from Billy

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<v Speaker 1>Country Music charts. On May twenty three, twenty ten, CBS

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<v Speaker 1>Music titled The Last Rodeo, on which various country music

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<v Speaker 1>a Milestone Award. On December third, twenty fourteen, Brooks and

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<v Speaker 1>Duns were announced to be reuniting to perform a series

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<v Speaker 1>to late twenty fifteen. In twenty sixteen, they were selected

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<v Speaker 1>as some of the thirty artists to perform on Forever Country,

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<v Speaker 1>take Me Home, Country, Roads, on the Road Again, and

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<v Speaker 1>I Will Always Love You, which was released in celebration

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<v Speaker 1>of fifty years of the CMA Awards. In February twenty nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>the duo announced a new album called Reboot, which features

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<v Speaker 1>re recordings of their previous singles with guest vocals from

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<v Speaker 1>contemporary country music artists. In advance of the album's release,

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<v Speaker 1>they issued two of their tracks, a version of Brand

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<v Speaker 1>New Man with Luke Combs and Believe featuring Caine Brown.

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<v Speaker 1>In addition, Brooks and Dunn announced to concert in Dallas

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<v Speaker 1>alongside their Las Vegas residency, as well as a March

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nineteen appearance at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

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<v Speaker 1>Dunn announced a sequel album to Reboot in twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 1>titled Reboot two. It includes re recordings of their previous

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<v Speaker 1>hit singles with other country music artists such as Jelly Roll,

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<v Speaker 1>Lanny Wilson, and Megan Moroni. Unlike the previous project, it

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four.