Diamond Rio Is A Country Band Formed In 1989. They Consist Of Marty Roe Lead Vocals Acoustic Guitar Jimmy Olander Guitar Banjo Dana Williams Bass Vocals Dan Truman Keyboards Gene Johnson Mandolin Vocals Banjo Fiddle Guitar And Brian Prout Drums. They Are Members Of The Grand Ole Opry.
Diamond Rio Released Their Debut Diamond Rio In 1991. It Spawned Five Top 10 Country Hits Including The #1 Hit "Meet In The Middle" And Went Platinum. Their Second Album Close To The Edge Released The Following Year Had Three Top 10 Singles And Went Gold. In 1994 Their Third Album Was Released. Love A Little Stronger Wasn't Very Successful Commercially But Did Produce Another Top 5 Single In The Title Track.
The Mid-90's Marked Both A Low Point In Album-Naming Creativity And A High Point In Chart Success. Their Fourth Album Innovatively Titled IV And Released In 1996 Spun Off Three Top 5 Singles. One Of These "It's All In Your Head" Featured A Video With Martin Sheen As A Fiery Preacher Engaged In Snake Handling Mirroring The Lyrics Of The Song. In 1997 Diamond Rio Released Its First Greatest Hits Album Entitled Greatest Hits. The Album Had Two Brand-New Songs "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" Hit #1 And "Imagine That" Became Yet Another Top 5 Hit. In 1998 Unbelievable Was Released Giving The Band Two More Top 5 Singles. The Title Track Also Reached The Top 40 On The Pop Charts. In 2001 The Band Released One More Day Whose Title Track Became Another Chart-Topper. The Following Year The Band Released Completely Whose Lead Track "Beautiful Mess" Became Their 4th #1 Hit. The Album Also Spawned Another #1 Single In "I Believe". December 30th 2005 Found Diamond Rio Playing Their New Single In God We Still Trust During Halftime Of The Vitalis Sun Bowl Between UCLA And Northwestern University In El Paso Texas. Their Second Greatest Hits Album Is Scheduled To Be Released May 9th 2006.
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Diamond Rio Is An American Country Music Band Founded In 1984 By Gene Johnson Dana Williams Jimmy Olander Brian Prout Marty Roe And Dan Truman. Their Discography Consists Of Eight Studio Albums Thirty-Four Singles Three Compilation Albums And Nineteen Music Videos. Founded In 1984 Diamond Rio Released Their Self-Titled Debut Album In 1991. "Meet In The Middle" The Lead-Off Single Reached #1 On The Billboard Country Singles Charts Making Diamond Rio The First Country Group In History To Have Their Debut Single Reach That Position. 1 Counting "Meet In The Middle" Diamond Rio Has Charted Thirty-Three Singles On The Country Charts Including Four Additional #1 Hits "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" 1997 "One More Day" 2001 "Beautiful Mess" 2002 And "I Believe" 2003 . These Latter Three Charted In The Top 40 On The Billboard Hot 100 As Did 1999's "Unbelievable" Which Was A #2 On The Country Charts. Besides Their Five #1 Hits Fourteen More Of The Band's Songs Have Charted In The Top 10 On The Country Format While "One More Day" Was Also A Top 10 On The Adult Contemporary Charts. Diamond Rio Has Also Recorded Eight Studio Albums Counting A Christmas Release. Two Of Their Studio Albums Their 1991 Self-Titled Debut And 1994's Love A Little Stronger Have Been Certified Platinum By The Recording Industry Association Of America RIAA And Five Have Been Certified Gold. They Have Also Issued Two Greatest Hits Packages Of Which The First 1997's Greatest Hits Was Certified Platinum. Offical Website For Diamond Rio Http //www.Diamondrio.Com/