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Biography
refimprove|date=March 2008Infobox musical artist | name = The Clark Family Experience| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Rocky Mount, Virginia , U.S.| genre = country music|Country | years_active = 2000–2002| label = Curb Records|Curb | associated_acts = Sons of Sylvia , Tim McGraw | past_members = Aaron Clark Adam Clark Alan Clark Andrew Clark Ashley Clark Austin Clark The Clark Family Experience was an American country music band composed of six brothers, all with the surname Clark: Alan ( guitar , Singing|vocals ), Aaron ( bass guitar , vocals), Adam ( mandolin , vocals), Ashley ( fiddle ), Andrew ( Drum kit|drums ), and Austin ( lap steel guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboards ), all natives of the state of Virginia .
Signed to Curb Records in 2000, The Clark Family Experience debuted on the American country music scene that year with the release of their single " Meanwhile Back at the Ranch ". A Top 20 hit on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts, the song also became the thirteenth highest-selling single in the history of country music at the time. "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" was the first of four chart singles from their The Clark Family Experience (album)|self-titled debut album , released in 2000 as well. Due to a series of financial problems, however, the band declared bankruptcy and disbanded later that year.
In 2007, Adam, Ashley, and Austin reunited as The Clark Brothers and won the Fox Networks talent show The Next Great American Band that year. The Clark Brothers has since been renamed Sons of Sylvia .
Biography
The six members of The Clark Family Experience — Aaron, Adam, Alan, Andrew, Ashley and Austin — are part of a musically inclined family that comprises the eleven children of Freddy and SylviaClark. All six boys first performed professionally in 1993, eventually assuming the name The Clark Family Experience.cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p454434|pure_url=yes |title=The Clark Family Experience Biography |accessdate=2007-12-27 |last=Wilson |first=MacKenzie |work= Allmusic
Curb Records signed The Clark Family Experience to a recording contract in 2001. The band also served as an opening act for severalcountry musicians, including Faith Hill and Tim McGraw . McGraw also co-produced The Clark Family Experience's self-titled debut album, which was issued in 2001 as well. The album produced a total of four singles on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard country music charts, including " Meanwhile Back at the Ranch ", which soon became a Top 20 hit on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts, as well as the thirteenth highest-selling single in the history of country music at the time. The album's second single, "Standin' Still", peaked at #36, while the third and fourth singles both failed to reach Top 40.
Bankruptcy
A year after the release of their debut album, The Clark Family Experience filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy .cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1455008/20020605/clark_family_experience.jhtml |title=Clark Family Experiences Bankruptcy |accessdate=2007-12-27 |date=2002-06-05 |work= Country Music Television|CMT The band owed more than $800,000 in debt to Curb, citing mismanagement and unfair contracts from the label as the reasons for their debt.cite web |url= http://www.tennessean.com/business/archives/03/08/38047098.shtml |title=Clark Family Experience cuts ties with Curb Records |accessdate=2007-12-27 |last=Naujeck |first=Jeanne A. |date=2003-08-22 |work=The TennesseeanDead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot
Curb then attempted to dismiss the Clark brothers' bankruptcies, claiming that the band was trying to exit its contract. In addition, the label tried to seek an injunction to keep the band from recording for any other label. By August 2003, the label had dropped the suit.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1477132/20030821/clark_family_experience.jhtml |title=Curb Drops Clark Family Suit |accessdate=2007-12-27 |date=2003-08-21 |work= Country Music Television|CMT The Clark Family Experience disbanded soon afterward. Adam, Ashley, and Austin reunited in 2008 as The Clark Brothers and won the TV competition The Next Great American Band that year. In 2009, this trio changed its name to Sons of Sylvia .
The Clark Family Experience (2000)
Infobox album | Italic title= No | Name = The Clark Family Experience | Type = studio | Artist = The Clark Family Experience | Cover = clarkfamilyexp.jpg | Released = start date|2000|08|20| Recorded = | Genre = Country | Length = | Label = Curb | Producer = Byron Gallimore and Tim McGraw
Track listing
#"Going Away" (Ashley Clark) - 3:51 #"Because" ( Keith Follesé , Dennis Matkosky) - 3:45 #"It'll Always Be You" (Don Sampson, Randy VanWarmer ) - 3:21 #"Standin' Still" ( RobinLee (singer)|Robin Lee Bruce , Christi Dannemiller, Camille Harrison) - 3:23 #"When I Look at You" (Alan Clark, Philip Douglas, Tony Marty) - 3:19 #"Tell Me What You Wanna Do" (Steve Bogard, Marv Green, Bill Luther) - 3:21 #" Meanwhile Back at the Ranch " ( Wayne Kirkpatrick , Gordon Kennedy (musician)|Gordon Kennedy ) - 2:59 #"Just Emily" (Bruce, Bill Decker) - 3:41 #"You Were Smilin'" ( Holly Lamar , Jess Leary) - 4:11 #"To Quote Shakespeare" (Greg Barnhill, Lamar) - 3:57
Personnel
The Clark Family Experience
Aaron Clark - bass guitar , upright bass , singing|vocals
Adam Clark - bass guitar, mandolin , electric guitar , vocals
A #ref_A| ^ "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" reached number 39 on the RPM (magazine)|RPM Country Tracks chart on November 6, 2000 when RPM ceased publication.
Music videos
Year
Video
2000
References
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