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Infobox musical artist | name = Hot Apple Pie| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = USA | genre = Country music|Country | years_active = 2002–2008| label = DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks Nashville , Universal Music Group Nashville|MCA Nashville | associated_acts = Little Texas | past_members = Keith Horne Trey Landry Mark Matejka|Mark "Sparky" Matejka Kevin Ray Brady Seals Hot Apple Pie was an American country music band founded in 2002 by Brady Seals ( lead vocals ), Keith Horne ( bass guitar ), Trey Landry ( Drum kit|drums ), and Mark "Sparky" Matejka ( guitar ). Matjeka was replaced in 2006 by Kevin Ray. Seals was initially co-lead vocalist and keyboard instrument|keyboardist in the band Little Texas until 1997. Between then and 2002, he recorded three studio albums, including two for Warner Bros. Records . Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 2005, Hot Apple Pie released its Hot Apple Pie (album)|self-titled debut album that year. This album produced three chart singles on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the #26-peaking "Hillbillies."
History
Brady Seals was a keyboard instrument|keyboardist and co-lead vocalist (alongside Tim Rushlow ) in the country band Little Texas until 1997, when he left in pursuit of a solo career.cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p702108/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Hot Apple Pie biography |accessdate=2008-04-04 |last=Monger |first=James Christopher |work= Allmusic Between then and the early 2000s, Seals recorded three albums, and charted six singles on the country charts.
After deciding that his solo career was not proving successful, Seals opted to form a second band. Guitarist Mark Matejka|Mark "Sparky" Matejka and drummer Trey Landry, both of whom had backed Seals during his solo career, were recruited, with bass guitarist Keith Horne completing the lineup.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1505443/hot-apple-pie-leaves-the-oven.jhtml |title=Hot Apple Pie Leaves the Oven |accessdate=2008-04-04 |last=Morris |first=Edward |work= Country Music Television These three musicians all had experience prior to the band's foundation. Matejka had played for Sons of the Desert (band)|Sons of the Desert and Charlie Daniels ; Landry, for Rodney Crowell and Suzy Bogguss ; and Horne, for Waylon Jennings .
First album
In 2005, Hot Apple Pie signed to DreamWorks Records ' Nashville division. That year, they released its debut album, also entitled Hot Apple Pie (album)|Hot Apple Pie . It produced three singles, all of which charted on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Hillbillies", "We're Makin' Up" and "Easy Does It."cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=194|isbn=0-89820-177-2|accessdate=1 March 2010 Due to the dissolution of DreamWorks Records in late 2005, these latter two singles were issued on MCA Nashville . The band exited this label in 2006, the same year that Matejka left to join the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd .cite web |url= http://www.therockradio.com/2006/06/lynyrd-skynyrd-hope-to-team-up-with.html |title=Lynyrd Skynyrd hope to team up with George Jones |accessdate=2008-04-04 |date=2006-06-14 |work=The Rock Radio Kevin Ray took Matjeka's place in 2006. Seals released another solo album in mid-2009.
reflist Category:American country music groups Category:DreamWorks Records artists Category:Musical quartets Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2008
