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Biography

John Rich (born January 7, 1974) is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar , in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After being fired from the band in 1998, he embarked on a solo career on BNA Records in the late 1990s, releasing two singles for the label and recording Underneath the Same Moon , which was not released until 2006. By 2003, he joined Big Kenny to form the duo Big & Rich , who released three albums on Warner Bros. Records as well as ten singles, including the Number One " Lost in This Moment ". After Big & Rich went on hiatus in 2007, Rich began work on a second solo album, Son of a Preacher Man (album)|Son of a Preacher Man , which has produced two more chart singles. In 2011, Rich released two Extended Play s, Rich Rocks and For the Kids (Extended Play)|For the Kids before rejoining Big Kenny to release the single Fake I.D. In addition to his work in Big & Rich, John has co-written singles for multiple artists, including Faith Hill , Keith Anderson , Jason Aldean and Gretchen Wilson , as well as producing records for several other artists.

Music career

Before Big & Rich

John Rich graduated from Dickson County Senior High in Dickson, Tennessee and after graduation moved to Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville where he worked at Opryland USA singing. He wanted to be a professional team roper though. Not long after he met up with the group Texasee, which eventually changed its name to Lonestar . While in Lonestar, Rich was the bass guitar ist and, on some occasions, the lead singer (one of the band's singles, "Heartbroke Every Day," featured his lead vocals). Rich also co-wrote two of the band's singles: " Come Cryin' to Me " and " Say When (song)|Say When ", the former being a number-one single for the group. In January 1998, Rich was fired from Lonestar. Afterward, Rich became a solo artist with BNA Records , the same label to which Lonestar was signed. He charted two singles for the label, and recorded an album which did not see release until 2006.

In Big & Rich

Rich joined Big Kenny in 2002 to form the duo Big & Rich . The duo recorded three studio albums for Warner Bros. Records : Horse of a Different Color (Big & Rich album)|Horse of a Different Color , '' Comin' to Your City and Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace '', in 2004, 2005 and 2007 respectively. These albums accounted for ten singles on the country charts, including the Number One " Lost in This Moment ". Rich also co-wrote all of the duo's singles, primarily with Big Kenny. In the wake of Big & Rich's success, his 1999 solo album Underneath the Same Moon was issued via BNA, coinciding with the release of Big Kenny's previously-unreleased solo album Live a Little (Big Kenny album)|Live a Little .

Work for other artists

During Big & Rich's success, Rich also worked as a songwriter and producer for other artists. His work included production for Gretchen Wilson , Keith Anderson , Jewel (musician)|Jewel and John Anderson (musician)|John Anderson . In the same time span, he co-wrote multiple singles for other artists, including the Number One hits " Redneck Woman " for Gretchen Wilson, " Mississippi Girl " for Faith Hill and " Why (Jason Aldean song)|Why " for Jason Aldean .

In 2011 John Rich lent his voice to Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society on the song Darkest Days for Zakks "The Song Remains Not the Same" compilation.

Son of a Preacher Man

In January 2009, Rich released his third solo single on Warner Bros. Records. The song, "Another You", is the lead-off single to Rich's second studio album, Son of a Preacher Man (album)|Son of a Preacher Man , which was released on March 24, 2009. He followed this song up with another single, " Shuttin' Detroit Down ", recorded only one week before its release in January 2009. Rich promoted the song, which addresses the Chrysler and General Motors bailouts, at Michigan radio stations. The song debuted at #34 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the chart week of February 14, 2009, becoming his first solo Top 40 hit and peaking at #12 in April. A third single, "The Good Lord and the Man", debuted at #59 on the country chart and peaked at #56 in July 2009.

Rich Rocks and For the Kids

Both Rich Rocks and For the Kids (Extended Play)|For the Kids have only produced one single between them. Country Done Come to Town was released as a single from Rich Rocks in mid-2010 and was a minor chart success.

Television work

In 2007, Rich hosted the first season of a reality show on Country Music Television called Gone Country (television series)|Gone Country , which featured celebrities such as Brady Bunch actress Maureen McCormick , singers Bobby Brown , Sisqo , Julio Iglesias Jr. , Dee Snider , Carnie Wilson and American Idol runner-up Diana DeGarmo as they try to become songwriters with the help of Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville songwriters as the celebrities are paired together with the songwriters. The show was filmed at the former home of Barbara Mandrell . He has hosted two more seasons since then.

Rich also served as a judge on the 2008 version of Nashville Star on NBC along with Jewel (singer)|Jewel , singer-songwriter Jeffrey Steele , and host Billy Ray Cyrus .

Rich was a candidate in the 2011 season of The Apprentice (U.S. season 11)|The Celebrity Apprentice , which premiered on March 6. In episode 5, he lost as Project Manager for the men's team, Backbone. Despite the first loss, he later won 2 more tasks as Project Manager, raising $1,261,908 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital . Rich competed with Marlee Matlin in the live season finale, where he was declared the season winner, and received an additional $250,000 for his charity.

Personal life

John Rich and his wife, Joan, married on December 6, 2008. They have two sons, Cash and Colt.

Political activism

Rich originally supported Fred Thompson , in the 2008 presidential race. He later released a campaign song on his website in support of presidential candidate John McCain in August 2008 called "Raisin' McCain". He performed in the closing ceremony of the Republican National Convention on September 3, 2008. He endorsed the Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in the New York's 23rd congressional district special election, 2009|special congressional election in Northern New York in 2009. In 2010 he endorsed Zach Wamp for Governor of Tennessee and hosted parties at his Nashville home for Congressman Wamp. http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/john-rich-endorses-zach-wamp-governor

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	US Country cite web	US cite web
Underneath the Same Moon Release date: March 14, 2006 Label: BNA Records Formats: Compact disc\|CD , music download
Son of a Preacher Man Release date: March 24, 2009 Label: Warner Bros. Nashville Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	US Country cite web	US Kids cite web
Rich Rocks Release date: May 17, 2011 Label: Reprise Records\|Reprise Nashville Formats: CD, music download
For the Kids Release date: May 17, 2011 Label: Reprise Nashville Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
Year	Single	US Country cite web	US cite web	CAN cite web	Album
1999	53	—	—	Underneath the Same Moon
2000	46	—	—	Non-album song
2009	45	—	—	Son of a Preacher Man
	" Shuttin' Detroit Down "
	"The Good Lord and the Man"
2010	34	—	—	Rich Rocks
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

^A "I Pray for You" also peaked at number 63 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Featured singles

Year	Single	Artist	\| Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	Artist	US Country	Album
2007	Gretchen Wilson	32	One of the Boys (Gretchen Wilson album)

Videography

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1999	Shaun Silva
2009	Deaton-Flanigen Productions
2009		"Shuttin' Detroit Down"
2010

Guest appearances

Year	Title	Director
2007	Deaton-Flanigen Productions, Marc Oswald

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