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Biography
Infobox comedian|name =Rodney Carrington|image =|imagesize =|caption =|pseudonym =|birth_name =Rodney Scott Carrington http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/gregg/vitals/births/1968/greggb68.txt|birth_date =birth date and age|1968|10|19|birth_place = Longview, Texas|Longview , Texascite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p294525/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Rodney Carrington biography|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|work= Allmusic |accessdate=2009-07-07|medium = Stand-up comedy|Stand-Up , television , radio |nationality = United States of America|American |active =1998-present|genre =Country Comedy|subject =|influences =|influenced =|spouse =|signature =|website = http://rodneycarrington.com rodneycarringtoncom|footnotes = Rodney Scott Carrington (born October 19, 1968, in Longview, Texas|Longview , Texas) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and country music artist. He has released six major-label studio albums and a greatest-hits package, on Mercury Records and Capitol Records . His comedy act typically combines stand-up comedy and original songs. Carrington has also starred in the sitcom Rodney (TV series)|Rodney and in the 2008 film Beer for My Horses (film)|Beer for My Horses .
Biography
Rodney Carrington lived in Longview,Texas, from 1988 to 1990. http://www.kilgore.edu/contentdetail.asp? ContentID=330 "ABC star Rodney Carrington to address KC students,"Kilgore College press release, retrieved December 19, 2008. Carrington worked as a comedian in local venues, gaining exposure through radio programs such as The Bob and Tom Show .
Major-label career
Carrington's first album, ''Hangin' with Rodney'', was released in 1998 via Mercury Records Nashville . This album, composed of both standup comedy and original songs, contained the non-charting single "Letter to My Penis" and peaked at #73 on Top Country Albums . He moved to Capitol Nashville for his next album, 2000's Morning Wood . It was his first Top 20 album, and it brought him to the singles charts for the first time with "More of a Man", which reached #71 on Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ). After it came the live album ''Live: C'mon Laugh You Bastards , which did not chart.
Carrington's third release for Capitol was 2003's Nut Sack . It included the single "Don't Look Now" which reached #60. A Greatest Hits package followed in 2004. This album comprised selections from his Capitol recordings on two discs: stand-up routines on one disc, and songs on the other. It also included his first non-comedy song, "Things We Didn't Know." Also in 2004, Carrington made his acting debut in Rodney (TV series)|Rodney , a sitcom based largely on his own life which aired on American Broadcasting Company|ABC for two seasons. He released King of the Mountains in 2007, and in 2008 he appeared in the film Beer for My Horses (film)|Beer for My Horses .
King of the Mountains contains his second serious song, "Angel Friend", a tribute to his best friend Barry Martin, who died suddenly in 2003.
El Niño Loco , his sixth Capitol album, was released in 2009. The latter album is composed entirely of songs, a first for Carrington.
Later in 2009, Carrington released his first Christmas album, Make It Christmas . The first single from the album, "Camouflage and Christmas Lights" became his first Top 40 country hit in December 2009.cite news| url= http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-24-rodney-carrington-Q& A_N.htm? loc=interstitialskip | work=USA Today
Personal life
Carrington lives in Bixby, Oklahoma , a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa . http://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/spot/article.aspx? articleID=20080808_282_D1_spancl185554 "Hollywood taught Bixby actor a big lesson," Tulsa World , August 8, 2008 He and his wife Terri have been married since September 25, 1993, and have three sons. http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/24/rodney-carringt/ "Rodney Carrington on his children: They're good boys", People (magazine)|People.com , September 24, 2007.
Discography
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''Hangin' with Rodney
Release date: June 2, 1998
Label: Universal Music Group Nashville|Mercury Nashville
http://rodneycarrington.musiccitynetworks.com Official Website
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Persondata | NAME = Carrington, Rodney | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = October 19, 1968 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Longview, Texas, US | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Carrington, Rodney Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:People from Longview, Texas Category:American comedy musicians Category:American country singers Category:American stand-up comedians Category:American television actors Category:Capitol Records artists Category:People from Bixby, Oklahoma
