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Infobox musical artist | name = The Tractors| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = Oklahoma , United States | genre = country music|Country | years_active = 1988-present| label = Arista Nashville , Audium Entertainment|Audium , Boy Rocking| associated_acts = Bonnie Raitt | website = http://thetractors.com| current_members = Steve Ripley | past_members = Ron Getman Jamie Oldaker Walt Richmond Casey van Beek The Tractors is an United States|American country rock band composed of a loosely associated group of musicians, headed by guitarist Steve Ripley . Under the band's original lineup, The Tractors was signed to Arista Records in 1994, releasing their self-titled debut album that year; the album went on to become the highest-selling country album of 1994, even though it only produced one Top 40 hit on the Billboard country charts. To date, the band has followed up with five more albums.
Since their foundation, most of the band's original members have moved on to separate projects, although they often collaborate with frontman Ripley on The Tractors' more recent recordings. Ripley is the only official member of the group; he has stated that The Tractors is more of a "state of mind", and the band contains a largely undefined cast of unofficial contributors.
Biography
The Tractors were formed in 1988, http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp? xid=807 Country Standard Time: The Tractors, November 1998 with the original lineup comprising Ron Getman ( electric guitar , slide guitar ), Jamie Oldaker ( Drum kit|drums ), Walt Richmond ( bass (vocal range)|bass vocals, keyboard instrument|keyboards ), Steve Ripley (guitar, Singing|lead vocals ), and Casey van Beek ( bass guitar , baritone vocals).Allmusic|class=artist|id=p44753/biography|pure_url=yes The Tractors bio All five members had previously been backing musicians for other notable artists, including Eric Clapton , Bonnie Raitt , Linda Ronstadt , and Leonard Cohen . Oldaker had also worked with Bob Seger and Eric Clapton . http://jamieoldaker.com/past/ Welcome to the official site of Jamie Oldaker
By 1990, the group was signed to Arista Records , a newly-formed record label based in Nashville, Tennessee . In 1994, the group released its self-titled debut album. The album, which produced the single "Baby Likes to Rock It", soon became the fastest-selling debut album from a country group to go platinum; it also became the top-selling country music album of 1994. http://www.thetractors.com/bios.php The Tractors - bio, page 1 http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_tractors_fresh_breeze/ The Tractors: A Fresh Breeze from Tulsa That album was soon followed by a Christmas album called Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas .
The group's true follow-up, Farmers in a Changing World , was released in 1998. http://www.thetractors.com/bios2.php The Tractors - bio, page 2 The band's members, except for Ripley, soon departed for other projects, although they and Ripley remained close friends, and made cameo appearances on subsequent albums. http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp? xid=808 Country Standard Time: The Tractors stay on track Ripley, along with several other musicians, released the next Tractors album, Fast Girl , on Audium Entertainment in 2001. After Fast Girl , the Tractors left Audium as well, and soon formed its own label, Boy Rocking Records. In 2009 "Trade Union" was released on E1.
Sound
The Tractors achieved their distinctive sound in several ways, most notably from the use of only one microphone, or recording a song in only one take. Ripley often constructs guitars and cords for use in the band.
Discography
Albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of music recording sales certifications
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The Tractors
Release date: August 2, 1994
Label: Arista Nashville
Recording Industry Association of America|US : 2× Platinum
Canadian Recording Industry Association|CAN : 2× Platinum
A #ref_A| ^ Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas was re-released in 2002 as Tractors Christmas
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
US Country cite web
CAN Country cite web
1994
11
8
The Tractors
1995
50
28
"Badly Bent"
1998
57
61
Farmers in a Changing World
"I Wouldn't Tell You No Lie"
2001
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Fast Girl
"The Big Night"
"Fast Girl"
2002
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other charted songs
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
US Country
US
1995
41
91
Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas
"Santa Claus Is Comin' (In a Boogie Woogie Choo-Choo Train)"
1996
63
—
1997
75
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Stone Country: Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones
1998
65
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Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
1994
Michael Salomon
"The Santa Claus Boogie"
1995
Michael Oblowitz
"Badly Bent"
"Santa Claus Is Comin' (In a Boogie Woogie Choo-Choo Train)"
1997
1998
Michael Oblowitz
2001
References
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External links
http://thetractors.com Official website of The Tractors and Boy Rocking Records
myspace|thetractors|The Tractors
http://www.amazon.com/The-Tractors/e/B000AQ3AJ2/ref=ntt_mus_dp_pel The Tractors albums on Amazon.com
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