Chanteur Country US né le 21 décembre 1956 à Abilene (Texas).
Part of a
long line of Texas roots-music eclectics, Lee Roy Parnell's music was a blend of
hardcore honky tonk, barroom rock & roll, blues, boogie, Western swing, blue-eyed
soul, and occasional gospel. Unlike many other hard-to-pigeonhole artists,
Parnell actually enjoyed a run of success on the country charts in the early
'90s. He was born in Abilene, TX, on December 21, 1956, and grew up on his
parents' ranch; his father had toured with a teenage
Bob Wills in traveling medicine shows,
and his first public performance came on
Wills' radio show at age six. As a teenager, he played drums in a local band
and soon picked up guitar as well, eventually concentrating on slide playing. He
joined Kinky Friedman's Texas
Jewboys in his late teens and moved to Austin in 1974 to join the city's budding
music scene.
Parnell spent over a decade playing clubs in Austin, Houston, and Dallas/Fort
Worth, honing his style and songwriting; he also married and held down a day job
in radio. He moved to Nashville in 1987 and quickly landed a publishing contract
and a regular spot at the famed Bluebird Café. He signed to Arista's Nashville
division in 1989 and the next year released his self-titled debut album, a
collection of horn-driven country-soul. It received good reviews but didn't
break him commercially; that would happen with 1992's Love Without Mercy,
which mostly dispensed with the horns and emphasized Parnell's slide guitar. "What
Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" and "Tender Moment" both went to number two on
the country charts, and the title track also made the Top Ten. 1993's On the
Road produced two more Top Tens in its title track and "I'm Holding My Own,"
and his duet with Ronnie Dunn (of Brooks
& Dunn) on Hank Williams' "Take
These Chains From My Heart" made the Top 20. 1995's We All Get Lucky
Sometimes found Parnell tailoring his sound to country radio a bit more and
featured duets with Trisha Yearwood,
Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Tex-Mex
accordionist Flaco Jimenez. It also spawned two Top Five hits in "A Little Bit
of You" and "Heart's Desire." However, 1997's commercially disappointing
Every Night's a Saturday Night proved to be Parnell's last new album for
Arista, which issued the compilation Hits and Highways Ahead in 1999 to
coincide with his departure. Parnell next wound up on the rootsy Vanguard label,
debuting for them with 2001's Tell the Truth. He returned to the studio
in 2006 with Back to the Well.
Talents : Singer, Songwriter, Guitar, Slide Guitar
Style musical : Country Rock, Country-Blues, Contemporary Country, Western Swing Revival
IF THE HOUSE IS ROCKIN'
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHIE
Singles
| 1990 | SP ARISTA 2028 (US) | Oughta Be A Law / Crocodile Tears |
| 1990 | SP ARISTA ? (US) | Crocodile Tears |
| 1990 | SP ARISTA 2093 (US) | Family Tree |
| 1992 | CD ARISTA 12400 (US) | The Rock |
| 1992 | CD ARISTA 12431 (US) | What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am |
| 1992 | CD ARISTA 12462 (US) | Love Without Mercy |
| 02/1993 | CD ARISTA 12523 (US) |
Tender
Moment
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| 1993 | CD ARISTA 12588 (US) | On The Road |
| 12/1993 | CD ARISTA 12642 (US) | I'm Holding My Own |
| 05/1994 | CD ARISTA 12695 (US) | Take These Chains From My Heart |
| 1994 | CD ARISTA 12747 (US) | The Power Of Love |
| 1995 | CD CAREER 12823 (US) | A Little Bit Of You |
| 1995 | CD CAREER 12862 (US) | When A Woman Loves A Man |
| 1995 | CD CAREER 1-2952 (US) | Heart's Desire |
| 1996 | CD CAREER 503 (US) | Givin' Water To A Drowning Man |
| 1996 | CD CAREER 13044 (US) | We All Get Lucky Sometimes |
| 1996 | CD ARISTA ? (US) | Please Come Home For Christmas |
| 1997 | CD CAREER ? (US) | Please Come Home For Christmas |
| 03/1997 | CD CAREER 13078 (US) | Lucky Me, Lucky You |
| 08/1997 | CD CAREER 13079 (US) | You Can't Get There From Here |
| 1998 | CD ARISTA 13098 (US) | All That Matters Anymore |
| 1999 | CD ARISTA ? (US) | She Won't Be Lonely Long |
Albums
| 04/1990 | LP12" ARISTA AL-8625 (US) |
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LEE ROY PARNELL - Oughta Be A Law / Fifty-Fifty Love / Where Is My Baby Tonight / Crocodile Tears / Family Tree / Let's Pretend / You're Taking Too Long / Mexican Money / Down Deep / Red Hot |
| 04/1992 | CD ARISTA 07822-18674-2 (US) |
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LOVE WITHOUT MERCY - What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am / Back In My Arms Again / Rock / Ain't No Short Way Home / Love Without Mercy / Road Scholar / Night After Night / Done Deal / Tender Moment / Roller Coaster |
| 10/1993 | CD ARISTA 07822-18739-2 (US) |
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ON THE ROAD - On The Road / Country Down To My Soul / Power Of Love / I'm Holding My Own / They Don't Know You / Straight Shooter / Take These Chains From My Heart / Wasted Time / Straight And Narrow / Fresh Coat Of Paint |
| 08/1995 | CD CAREER 07822-18790-2 (US) |
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WE ALL GOT LUCKY SOMETIMES - Little Bit Of You / Knock Yourself Out / Heart's Desire / When A Woman Loves A Man / If The House Is Rockin' / We All Get Lucky Sometimes / Saved By The Grace Of Your Love / Givin' Water To A Drowning Man / I Had To Let It Go / Squeeze Me In / Cat Walk |
| 06/1997 | CD CAREER 07822-18841-2 (US) |
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EVERY NIGHT'S A SATURDAY NIGHT - Lucky Me Lucky You / You Can't Get There From Here / One Foot In Front Of The Other / All That Matters Anymore / Every Night's A Saturday Night / Tender Touch / Better Word For Love / Honky Tonk Night Time Man / Baton Rouge / Mama Screw Your Wig On Tight |
| 08/1999 | CD ARISTA 07822-18889-2 (US) |
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HITS AND HIGHWAYS AHEAD - She Won't Be Lonely Long / Heart's Desire / Love Without Mercy / On The Road / Long Way To Fall / Little Bit Of You / I'm Holding My Own / What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am / When A Woman Loves A Man / Tender Moment / If The House Is Rockin' / John The Revelator |
| 06/2001 | CD VANGUARD 79589 (US) |
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TELL THE TRUTH - Right Where It Hurts / Crossin' Over / Breaking Down Slow / South By Southwest / Tell The Truth / I Declare / Brand New Feeling / Guardian Angel / Takes What It Takes / Love's Been Rough On Me |
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