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Groupe Country US formé en 1987 à Atlanta (Georgie) et composé de Danny
Shirley (né le 12 Août 1956 à Chattanooga (Tennessee)), Mark Dufresne, Wayne Secrest, Chris McDaniel (jusqu'en 1999), Michael
Lamb, Gates Nichols, Jimmy Dormire, Cody McCarver (entré en 1999).
Often
described as a cross between Alabama and
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Confederate Railroad made their name with a party-ready hybrid
of modern country and Southern rock, which also earned them comparisons to
Charlie Daniels and
Hank Williams, Jr. Their trashy,
roughneck wardrobe was a good indicator of their rowdy, tongue-in-cheek sense of
humor, but they were also able to balance that with a sincere sentimental streak.
Singer/guitarist Danny Shirley, lead guitarist Michael Lamb, steel guitarist
Gates Nichols, keyboardist Chris McDaniel, bassist Wayne Secrest, and drummer
Mark Dufresne got together in the early '80s and spent years playing the Atlanta
bar scene, eventually merging into a tight unit with original material. They
served as the house band at Miss Kitty's in Marietta, GA, for several years and
also worked as a backing band on the road behind
Johnny Paycheck and
David Allan Coe.
After around a decade of paying dues, Confederate Railroadfinally earned a shot
with Atlantic, and released their self-titled debut album in 1992. Lead single "She
Took It Like a Man" inched into the Top 40, but the record really took off with
the next two singles; "Jesus and Mama" and "Queen of Memphis" both shot into the
country Top Five. Fan favorite "Trashy Women" also made the Top Ten, and two
additional singles -- "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back" and "She
Never Cried" -- hit the Top 40. With such a large store of hits, Confederate
Railroad went double platinum. The band's 1994 follow-up, Notorious, also sold
over a million copies and spawned another Top Ten hit with "Daddy Never Was the
Cadillac Kind"; another concert favorite, "Elvis and Andy," made the Top 20.
The title track of 1995's When and Where proved to be their last significant hit
for a while, and guitarist Lamb left the band, to be replaced by Jimmy Dormire.
Arriving in 1998, Keep on Rockin'confirmed the band's downward commercial slide,
and keyboardist McDaniel eventually left as well; his replacement was Cody
McCarver. Confederate Railroad parted ways with Atlantic and signed with the
smaller Audium label for their next album, 2001's Unleashed, which spawned the
hit singles "That's What Brothers Do" and "She Treats Her Body Like a Temple."
The band continued to perform live, but it would be nearly five years before Confederate
Railroad would step back into the studio. The resulting Cheap Thrills, released
via Shanachie, found the group tackling 11 cover songs, the majority of which
were from Southern rock and country artists like Billie
Joe Shaver, Alan
Jackson, and Johnny
Paycheck. The band moved to E1 Music in 2010 and released its very first
concert album, Live: Back to the Barroom. Lucky to Be Alive, the group's seventh
studio long-player and first album in nine years, dropped in 2016 via Sony
Music.
http://www.confederaterailroad.net/
http://www.myspace.com/confederaterailroadmusic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Railroad
Talents : Danny Shirley : Lead Vocals, Guitar - Mark Dufresne : Drums - Wayne Secrest : Bass Guitar - Chris McDaniel : Keyboards - Michael Lamb : Lead Guitar - Gates Nichols : Steel Guitar - Cody McCarver : Keyboards
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Country Rock, Southern Rock, Traditional Country
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1982 | SP CROSSROADS 10382 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - Jack Daniels Haze / Local Legend |
| 1984 | SP AMOR DS 1001 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - Time Off For Bad Behavior / Closing Time |
| 06/1984 | SP AMOR DS 1002 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - Love And Let Love / Jack Daniels Daze |
| 10/1984 | SP AMOR DS 1004 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - Love And Let Love / Jack Daniels Haze |
| 1984 | SP AMOR DS 1005 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - Christmas Needs Love To Be Christmas (Danny Shirley & The Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church Youth Choir) / Christmas Needs Love To Be Christmas |
| 01/1985 | SP AMOR DS 1006 (US) (promo) | . | Danny SHIRLEY & PIANO RED - Yo Yo (The Right String, But The Wrong Yo Yo) / Yo Yo (The Right String, But The Wrong Yo Yo) |
| 1985 | SP AMOR AS 1008 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - The Ballad Of Whitwell Mine / The Ballad Of Whitwell Mine |
| 1986 | SP AMOR DS 1010 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - One For The Gipper / ? |
| 08/1987 | SP AMOR DS45-2001 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - Deep Down (Everybody Wants To Be From Dixie) / ? |
| 11/1987 | SP AMOR DS45-2002 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - Going To California / ? |
| 02/1988 | SP AMOR DS45-2004 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - I Make The Living (She Makes The Living Worthwhile) / ? |
| 1989 | SP AIRBORNE ABS 10018 (US) | . | Danny SHIRLEY - Sweet Lisa / ? |
| 12/1992 | CD ATLANTIC 7-87404 (US) |
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Queen Of Memphis / Jesus And Mama |
| 1992 | CD ATLANTIC 4469 (US) |
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She Took It Like A Man / ? |
| 05/1993 | CD ATLANTIC 7-87357 (US) |
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When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back / Trashy Women |
| 1993 | CD ATLANTIC ? (US) | . | She Never Cried / ? |
| 03/1994 | CD ATLANTIC 7-87273 (US) | . | Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind / Jesus And Mama |
| 06/1994 | CD ATLANTIC 7-87229 (US) | . | Elvis And Andy / Three Verses |
| 1994 | CD ATLANTIC 82505 (US) | . | Summer In Dixie / ? |
| 09/1995 | CD ATLANTIC 7-87104 (US) | . | Bill's Laundromat, Bar And Grill / When And Where |
| 1995 | CD ATLANTIC ? (US) | . | When And Where / ? |
| 1995 | CD ATLANTIC ? (US) | . | When He Was My Age / ? |
| 1996 | CD ATLANTIC ? (US) | . | See Ya / ? |
| 09/1998 | CD ATLANTIC 7-84193 (US) | . | Keep On Rockin' / Tween Sunday Morning And Saturday Night |
| 02/1999 | CD ATLANTIC 7-84441 (US) |
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I Hate Rap / The Big One |
| 04/1999 | CD ATLANTIC 7-84464 (US) | . | Cowboy Cadillac (LP version) / Cowboy Cadillac [dance mix] |
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Albums
| 1984 | LP 12" AMOR DS-1003 (US) |
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LOCAL LEGEND - Danny SHIRLEY - Time Off For Bad Behavior / Watching His Son Going Down / Love And Let Love / Whitwell Mine / Daddy's Honky Tonk / The Right String Baby, But The Wrong Yo-Yo (with William PERRYMAN) / Fractions / Jack Daniel's Daze / Closing Time / Fair To Partly Rowdy |
| 1990 | CD AMOR 2912CD (US) |
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I MAKE THE LIVING - Danny SHIRLEY - Deep Down / I Make The Living / Going To California / Live To Ride / Time Off For Bad Behavior / Jack Daniels Daze / Watching His Son Going Down / Whitwell Mine |
| 1990 | CD AMOR 2913CD (US) |
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FAR FROM OVER - Danny SHIRLEY - Sweet Lisa / Kankalee Line / I Don’t Have The Heart / Redman / Pinball / Far From Over / Home To Mama / Southbound |
| 04/1992 | CD ATLANTIC 82335-2 (US) |
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CONFEDERATE RAILROAD - She Took It Like A Man / Long Gone / Jesus And Mama / Time Off For Bad Behavior / She Never Cried / Black Label, White Lies / When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back / Queen Of Memphis / You Don't Know What It's Like / Trashy Women |
| 03/1994 | CD ATLANTIC 82505-2 (US) |
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NOTORIOUS - Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind / Summer In Dixie / I Am Just A Rebel / Elvis And Andy / Notorious / Redneck Romeo / Hunger Pains / Roll The Dice / Move Over Madonna / Three Verses |
| 06/1995 | CD ATLANTIC 82774-2 (US) |
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WHEN AND WHERE - When And Where / Right Track Wrong Train / Toss A Little Bone / When He Was My Age / Bill's Laudromat, Bar And Grill / All I Want / See Ya / Sounds Of Home / Oh No / My Baby's Lovin' |
| 06/1996 | CD ATLANTIC 82911-2 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Queen Of Memphis / Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind / The One You Love The Most / See Ya / When And Where / Elvis & Andy / Jesus & Mama / Finish What You Started / When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back / Trashy Women |
| 10/1998 | CD ATLANTIC 83024 (US) |
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KEEP ON ROCKIN' - Keep On Rockin' / I Hate Rap / Sunday Morning And Saturday Night / I Don't Want To Hang Out With Me / Bible And A Bus Ticket Home / Good Ol' Boy (Gettin' Tough) / Cowboy Cadillac / Big One / Momma Ain't Home Tonight / Simple Man |
| 08/2000 | CD WARNER BROS. / WEA 83207 (US) |
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ROCKIN' COUNTRY PARTY PACK - I'm Just A Rebel / She Took It Like A Man / When And Where / When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back / Bill's Laundromat, Bar And Grill / Big One / Queen Of Memphis [club mix] / Toss A Little Bone [party mix] / I Hate Rap / Jesus And Mama / Elvis And Andy / Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind / Tonight Is Mine / She Never Cried / Trashy Women [club mix] |
| 08/2001 | CD AUDIUM 8137 (US) |
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UNLEASHED - Still One Outlaw Left / What Brothers Do / She Treats Her Body Like A Temple / I'm Diggin' It / White Trash With Money / Wasted Time / The "R" Word / Borrowed Time / Between The Rainbows And The Rain / Thick As Thieves |
| 06/2002 | CD RHINO 76062 (US) |
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THE ESSENTIALS - Queen Of Memphis / Jesus And Mama / Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind / Trashy Women / When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back / Elvis And Andy / When And Where / Bill's Laundromat, Bar And Grill / Summer In Dixie / See Ya / She Took It Like A Man / More Over Madonna |
| 10/2003 | CD RHINO 78401 (US) |
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COUNTRY CLASSICS - Queen Of Memphis / Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind / Elvis And Andy / Summer In Dixie / See Ya / She Never Cried / When And Where / Trashy Women / Move Over Madonna / Roll The Dice |
| 2005 | 2 CD DANNY SHIRLEY 116005.07 (US) |
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DANNY SHIRLEY - The Pyramid Collection / Time Off For Bad Behavior / Watching His Son Going Down / Love And Let Love / Whitwell Mine / Daddy’s Honky Tonk / Yo-Yo (with William PERRYMAN) / Fractions / Jack Daniels Daze / Closing Time / Fair To Partly Rowdy / Crossroads / Local Legend / Deep Down / I Make The Living / Going To California / Live To Ride / Sweet Lisa / Kankalee Line / I Don’t Have The Heart / Redman / Pinball / Far From Over / Home To Mama / Southbound |
| 04/2007 | CD SHANACHIE 6203 (US) |
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CHEAP THRILLS - 11 Months & 29 Days / Hard Livin' / Don't Rock The Jukebox / Whiskey On Ice / Cheap Thrills / Georgia On A Fast Train / Honky Tonk Heroes / Trudy / Please Come To Boston / New Way To Light Up An Old Flame / I Know A Little |
| 05/2008 | CD RHINO 451580 (US) |
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THE VERY BEST OF CONFEDERATE RAILROAD - Queen Of Memphis / Notorious / Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind / Elvis And Andy / Trashy Women / Jesus And Mama / She Never Cried / What Brothers Do / She Treats Her Body Like A Temple / Summer In Dixie / Bill's Laundromat, Bar And Grill / When And Where / See Ya / I Hate Rap / The Big One / She Took It Like A Man / When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back / White Trash With Money |
| 06/2010 | CD DANNY SHIRLEY / E1 MUSIC CD 2309 (US) |
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LIVE - BACK TO THE BARROOM - Queen Of Memphis / Elvis And Andy / When You Leave That Way / When And Where / She Took It Like A Man / Jesus And Mama / Bill’s Laundromat, Bar & Grill / Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind / White Trash With Money / That’s What Brothers Do / B B Gun / Trashy Women |
| 07/2016 | CD BFD / Red River BFD 065 (US) |
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Lucky To Be Alive - Lucky To Be Alive / Played The Game / If I Ever Cross That Line / The Man I Am Today / Trashy Women (20th Anniversary) / Somebody Like You / Goodbye Song / Whiskey And Women / Fast Cars, Guitars And Fine Tuned Women / I'm Not Fallin' For That / Psycho Bitch From Hell / Don't Feel As Young As I Used To |
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