About Confederate Railroad
Confederate Railroad is an American country rock band founded in 1987 in Marietta, Georgia, by Danny Shirley , Michael Lamb , Mark Dufresne , Chris McDaniel , Warren "Gates" Nichols , and Wayne Secrest . After serving as a backing band for outlaw country acts David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck, the band signed to a recording contract with Atlantic Records, releasing their self-titled debut album that year. In the 1990s, they released four more albums for Atlantic.
Confederate Railroad has released six studio albums. In addition, 18 of their singles have entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
The band's most recent studio album, Lucky to Be Alive, was issued on the D&B Masterworks label on July 15, 2016. The band released their first live album, Confederate Railroad Live: Back to the Barrooms, on the E1 Music label on June 15, 2010.
Confederate Railroad was founded in 1987 by Danny Shirley, Michael Lamb, Gates Nichols , Chris McDaniel, Wayne Secrest , and Mark Dufresne. The six members began playing at bars in and around Atlanta, Georgia, and Augusta, Georgia. Over time, they also worked as a road band for David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck. Shirley had previously been signed to the Amor record label as a solo singer, charting five times on the country charts between 1984 and 1988.
After several years in the Atlanta area, the band signed with Atlantic Records in 1992 and released its self-titled debut album. The album produced six hit singles and was certified 2× Platinum in the U.S. In 1993, Confederate Railroad was awarded Best New Group at the ACM awards. In order of release, these singles were "She Took It Like a Man," "Jesus and Mama," "Queen of Memphis," "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back," "Trashy Women," and "She Never Cried."
Notorious was the band's second album. Released in 1994, it was certified platinum as well. The album was led off by the no. 9 "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind," followed by the no. 20 "Elvis and Andy," and finally "Summer in Dixie," which failed to make Top 40. Also in 1994, Shirley and Mark Collie co-wrote and sang guest vocals on Billy Ray Cyrus's "Redneck Heaven," an album cut from his 1994 disc Storm in the Heartland.
One year later, the band released its third album, 1995's When and Where. This album failed to sell as well as its predecessors, and was less successful on the charts as well. Lead-off single "When and Where" reached No. 24, while the other three singles – "Bill's Laundromat, Bar and Grill," "When He Was My Age," and "See Ya" all failed to reach Top 40. A Greatest Hits package followed in 1996.
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