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Chris McHugh (born 1964) is an American musician from Camden, NJ. He began his career as the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart [1] from 1986 to 1989. McHugh toured and played as a session drummer with artists such as Aaron Neville, Peter Frampton, Jewel (singer), Alabama (band) Kenny Rogers, LeAnn Rimes, Brooks & Dunn and numerous others. His recording credits span over 40 years with 93 platinum and 15 gold certifications. Cited: Credits, Muso
Chris McHugh is on the Nashville "A" list of session drummers with over 3200 credits, 24 billion streams and has played live on several genres with country and pop artists of the music industry. He has toured with Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith,and Garth Brooks. McHugh has toured as Music Director/drummer for Keith Urban and has been the session drummer for seven of Urban's studio albums.
“The craftsman part of being a songwriter that is gonna put a fully succinct idea, that has a repetitive lyric, that pulls the listener in, and wants them to hear those lines again, that’s a real art form. The parameter creates art, in itself.”- (2023) McHugh on songwriting, Ten Year Town Podcast
McHugh’s live TV performances include: Grammy Award shows, Golden Globes, SNL, Super Bowl pregame, The Today show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Country Music Awards [ disambiguation needed ] and many more.
Platinum Hits:
•“Never say Never”- Cole Swindell
•“Leave the night on.”- Sam Hunt
•”South bound” “Heartbeat” “Cowboy Casanova” “Just a dream” “Blown away” “Church bells” “Cry pretty” “Two black Cadillacs” “Good Girl” “Little Toy Guns” “Something in the Water” “See you again” “I told you so” “Undo it”- Carrie Underwood
•“God gave me you.” And “She wouldn’t be gone.”-Blake Shelton
•“Somebody like You” “Long hot summer” “Cop Car”- Keith Urban
• “We are tonight” “Don’t it.” “Do I make you wanna” “Hey girl” “It don’t hurt like it used to”-Billy Currington
• “Wasting all these tears”- Cassadee Pope
• “Easy” “What hurts the most.” “Life is Highway” “My wish”-Rascal Flatts
• “Bottoms up”- Brantley Gilbert
• “Cool anymore”- Julia Michaels & Jordan Davis (singer)
• “Boondocks” - Little Big Town
• “Dancing on the ceiling” - Lionel Richie Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts was an American country music group founded in 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee. The group consisted of Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney. DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousin, a brother-in-law of country music singer James Otto, and was previously a member of the contemporary Christian music duo East to West. LeVox and DeMarcus are both natives of Columbus, Ohio.
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2005.
Christopher Marsh Lindsey is a Grammy nominated American country music songwriter and record producer. He has created major hits for Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney, Kellie Pickler, Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Lonestar, and many others. Lindsey has over 250 commercial recordings of his songs selling 90 Million records and counting.
Dann Lee Huff is an American record producer, studio musician and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the Musician of the Year award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award in 2006 and 2009 at the Academy of Country Music. He is the father of American singer and songwriter Ashlyne Huff a member of Giant and White Heart and brother of drummer David Huff.
Jeffrey LeVasseur, known as Jeffrey Steele, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with recording his own material, Steele has become a prolific Nashville songwriter, having co-written more than 60 hit songs for such artists as Montgomery Gentry, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Rascal Flatts, Billy Ray Cyrus, and others.
Chris Rodriguez is an American guitarist, who got his big break in contemporary Christian music, then moving on to play for various secular artists. He is also a singer/songwriter.
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 2008.
James Thomas Slater is a two-time Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter based in Nashville. He has written several hit songs of American popular music.
Y2Kountry is a hits-oriented country radio channel on Sirius XM Radio 57 and Dish Network 605, which centers on the 2000s and the 2010s (2000-2019). The channel is also available through the Sirius XM internet service, and through its app through iPad, iPhone and Android devices. Y2Kountry debuted on July 17, 2014, originally, as a country channel centered on the late 1990s, the 2000s, and the early 2010s (1997-2012). It pre-empted former Sirius XM Pops and Sirius XM's sister channel The Highway.
Shannon Forrest is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. As a session drummer, he has contributed to the work of many well-known artists, and he is also a producer and engineer. Additionally, he was the touring drummer of Toto from 2014 to 2019.
Michael Rhodes was an American bass player, known for his session work and touring in support of other artists, and his collaborations in bands and ensembles.
Steven Jay Nathan is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in Muscle Shoals and Nashville studios.
Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer.
Kenneth S. Greenberg is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician. He is known for bringing a rock-and-roll sensibility to Nashville recording sessions.
Greg Morrow is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, mixing engineer, and vocalist.
Jonathan Yudkin is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a proficient player of banjo, violin, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. He is a Nashville-based session musician, record producer, arranger, and band leader.
Paul William Leim is an American drummer and recording session musician based in Nashville.