Straight Clean & Simple

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Straight Clean & Simple
Origin Canada
Genres Country
Years active1990-1995
LabelsHillcrest
Past membersLarry Lee Vannatta
Marina Vannatta
John Jackson
Ted J. Lloyd
Bob Macgillivray
Darcy Watmough

Straight Clean & Simple was a Canadian country music group. They were nominated for Best Country Group or Duo at the Juno Awards in 1992 and 1993. [1] Their 1994 single "Hillbilly Jane" reached the Top 20 of the RPM Country Tracks chart. [2]

Contents

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumLabel
1990Second to NoneHillcrest
1992Iron Lady
1995Dead Horse Lake

Singles

YearSingleCAN CountryAlbum
1990"Don't Worry About Me"58Iron Lady
"Every Goodbye Means Hello"43
1992"What You Get-Is What You See"58
1993"Country Junkie"65Dead Horse Lake
1994"Raised on Country"60
"Hillbilly Jane"15
1995"Midnight Special"61
"Til the River Runs Dry"30

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References

  1. Juno Awards Database
  2. "RPM Country Tracks for November 28, 1994". RPM . Retrieved 26 September 2010.