Cross Canadian Ragweed

Cross Canadian Ragweed was an American country band.

  • 2.1 albums
  • 2.2 Singles

History

Beginnings (1994-2002)

The group Cross Canadian Ragweed founded in 1994 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The band's name is a combination of the different names of the band members: Cody Canada, Randy Ragsdale and Grady Cross are all represented with their family name. The name of the bassist Matt Wiedmann other hand, was not represented. He was eventually replaced by Jeremy Plato. Her first two albums Carney and Highway 377 published the four young musicians at the label Smith Music Group. While these remained largely unnoticed and the charts could not reach them succeeded in 2002 with the release of her new album Cross Canadian Ragweed a first moderate success. The CD, which was first published when only a year earlier launched Universal South Records, could achieve space 70 of the country album charts.

Success (2004-2009)

But your final breakthrough in the country scene they succeeded with their fourth studio album Soul Gravy, with whom she made ​​it to the top regions of the genre charts and first in the Billboard 200. With a Bestplatzierung from 5th in the country album charts, it was also the most successful work of the group. These successes could confirm with the successor works garage (2005) and Mission California ( 2007). In 2009, her title Boys from Oklahoma was included on the soundtrack of the movie Leaves of Grass with Edward Norton. In the same year the band released the album Happiness and All the Other Things, which she officially the recently deceased longtime manager Willie Nelson, Randall " Poodie " Locke devoted.

End of the band (2010)

The band gave him its September 2010 resolution known. Your last joint appearance was on 24 October 2009. Already some time ago, there had been rumors of internal disputes, after the band had previously announced a break. In March 2012, Cody Canada admitted that tensions between the band members as well as the private life of the musicians were decisive for the separation. While Jeremy Plato and Cody Canada after their time at Cross Canadian Ragweed with other country musicians the band The Departed founded, the other two band members went their separate ways since then definitively. The Departed released his first album in June 2011. Last Canada was in December 2011 along with Stoney LaRue on tour. To date, Cross Canadian Ragweed has sold over a million records.

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • 2002: 17
  • 2003: Constantly
  • 2004: Sick and Tired
  • 2004: Alabama
  • 2005: Fightin 'For
  • 2006: This Time Around
  • 2006: Late Last Night
  • 2007: I Believe You
  • 2008: Cry Lonely
  • 2009: Kick in the Head
  • 2009: To Find My Love
Stillwater (Oklahoma) Red Dirt (music) Singing Leaves of Grass (Film)
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