Pirates of the Mississippi
The Pirates of the Mississippi was an American country band of the 1990s, which was denied despite the positive assessment of the music scene of the great commercial success. Her biggest hit was 1991 Feed Jake.
Career
Mid-1980s were found in five Nashville session and amateur musicians together to make music in their spare time. At the heart of the songwriter Bill McCorvey stood ( born July 4, 1959 in Montgomery, Alabama) and Rich Alves ( born May 25, 1953 in Pleasanton, California). Other members were drummer Jimmy Lowe ( born August 2, 1955 in Atlanta, Georgia), bassist Dean Townson ( born April 2, 1959 in Battle Creek, Michigan) and steel guitarist Pat Seavers ( born November 10, 1952 in Camden, South Carolina).
They played on weekends in smaller clubs and gradually built a following on in the scene. The major labels were soon aware of the talented musicians. 1989 was concluded with a Capitol recording contract. The first album, Pirates of the Mississippi, was published in mid-1990 and reached respectable sales figures. The single from the album Honky Tonk Blues moved up to number thirty on the country charts. The over next single, Feed Jake, managed and got to number fifteen and became the biggest success of the band. The associated video was awarded with several prizes and selected the tape from the Academy of Country Music for Young Group of the Year 1991.
Their next album, Walk The Plank, released September 1991 and spawned several singles, the mean squares in the top 100 reached. The enriched with rock and blues sound elements have been positively received by critics, but not by the general public. The sales figures declined steadily. After two disappointing albums lost the Pirates in 1994 their recording contract. In the same year, the steel guitarist Pat Severs was replaced by Greg Trostle. 1995, they moved to the smaller Giant label.