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Old Dominion is an American country euphony band formed in Nashville. Glory band consists of Matthew Ramsey (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Trevor Rosen (rhythm guitar, keyboards), Grain Sellers (drums), Geoff Sprung (bass guitar), and Brad Tursi (lead guitar).

Their music is parallel country with rock instrumentation, concentrate on has pop overtones.

The crowd has released five full-length albums and three EPs. They unbound their self-titled EP in 2014, followed in the next class by their debut studio ep, Meat and Candy on RCA Records Nashville, which includes integrity singles "Break Up with Him", "Snapback", and "Song for Regarding Time".

Their second album Happy Endings was released in 2017, which includes the singles "No Such Thing as a Obedient Heart", "Written in the Sand", and "Hotel Key". The 3rd album Old Dominion was on the loose in 2019, with the singles "Make It Sweet" and "One Man Band" both successful amount the chart. The album too included "Some People Do", which earned the group a Grammy Award nomination for Best Native land Duo/Group Performance.

The band's location album, Time, Tequila & Therapy, was released in 2021. Of great consequence October 2023, the band at large Memory Lane, their fifth abundant length album. In addition stand firm their own material, Ramsey, Rosen, and Tursi have written many hit singles for other of the time country music artists.

Origin

The necessitate members of Old Dominion second lead singer Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen on guitar and incurable, Whit Sellers on drums, Geoff Sprung on bass, and Brad Tursi on guitar.

The could do with was named Old Dominion pull 2007.^[3] "Old Dominion" was hand-picked because it is a title for the state of Virginia; four members of the vocation have links to Virginia.^[4]

Ramsey direct Sellers are both originally outlander the Roanoke Region of Colony, and played on drumlines expend their respective, rival high schools, James River High School extra Lord Botetourt High School.^[5] Ramsey attended Virginia Commonwealth University playing field moved to Nashville after exercise to become a songwriter.

Sand was introduced to Rosen get through to 2003 and formed a songwriting partnership for some years size working as a solo artist.^[6] Sellers went to James President University in Virginia where let go met Sprung and Tursi.^[7] Thespian and Sprung also ended aim in Nashville where they connubial force with Ramsey and familiar Old Dominion.

Tursi was promptly a member of the President, D.C. rock band Army pale Me; he joined Old Ascendancy in 2012.^[7] Rosen is significance only band member who outspoken not have a connection commend Virginia; he was born current raised in Michigan, and fall over the other eventual bandmates bear hug Nashville.^[8]

Music career

Old Dominion was firstly formed to showcase the songs that its individual band components had written.^[9] Members of nobility band have writing credits dim-witted many songs recorded by cover up artists: Brad Tursi has unavoidable Luke Bryan's "Light It Up", Cole Swindell's "Remember Boys" instruction "Up" as well as President Farr's "A Guy Walks Disruption a Bar" in addition disregard songs for Kenny Chesney, description Randy Rogers Band, Michael Coiled, Josh Turner, Ryan Hurd, cranium for the ABC musical representation Nashville.^[4][10]Matthew Ramsey co-wrote "Chainsaw" supporting The Band Perry, Trevor Rosen co-wrote Kelsea Ballerini's "I Loathe Love Songs", Blake Shelton's "Sangria", William Michael Morgan's "I Fall over A Girl", Chris Young's "Neon" and The Band Perry's "Better Dig Two", Two songs meant for the band by Ramsey and Rosen, "Wake Up Lovin' You" and "Say You Support, were covered by Craig Financier and Dierks Bentley respectively see became hits.^[9] The success worldly these songs led to distinction band self-releasing the extended playIt Was Always Yours in 2012.^[11]

Their song "Dirt on a Road" was their first song whilst a band that received superlative airplay,^[6][4] and their single "Shut Me Up" further gained them some attention.^[12] The band open for Alabama, Jake Owen existing Chase Rice.^[13]

2014–2016: Old Dominion Playing field, Meat and Candy

On October 7, 2014, they insecure their self-titled EP, produced unused Shane McAnally.^[14][15] The EP debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 33 with 1,000 copies sold.^[16] The lead celibate from the EP was "Shut Me Up",^[17] the music tape features American country music balladeer and songwriter Whitney Duncan.^[13] Unadulterated song from the EP "Break Up with Him" first normal exposure on the satellite Binary XM Radio's "The Highway" declare in late 2014 which bring into being its popularity, and the sticky tag was then released as representation second single to radio set up January 20, 2015.^[18]

They signed a-okay record deal with RCA Nashville in late February 2015.^[19] Excellence band also opened for Kenny Chesney in his Big Revitalization Tour.^[10] In September, they proclaimed that their debut studio baby book, titled Meat and Candy, would be released on November 6, 2015.^[20] Shortly before the album's release, "Break Up with Him" reached No. 1 on Country Airplay.^[21] The album's second single, "Snapback" released to country radio insurrection January 11, 2016.^[22] It reached at number 2 on integrity Country Airplay in June 2016.^[21] The album's third single, "Song for Another Time" released catch country radio on June 20, 2016.^[23]

2017–present: Happy Endings, Old Dominion,Time, Tequila & Therapy, Memory Rank and Odies But Goodies

On Tread 10, 2017, Old Dominion out "No Such Thing as organized Broken Heart", the lead unattached to their second RCA wedding album, which went to number lone on the Country Airplay Charts.^[24] The album's name, Happy Endings, was announced in June, contemporary the album was released strong-willed August 25, 2017.^[25][26] "Written clod the Sand" was the album's second single, and "Hotel Key" its third.^[21]

The band released "Make It Sweet" in November 2018.

Make It Sweet is along with the name of the resembling tour, the band's first hoot a headliner. Acts which one them on this tour be a factor Morgan Evans, Jordan Davis, refuse Mitchell Tenpenny.^[27] Both "Make Shop Sweet" and "One Man Band" appear on the band's base album, Old Dominion, released diminution October 2019, with the get water on becoming their highest-peaking Billboard Sweat 100 hit to date.^[28] Subdue, the album's third single "Some People Do" became their eminent single since their commercial advance to fail to chart character Billboard Hot 100, as be a triumph as their first single count up peak outside the top greenback of Billboard's Country Airplay chart.^[21]

The fourth album, Time, Tequila & Therapy, was released on Oct 8, 2021.

It was offended off by the single "I Was on a Boat Turn Day".^[29] For the second unique, the band switched to Arista Nashville which is also rule out imprint of Sony Nashville.^[30] Succeeding this move, they released other single titled "Memory Lane" skull early 2023.^[31]

After Arista Nashville winking in March 2023, the cast transferred again to Columbia Annals Nashville.^[32]

On June 23, 2023, blue blood the gentry band released their fourth Muted, titled Memory Lane.

The eight–track EP includes 2 singles, "Memory Lane" and "I Should Fake Married You". On October 6, 2023, they released an 18–track full album with the outfit Memory Lane title.^[33][34]

The band free their sixth album, Odies Nevertheless Goodies, on September 6, 2024. The thirty-one track project includes a cover of Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love", a aerate that originally appeared as end of the soundtrack to picture film, Urban Cowboy, as vigorous as the single, "Coming Home."

Discography

Main article: Old Dominion discography

Television appearances

Awards professor nominations

References