Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Kentucky Blue Collar Band are an American country rock band. They were founded in 2004 deep in the foothills of Eastern Kentucky as the Blue Collar Band, composed of Goble Cantrell (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Mark Rohan (drums) along with Don Hayes (lead guitar) and Dean Ball (bass guitar). After discovering that another band already existed in Louisville, Kentucky with the name \"Blue Collar Band\", the band added \"Kentucky\" to its name and thus became the Kentucky Blue Collar Band. The band began performing as the Kentucky Blue Collar Band in 2006, adding Marc Currens as bass guitarist and harmony vocalist in 2008. With the release of their debut album Rockin' the Road in 2006 with independent record label Huba Records, the band garnered a good rotation of local radio play. Their second album Long Hard Road, released in 2009, fared much better and was widely played, including winning song of the month in May 2009 on a Texas radio station, Hoss the Boss with DJ Don Cudd, as well as coming in fourth for song of the year on that same station's yearly contest for 2009, setting an all-time record at that point for most fan votes of any one song in the history of the contest. The band released their third album Evolution on March 15, 2011, with that album still working its way into and up the charts.Both the Long Hard Road and Evolution albums were produced by Randy Hayes of J.D. Crowe, Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan and Tanya Tucker affiliations at his Digital Basement Studios, with their third \"Evolution\" album, charting a top 40 country single. After their performances at the CMA Music Festival, Nashville Center Stage and Shooters Nashville, they were signed to a record deal with Visionway Records Nashville. The next album is set to begin recording July 23, 2011, at the Black River Studio in Nashville, Tennessee under the Visionway Record Label. The first single will be released to radio around September.The band has been featured in multiple news articles, including the Nashville Music Guide and Music Entertainment Magazine, and has participated in interviews like ones featured by Knight Rider Radio, Hoss the Boss and 1350 The Toad. The band returned to Randy Hayes studio on November 5, 2011, to record the singles- Wagon Wheel, Originally recorded by Old Crow Medicine Show, and Hillbilly Rock, Originally recorded by Marty Stuart. The songs, including mixing and mastering, were completed in a single afternoon. Though not previously planned, the recordings are to become included on an upcoming album of the bands favorite cover songs."@en }
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- Kentucky_Blue_Collar_Band abstract "Kentucky Blue Collar Band are an American country rock band. They were founded in 2004 deep in the foothills of Eastern Kentucky as the Blue Collar Band, composed of Goble Cantrell (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Mark Rohan (drums) along with Don Hayes (lead guitar) and Dean Ball (bass guitar). After discovering that another band already existed in Louisville, Kentucky with the name \"Blue Collar Band\", the band added \"Kentucky\" to its name and thus became the Kentucky Blue Collar Band. The band began performing as the Kentucky Blue Collar Band in 2006, adding Marc Currens as bass guitarist and harmony vocalist in 2008. With the release of their debut album Rockin' the Road in 2006 with independent record label Huba Records, the band garnered a good rotation of local radio play. Their second album Long Hard Road, released in 2009, fared much better and was widely played, including winning song of the month in May 2009 on a Texas radio station, Hoss the Boss with DJ Don Cudd, as well as coming in fourth for song of the year on that same station's yearly contest for 2009, setting an all-time record at that point for most fan votes of any one song in the history of the contest. The band released their third album Evolution on March 15, 2011, with that album still working its way into and up the charts.Both the Long Hard Road and Evolution albums were produced by Randy Hayes of J.D. Crowe, Keith Whitley, Lorrie Morgan and Tanya Tucker affiliations at his Digital Basement Studios, with their third \"Evolution\" album, charting a top 40 country single. After their performances at the CMA Music Festival, Nashville Center Stage and Shooters Nashville, they were signed to a record deal with Visionway Records Nashville. The next album is set to begin recording July 23, 2011, at the Black River Studio in Nashville, Tennessee under the Visionway Record Label. The first single will be released to radio around September.The band has been featured in multiple news articles, including the Nashville Music Guide and Music Entertainment Magazine, and has participated in interviews like ones featured by Knight Rider Radio, Hoss the Boss and 1350 The Toad. The band returned to Randy Hayes studio on November 5, 2011, to record the singles- Wagon Wheel, Originally recorded by Old Crow Medicine Show, and Hillbilly Rock, Originally recorded by Marty Stuart. The songs, including mixing and mastering, were completed in a single afternoon. Though not previously planned, the recordings are to become included on an upcoming album of the bands favorite cover songs.".