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Grand Ole Opry Member
-- since 1996
Steve Wariner began his music career as a
teenager, playing bass and singing in Dottie West's band at age 17. By 1977 he had
his first "singles" deal as a solo artist, thanks to Chet Atkins at RCA.
  "Chet was my first producer," says Wariner. "I was
recording my first four songs and the session was crazy. It was the day after Elvis
Presley died and of course, the TV networks all wanted to talk to Chet during my session.
I'll never forget that day."
Wariner battled for airplay alongside such country legends as
Merle Haggard, Charley Pride and Conway Twitty with his debut
record, and remembers that the competition for radio airplay was fierce. "I was just
trying to write the best songs that I could. I was around all these country music icons
and I just tried to shut up and learn how to be an artist."
By 1980 he scored his first Top Ten hit, "Your
Memory."
For the next decade, you couldn't read a record chart without seeing Steve
Wariner's name at the top. He had moved from RCA Records to MCA, where he worked
with producer Tony Brown, finding chart success with such self-penned hits as "I
Should Be With You," "I Got Dreams" and "Baby
I'm Yours."
"I started really learning how to write during that time,"
Wariner says. "I got married and we had children, and I was touring a lot. I grew up
really fast, I'll say that much. A lot happened in that period of time, and my songs
started getting a little deeper as I started to experience more."
All that he learned as a performer, songwriter, producer and musician
came together in the album "Burnin' The Roadhouse Down."
To stay on top in a field as changeable as country music, you must plan
every step. Or you can do it like Wariner – he is just going where the music takes
him. It's clear that he has come up with the most brilliant plan of all.
Awards include --
- Country Weekly Presents the TNN Music Awards The Fast Track Award
2000
- Academy of Country Music Song of the Year 1998
- CMA Single of the Year 1998
- CMA Song of the Year 1998
- TNN/Music City News Vocal Collaboration of the Year 1998
- CMA Vocal Event of the Year 1991
- Grammy Best Country Collaboration With Vocals 1991
Hit songs include --
- All Road Lead to You
- I Got Dreams
- Life's Highway
- Lynda
- Small Town Girl
- Some Fools Never Learn
- Where Did I Go Wrong
- You Can Dream of Me
- The Weekend
- Holes in the Floor of Heaven
- I Should Be With You
- Two Teardrops
- I'm Already Taken
- What I Didn't Do
- The Tips of My Fingers
Steve Wariner may be available for your next special event!
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Genre: Country
Styles:
.Contemporary Country.
.Country-Folk.
.Western Swing Revival.
.Neo-Traditionalist Country.Years active:
..80s, ..90s, ..00s
Born: ..in Indiana
..in Noblesville
Dec 25, 1954
Raised: ..in Indiana
..in Indianapolis |
