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Little Texas is an American country music band founded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1988 by Tim Rushlow (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Brady Seals (lead vocals, background vocals, keyboards), Del Gray (drums), Porter Howell (lead guitar, background vocals), Dwayne O'Brien (rhythm guitar, background vocals), and Duane Propes (bass guitar, background vocals).
Signed to Warner Bros.
Records in 1991, Little Texas released its debut album First Time For Everything that year.
The album's lead off single, "Some Guys Have All the Love", reached a peak of No. 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.
Little Texas continued to produce hit singles throughout the mid-1990s, including the Number One single "My Love" and six more Top Ten hits.
Their debut album earned a gold certification, while 1993's Big Time was certified double platinum and 1994's Kick a Little was certified platinum.Seals departed in late 1994 for a solo career, with Jeff Huskins succeeding him on keyboards.
After a gold-certified Greatest Hits package and an unsuccessful self-titled fourth studio album, the group disbanded in 1997 and Rushlow also became a solo singer.
By 2004, the four remaining original members — Gray, Howell, O'Brien, and Propes, along with new lead vocalist Steven Troy — re-established the group, although Howell took over on lead vocals after Troy's departure.
Under the four-piece lineup of Gray, Howell, O'Brien and Propes, the band has recorded two albums for Montage Music Group: The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud and Missing Years.1991-1993: First Time for EverythingWarner Bros.
signed Little Texas in 1989, and two years later, the band released their debut single "Some Guys Have all the Love".
This song, which reached No. 8 on the U.S.
Billboard country singles charts, was the first of five singles from their debut album First Time for Everything.
After the debut single came the album's title track at No. 13, "You and Forever and Me" at No. 5, "What Were You Thinkin'" at No. 17 and finally "I'd Rather Miss You" at No. 16.
The album was certified gold by the RIAA for shipping 500,000 copies in the US.1993-1994: Big TimeLittle Texas' second album, Big Time, was issued in 1993.
Their most successful album, it was certified 2×Multi-Platinum by the RIAA and gold by the CRIA.
It also produced a minor crossover hit in leadoff single "What Might Have Been", a No. 2 country hit that also reached No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 16 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.
After it came "God Blessed Texas" and their only Number One, "My Love", both of which were also minor Hot 100 hits.
The latter also featured Seals on lead vocals, and all three songs were Number Ones on the Radio & Records country charts.
Finishing off Big Time was the No. 14 "Stop on a Dime".
Also in 1993, the band contributed a cover of the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to the tribute album Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles.
This cover charted at No. 73 based on unsolicited airplay.The Big Time song "God Blessed Texas" featured classic lyrics such as "God blessed Texas with his own hand, brought down angels from the Promised Land, gave 'em a place where they could dance.
If you wanna see Heaven, brother here's your chance.
I've been sent to spread the message: God blessed Texas." This song was also produced into a popular music video, filmed at Southfork Ranch near Dallas.1994-1996: Kick a Little and Greatest HitsKick a Little, the band's third album, was certified platinum by the RIAA.
Leading off this album was its No. 5 title track, followed by the No. 4 "Amy's Back in Austin" and No. 27 "Southern Grace".
After the album's release, however, Seals left for a solo career on Reprise Records, and was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Jeff Huskins, a former backing musician for Clint Black.
Huskins made his first appearance on "Life Goes On" and "Country Crazy", two new tracks that the band recorded for their 1995 Greatest Hits.
Both of these songs were released as singles.
The former became their final Top 40 hit with a peak of No. 5, while "Country Crazy" stopped at No. 44.
Also in 1995, the band sang on the track "Party All Night", a musical track which featured snippets from a Jeff Foxworthy sketch and a sung chorus by the band.
This song reached No. 53.1997-1998: Little TexasLittle Texas' fourth album was self-titled.
Lead-off single "Bad for Us" peaked at No. 45, followed by their two lowest-charting singles, "Your Mama Won't Let Me" and "The Call" at No. 64 and No. 71 respectively.
The band also charted that year with a cover of "Kiss the Girl", a song from the Disney film The Little Mermaid which they recorded on The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney.
Seals also charted his only Top 40 solo hit that year, the No. 32 "Another You, Another Me".
Seals would record a total of three albums between then and 2003.
After Little Texas, the band broke up.Hiatus and status of former membersDuring the band's hiatus, Del Gray co-wrote Trace Adkins' 2000 single "More".
Former frontman Tim Rushlow signed to Atlantic Records as a solo artist that same year, releasing a self-titled album.
Although it accounted for four singles, including the No. 8 "She Misses Him", Atlantic closed its country music division in 2001.
Rushlow then founded a second band, Rushlow, whose members included his cousin Doni Harris.
Rushlow released two singles and one album (Right Now) on Lyric Street Records, but disbanded by 2004.
Seals founded the band Hot Apple Pie, which released a self-titled album and three singles in 2005, while Rushlow and Harris founded the duo Rushlow Harris a year later.ReunionDuane Propes, Del Gray, Porter Howell, and Dwayne O'Brien decided to reunite Little Texas in 2004.
When Little Texas reunited, Rushlow and Huskins made a legal attempt to keep their ex-bandmates from using the Little Texas name.
Also included in the new lineup was lead singer Steven Troy.
After Troy left, Howell took over as lead singer.
In 2007, the band signed to independent label Montage Music Group, releasing the live album The Very Best of Little Texas: Live and Loud.
This album also included Mark Sutton, a supporting member who occasionally plays guitar for the band.
The live album was followed one month later by the studio album Missing Years.
This album produced three singles, although only one — the title track — made the country charts, peaking at No. 45.