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Morning Open Thread Tuesday, July 29, theme: Brooks and Dunn [1]
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Date: 2025-07-29
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>>The theme for this month’s Tuesdays is: ‘named’ groups. I selected the ones listed, but any similarly ‘named’ group fits the theme.
1st: Crosby, Stills, Nash 8th: Emerson, Lake, Palmer 15th: Simon, Garfunkel 22nd: Les Paul and Mary Ford 29th: Brooks and Dunn
Today: Brooks and Dunn
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wiki: B & D
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Brooks & Dunn are an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. The duo was founded in 1988. Before their formation, both members were solo recording artists, having each charted two solo singles in the 1980s.
The duo's material is known for containing influences of honky-tonk, mainstream country, and rock, as well as the contrast between their singing voices and on-stage personalities, although some of their music has also been criticized as formulaic. Their 1992 single “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” helped repopularize line dancing in the United States,
Leon Eric "Kix" Brooks III was born on May 12, 1955, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and before moving to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1976, he played at various venues in Maine. Brooks worked as a songwriter in the 1980s, co-writing the number-one singles ”I’m Only In It For The Love” by John Conlee, “Modern Day Romance” by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band plus The Oak Ridge Boys' Top 20 hit “You Made A Rock Of A Rolling Stone”.
Ronnie Gene Dunn was born on June 1, 1953, in Coleman, Texas. He played bass guitar in local bands during high school, and he briefly studied theology at Hardin-Simons University with the intention of becoming a Baptist preacher. Dunn was "kicked out" of the school because he played in bars.
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more from the Wiki link:
In 2015, Brooks received the inaugural CMA Foundation "Humanitarian Award" as a reflection of his dedication to organizations such as Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, The Monroe Harding Children's Home, and the CMA Foundation. He was pivotal in the creation of the "Keep The Music Playing" program which is funded from proceeds of the CMA Music Fest. The campaign has provided more than $11M into Tennessee schools for music education since 2006.
For several years, Dunn's annual "Rock The Barn" event at his home near Nashville raised money for charities such as Gilda's Club and the St. Thomas Breast Cancer Center.
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