Crazy Nights [Remaster]

Performer: Lonestar (Country)
Distributor: BMG Special Products

Notes: Lonestar (Country): John Rich (vocals, bass guitar); Richie McDonald (vocals); Michael Britt (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Dean Sams (piano, background vocals); Keech Rainwater (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Brent Mason (electric guitar, classical guitar); Bruce Bouton (lap steel guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro); Larry Franklin, Rob Hajacos, Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Dennis Burnside (piano, Hammond b-3 organ); David Hungate, Duncan Mullins (bass guitar); Lonnie Wilson (drums, percussion); Tom Roady (percussion); Dennis Wilson , Harry Stinson, John Wesley Ryles (background vocals). For better and for worse, Lonestar's second album Crazy Nights finds the band veering toward smooth, Eagles-influenced contemporary country. When the group has a strong song, such as the first single "Come Cryin' To Me" or the Pure Prairie League's "Amie," the band sounds appealingly professional, but when they're churning out generic material, they simply sound slick and bland. The singles won't disappoint any fan of the debut, yet Crazy Nights suggests that Lonestar might be only a good singles band, not album artists. ~ Thom Owens

The five-piece band Lonestar honed its country/soft-rock sound in America's bars and clubs for years before releasing their hit 1996 major-label debut. After bass player John Rich left the group for a solo career, Lonestar continued as a quartet, and released a second successful CD. But it was the band's third album LONELY GRILL that made them unlikely superstars. In 1998 Rich re-emerged as one half of the genre-bending, chart-topping duo Big & Rich.

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