Cross Canadian Ragweed

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Cross Canadian Ragweed
General information
origin Yukon / Stillwater , Oklahoma
Genre (s) Red Dirt , Country Rock , Alternative Country , Roots Rock , Americana
founding 1994
resolution 2010
Last occupation
Cody Canada
Randy Ragsdale
Grady Cross
Jeremy Plato
former members
bass
 Matt Wiedmann

Cross Canadian Ragweed was an American country band .

history

Front man Cody Canada in April 2009

Beginnings (1994-2002)

The Cross Canadian Ragweed group was formed in 1994 in Stillwater , Oklahoma . The band name is a combination of the different names of the band members: Cody Canada, Randy Ragsdale and Grady Cross are all represented by their family names. The name of the bass player Matt Wiedmann, however, was not represented. He was eventually replaced by Jeremy Plato. The four young musicians released their first two albums, Carney and Highway 377 , on the Smith Music Group label . While these remained largely unnoticed and could not reach the charts , they achieved their first notable success in 2002 with the release of their new album Cross Canadian Ragweed . The CD, which was released for the first time by Universal South Records , which had just started a year earlier , reached number 70 on the country album charts .

Successes (2004–2009)

Their final breakthrough in the country scene came with their fourth studio work Soul Gravy , with which they made it into the top regions of the genre charts and for the first time into the Billboard 200 . With a top placement of number 5 in the country album charts, it was also the group's most successful work. She was able to confirm these successes with the successors Garage (2005) and Mission California (2007). In 2009, her title Boys from Oklahoma was featured on the soundtrack of Leaves of Grass starring Edward Norton . In the same year, the band released the album Happiness and All the Other Things , which they officially dedicated to Willie Nelson's long-time manager , Randall "Poodie" Locke, who had recently passed away .

End of the Band (2010)

The band announced their breakup in September 2010. They had their last appearance together on October 24th, 2009. Some time before there had been rumors of internal disputes after the band had previously announced a break. In March 2012, Cody Canada admitted that tensions between the band members, as well as the personal lives of the musicians, were decisive for the breakup. While Jeremy Plato and Cody Canada formed the band The Departed with other country musicians after their time at Cross Canadian Ragweed , the other two band members have since finally gone their separate ways. The Departed released its first album in June 2011. Canada was last on tour with Stoney LaRue in December 2011 . To date, Cross Canadian Ragweed has sold over a million records.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Soul Gravy
  US 51 03/27/2004 (2 weeks)
garage
  US 37 10/22/2005 (3 weeks)
Back To Tulsa: Live And Loud At Cain's Ballroom
  US 120 11/18/2006 (2 weeks)
Mission California
  US 30th 10/20/2007 (3 weeks)
Happiness And All The Other Things
  US 33 09/19/2009 (3 weeks)

Albums

  • 1998: Carney
  • 1999: Live and Loud at the Wormy Dog Saloon
  • 2001: Highway 377
  • 2002: Live and Loud at Billy Bob's Texas
  • 2002: Cross Canadian Ragweed
  • 2004: Soul Gravy
  • 2005: garage
  • 2006: Back to Tulsa - Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom
  • 2007: Mission California
  • 2009: Happiness and All the Other Things

Singles

  • 2002: 17
  • 2003: Constantly
  • 2004: Sick and Tired
  • 2004: Alabama
  • 2005: Fightin 'For
  • 2006: This Time Around
  • 2006: Late Last Night
  • 2007: I Believe You
  • 2008: Cry Lonely
  • 2009: Kick in the Head
  • 2009: To Find My Love

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Cody Canada , Allmusic.com (English), Retrieved June 2, 2013
  2. ↑ Cross Canadian Ragweed frontman's career evolves , Caller.com (English), accessed March 1, 2013
  3. ↑ Kelly Dearmore: Cody Canada Talks About The Past and Present , Dallas Observer (English), Retrieved on March 1, 2013
  4. ↑ History of The Departed ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), Retrieved June 2, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thedepartedmusic.com
  5. ↑ Charts US