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Rhonda Vincent

Rhonda Vincent

Born:
Jul 13, 1962 in Kirksville, Missouri

  • Birth Name: Rhonda Lea Vincent
  • Genre: Country
  • Active: '70s - 2000s
  • Instruments: Vocals, Mandolin, Fiddle

Biography

Bluegrass vocalist and fiddler Rhonda Vincent began her professional music career at the age of five, playing drums with her family's band, the Sally Mountain Show. She picked up the mandolin at eight and the fiddle at ten, performing with the family band at festivals on weekends. After appearing on TNN's nationally televised You Can Be a Star program in her mid-twenties, Vincent struck out on her own, singing with the Grand Ole Opry's Jim Ed Brown, eventually leading to a deal with Rebel Records. Her work with Brown and her Rebel recordings caught the attention of Giant Nashville's president, James Stroud, who signed Vincent to record two contemporary country albums. After her time at Giant, she moved to Rounder Records, and demonstrated her passion for the traditional music she grew up with, on Back Home Again. A car accident in December 1999 kept her from a planned trip to Nashville for auditions, so she hired her band (unusually named the Rage) through the Internet. Rhonda Vincent and the Rage have been gaining popularity at bluegrass festivals since their formation, playing hard-driving, high-energy contemporary bluegrass music. Her 2001 album The Storm Still Rages was nominated for seven International Bluegrass Music Association awards, including Female Vocalist of the Year, while fiddle player Michael Cleveland and banjo player Tom Adams earned nominations in their respective instrumental categories. A three-year unbroken string of IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year awards led to the 2003 release of One Step Ahead, another tour, and another well-deserved showering of critical praise. Recorded in front of hometown crowd in St Louis, Ragin' Live arrived in 2005, followed by All American Bluegrass Girl in 2006. ~ Zac Johnson, All Music Guide

Representative Songs:

"Lonesome Wind Blues," "You're in My Heart," "I Do My Cryin' at Night"

Representative Albums:

Trouble Free, Timeless and True Love, A Dream Come True

Similar Artists:

Sonya Isaacs, Jeannie Kendall, Lynn Morris, The Whites, Northern Lights, Alison Krauss, Alison Brown

Performed Songs By:

Gene Nelson, Carl Jackson, Robert Ellis Orrall, Dolly Parton

Worked With:

Darrin Vincent
 
 
Wikipedia: Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda on stage. (Amy Miller)
Rhonda on stage. (Amy Miller)
Background information
Born July 13 1962 (1962--) (age 45)
Origin Kirksville, Missouri
Genre(s) Country, Bluegrass
Occupation(s) singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals
Mandolin
Years active 1970-present
Label(s) Rounder Records
Associated
acts		 Dolly Parton
Alison Krauss
Website Official site

Rhonda Vincent (b. July 13 1962, Kirksville, Missouri) is a bluegrass singer and an accomplished mandolin, guitar and fiddle player. [1]

Her musical career started as a child in her family's band, The Sally Mountain Show, and has spanned almost four decades. She achieved success in the bluegrass genre in the 1970s and '80s, earning the respect of her mostly male peers for her mastery of the progressive chord structures and multi-range, fast paced vocals intrinsic to bluegrass music.[2]

Biography

In the 1990s she branched out into mainstream country music but did not enjoy the success anticipated there. With the release of her album "Back Home Again" in 2000, she returned to bluegrass with the goal of expanding both the musical reach and the accessibility of the genre. Since then she has seen her popularity and acceptance rise and has received acclaim from several music-industry groups. The International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) accorded her its Female Vocalist of the Year award for the years 2000 - 2006, plus IBMA Entertainer of the Year in 2001. The Society for Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America (SPBGMA) designated her its Entertainer of the Year for 2002 - 2006 inclusive.[3] She also performs with her band, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage.

Vincent married Herb Sandker in 1984. They have two daughters, Sally (b. 1998) and Tensel (b. 1990). They own a restaurant in their native Kirksville called "Bogies", where they feature a bluegrass jam every Wednesday night.

Discography

Other Noteable Albums

  • Pretty Fair Bluegrass, 1975
  • Blue Ribbon Bluegrass, 1976
  • Sun's Coming Up, 1980
  • I Came On Business, 1981
  • Lavender Lullaby, 1983
  • Sheltered In The Arms, 1985
  • Holdin' Things Together, 1986
  • New Dreams & Sunshine, 1988
  • A Dream Come True, 1990
  • The Vincent Brothers w/The Sally Mountain Show, 1990
  • Bound For Gloryland, 1991
  • Timeless & True Love, 1991
  • Written In The Stars, 1993
  • Trouble Free, 1996
  • Yesterday & Today – 30 Years of Music, 1998
  • Back Home Again, 2000

Studio Albums

Year Album US Bluegrass US Country US Heatseakers
2001 The Storm Still Rages 5 59 -
2003 One Step Ahead 1 30 19
2005 Ragin' Live 2 55 -
2006 All American Bluegrass Girl 1 43 14
2008 Good Thing GoingA - - -
  • A To be released January 8.

Singles

Year Song US Country Album
2003 "You Can't Take It With You" 58 One Step Ahead
2004 "If Heartaches Had Wings" 48
2005 "I've Forgotten You" 59 Ragin' Live
2006 "Heartbreaker's Alibi"(w/Dolly Parton) - All American Bluegrass Girl
"All American Bluegrass Girl" -

Awards

IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association)

  • Recorded Event of The Year – Clinch Mountain Country, 1999
  • Recorded Event of the Year, 2001
  • Entertainer of the Year 2001
  • Recorded Event of the Year – Livin', Lovin', Losin' – The Songs of the Louvin Brothers, 2004
  • Song of the Year – Kentucky Borderline, 2004
  • Female Vocalist of the Year, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,

Trivia

References

  1. ^ CMT bio. Accessed July 9, 2007.
  2. ^ Official Website.
  3. ^ VH1 bio

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