Genres Countrycountry pop Role Musician | Years active 1992–present Name Joe Rooney | |
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Children Raquel Blue Rooney, Jagger Donovan Rooney Albums Similar People Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, Tiffany Fallon, Dann Huff, Neil Thrasher Profiles | ||
Rockin' the Country w/ Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney - Jan 14 - How to Play "Banjo"
Joe Don Rooney aka J.D. Rooney (Born on September 13, 1975 in Baxter Springs, Kansas and raised in Picher, Oklahoma) is an American musician and the lead guitarist and high octave harmony singer in the American country pop trio Rascal Flatts.
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- Rockin the Country w Rascal Flatts Joe Don Rooney Jan 14 How to Play Banjo
- Rockin the country w joe don rooney nov 13 choosing appropriate instruments
- Personal life
- Songs
- References
In addition to the Electric guitar, Rooney plays the acoustic and bass guitars, as well as mandolin & banjo. His influences include guitarists Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck.
Rockin the country w joe don rooney nov 13 choosing appropriate instruments
Personal life
Joe Don Rooney's first band was called Uncle Thumbtak formed in 1992 with Gregory Fitzgibbon (Singer-Songwriter and Bass guitarist), Erin Fitzgibbon (Singer-Songwriter and Acoustic guitarist), Colin Frayser (Drums) and Jason Winnie (Rhythm Guitar) and Joe Don (Lead Guitarist and back up Harmony). Joe Don frequently jammed with family member musicians Justin Speer, Tracy Conder, and Jeramy Essary (to whom he later dedicated "I'm Moving On")
Joe Don married former beauty queen Miss Georgia USA 2001 and Miss USA 2001 2nd Runner-Up and 2005 Playmate of the Year Tiffany Fallon on April 23, 2006. The couple was featured in the Playboy Cyber Club's celebrity photographer section, with the nude pictorial of Fallon being shot by Joe Don himself. The couple have a son named Jagger Donovan Rooney born May 31, 2008 and two daughters named Raquel Blue Rooney born Sept 7, 2010 and Devon Olivia Rooney born Sept 29, 2014.
Songs
Life Is a Highway - Movie Version
What Hurts the Most
Bless the Broken Road
My Wish
I Like the Sound of That
I Won't Let Go
Rewind
Fast Cars and Freedom
Here Comes Goodbye
Come Wake Me Up
Why
Easy
Changed
Take Me There
I'm Movin' On
Stand
Me and My Gang
The Day Before You
I Feel Bad
Why Wait
Feels Like Today
I Melt
Every Day
Love You Out Loud
Winner at a Losing Game
Prayin' for Daylight
Summer Young
Let It Hurt
Backwards
Here
These Days
He Ain't the Leavin' Kind