Origin Tennessee, US Labels Dead Reckoning Name Tammy Rogers | Years active 199x-present Associated acts Kieran Kane Genres Country | |
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Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician Instruments Vocals, fiddle, violin, viola, cello, mandolin, guitar, banjo Role Singer-songwriter · tammyrogers.com Music group The SteelDrivers (Since 2005) Albums Hammer Down, Reckless, The Muscle Shoals Recordings, The SteelDrivers, Two‑Minute Town Profiles | ||
Tammy Rogers, Gloryland
Tammy Rogers (born 1966) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. In addition to releasing three albums on the Dead Reckoning Records label (which she founded with Kieran Kane), she works as a studio musician, primarily on fiddle, violin and viola. She has also written a single for Terri Clark.
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Early life
Although Tammy Rogers was born in Tennessee, she was raised in Irving, Texas. A graduate of Southern Methodist University, she joined Patty Loveless' backing band after graduation, then moved on to back Trisha Yearwood.
Career
In the mid-1990s Rogers began working as a session musician, working with artists such as Kieran Kane (formerly of The O'Kanes). Kane and Rogers, along with Harry Stinson and Kevin Welch, founded Dead Reckoning Records in 1995. Her first album, In the Red, was released that year, followed by a self-titled album in 1996 and Speed of Love in 1999. She and Dean Miller co-wrote Terri Clark's 2000 single "A Little Gasoline".
In 2008, she helped to found the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers on fiddle and harmony vocals. The band signed to Rounder Records and released a self-titled debut in 2008. The album peaked at No. 57 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The group was nominated for a Grammy award in 2009 for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for their song "Blue Side of the Mountain." In 2010, the group received two nominations for its second album, Reckless. The album has been nominated for both Best Bluegrass Album and Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "Where Rainbows Never Die."
Musical styles and critical reception
Rogers' debut album received a four-star review from Allmusic critic Richard Foss, who said that it showed country and bluegrass influences with "delightful twists". Her self-titled second album was also met with favorable reviews. Country Standard Time critic Norm Rosenfield also described Tammy Rogers favorably, with his review noting the multiple guest musicians and prominent bluegrass influence. Tony Scherman of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+ rating, saying that Rogers sounded like a "less-ethereal Alison Krauss". Country Standard Time critic Dan Williams also compared Rogers to Krauss in his review of The Speed of Love, saying that she sounded like Krauss' "less tradition-bound older sister", and that her "achingly sweet soprano" made even the weaker tracks "consistently listenable".
Songs
Where Rainbows Never Die
If It Hadn't Been For Love
Blue Side of the Mountain
Sticks That Made Thunder
Drinkin' Dark Whiskey
You Put the Hurt On Me
Ghosts Of Mississippi
Good Corn Liquor
Midnight Tears
Guitars - Whiskey - Guns And Knives
Higher Than the Wall
Hear the Willow Cry
East Kentucky Home
Midnight On The Mountain
Burnin' the Woodshed Down
To Be With You Again
Can You Run
Here She Goes
Lonesome Goodbye
The Speed of Love
I'll Be There
Ashes of Yesterday
Heaven Sent
John's Tune
Drinkin' Alone
Get Out While You Can
River Runs Red
Six Feet Away
Day Before Temptation
Wearin' a Hole
When You Don't Come Home
Shallow Grave