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Reboot II

"What was even more impressive was to sit down with this bunch and turn them loose to do the songs in whatever way fit their artistic vision. The fun part was we weren’t chasing the original recordings or arrangements or our versions." (Ronnie Dunn [Brooks & Dunn] / billboard.com, September 16, 2024)

Ronnie Dunn: "Peace, Love and Country Music" [Album]

When I had the pleasure of attending the Phoenix show in 2010 on their final " Last Rodeo Tour ", I knew they would be missed! According to some sources, the second most successful musical duo in music history behind Simon & Garfunkel: Brooks & Dunn had quit their highly successful career after 20 years and some 28 million albums sold. Naturally music would be part of their life after Brooks & Dunn. When Kix Brooks tried one album, that wasn't really that successful, he more successfully switched to 'American Country Countdown' show host and other ventures (acting, running a winery). Ronnie Dunn , the significant voice in B&D and heard on the majority of their songs as lead vocal, started also with a solo project, in which he obviously put a lot of heart and blood, as documented by the excellent ' Making Of ' video he did for the self-titled album. In addition there were a couple of highly professionel videos produced for so...