The Notorious Cherry Bombs

The Notorious Cherry Bombs
Also known as	The Cherry Bombs
Origin	USA
Genres	Country
Years active	1980–1988, 2003–2004
Labels	Universal South
Associated acts	Emmylou Harris

Past members	Eddie Bayers Richard Bennett Tony Brown Rodney Crowell Hank DeVito Vince Gill Emory Gordy, Jr. John Hobbs Larrie Londin Michael Rhodes

The Notorious Cherry Bombs, originally called The Cherry Bombs, was an American country music supergroup founded by singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell in 1980. A former member of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band, Crowell picked several former Hot Band members as his backing band, which he named The Cherry Bombs. They made their debut as Rodney's backing band on his 1980 album But What Will the Neighbors Think.^[1]

Although they served as Crowell's backing band for several years, The Cherry Bombs did not record an album of their own until a 2004 reunion (at which point "Notorious" had been added to the band's name).^[1] The album, also titled The Notorious Cherry Bombs, produced a hit on the country music charts in "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long".

The Cherry Bombs

Rodney Crowell was a founding member of country singer Emmylou Harris's Hot Band; when he began his own solo career in the early 1980s, Crowell picked several former Hot Band members as his backing band, whom he named The Cherry Bombs. The initial members comprised Vince Gill (background vocals, electric guitar), Hank DeVito (steel guitar), Emory Gordy, Jr. (bass guitar), Richard Bennett (electric guitar), Tony Brown (keyboards), and Larrie Londin (drums).^[1]

As The Cherry Bombs, the band backed both Crowell and Rosanne Cash, to whom Crowell was married at the time. After Crowell and Cash divorced, the band's members began leaving.^[1] Gill began a solo career in country music in the late 1980s, while Brown became a record producer for MCA Records. Londin died from a heart attack in 1992.^[1] Gordy married country singer Patty Loveless and served as her producer, while Bennett and DeVito found work as studio musicians.

Return as The Notorious Cherry Bombs

In 2003, several of the former members of The Cherry Bombs, including Gill and Crowell, re-united. Emory Gordy, Jr. opted not to participate in the reunited group, which by then comprised Eddie Bayers (drums), Richard Bennett (electric guitar, bouzouki, cavaquinho), Hank DeVito (steel guitar, Dobro), Tony Brown (piano, keyboards), John Hobbs (piano, keyboards), and Michael Rhodes (bass guitar), with Gill and Crowell alternating as lead singers. A year later, the band was signed to a record deal with Universal South Records to record their first album as an actual band. Due to legal concerns, the band was renamed The Notorious Cherry Bombs.^[1]^[2] Their self-titled album produced a minor hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts that year in "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long". This was followed by "Let It Roll, Let It Ride" which failed to chart. Also included on the album was "Making Memories of Us", which had previously been recorded by Tracy Byrd and would later become a Number One hit when Keith Urban released his own version in 2005. After the release of their second single, The Notorious Cherry Bombs disbanded again, and Crowell and Gill resumed their solo careers.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US Country	US	US Heat
The Notorious Cherry Bombs	Release date: July 27, 2004 Label: Universal South Records	23	135	4

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	US Country	Album
2004	"It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long"	47	The Notorious Cherry Bombs
2005	"Let It Roll, Let It Ride"	—	The Notorious Cherry Bombs
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2004	"It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long"	Eric Welch

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Ankeny, Jason. "allmusic ((( The Notorious Cherry Bombs > Biography )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
↑ Hill, Cheryl Harvey. "The Notorious Cherry Bombs - Self-titled Album review". Country Stars Online. Retrieved 2007-12-01.

External links

Rodney Crowell

Studio albums	Ain't Living Long Like This But What Will the Neighbors Think Rodney Crowell Street Language Diamonds & Dirt Keys to the Highway Life Is Messy Let the Picture Paint Itself Jewel of the South The Houston Kid Fate's Right Hand The Outsider Sex & Gasoline Old Yellow Moon Tarpaper Sky The Traveling Kind

Compilation albums	The Rodney Crowell Collection Greatest Hits

Singles	"Elvira" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "Ashes by Now" "Ain't No Money" "It's Such a Small World" "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" "She's Crazy for Leavin'" "After All This Time" "Above and Beyond" "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" "If Looks Could Kill" "My Past Is Present" "Now That We're Alone" "Lovin' All Night" "What Kind of Love" "Please Remember Me" "I Walk the Line Revisited"

Other songs	"The Answer Is Yes" "Heartbroke" "I Ain't Living Long Like This" "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" "Making Memories of Us" "Queen of Hearts" "Song for the Life" "Voilá, An American Dream"

Related articles	Discography Roy Orbison The Notorious Cherry Bombs The Notorious Cherry Bombs Emmylou Harris

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