Confederate Railroad

Not to be confused with Confederate railroads in the American Civil War.
Confederate Railroad
Confederate Railroad in 2019.
Confederate Railroad in 2019.
Background information
Also known asConfederate RR
OriginAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Years active1987–present
Labels
Members
Past members
  • Jimmy Dormire
  • Chris McDaniel
  • Michael Lamb
  • Warren "Gates" Nichols
  • Cody McCarver
  • Bobby Randall
  • Wayne Secrest
  • Joey Recker
  • Mark DuFresne
Websiteconfederaterailroad.net

Confederate Railroad (originally known as "Confederate RR") is an American country rock band founded in 1987 in Marietta, Georgia, by Danny Shirley (lead vocals), Michael Lamb (lead guitar), Mark Dufresne (drums), Chris McDaniel (keyboards), Warren "Gates" Nichols (steel guitar), and Wayne Secrest (bass guitar). After serving as a backing band for outlaw country acts David Allan Coe and Johnny Paycheck, the band signed to a recording contract with Atlantic Records, releasing their self-titled debut album that year. In the 1990s, they released four more albums for Atlantic.

Confederate Railroad has released six studio albums. In addition, 18 of their singles have entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

The band's most recent studio album, Lucky to Be Alive, was issued on the D&B Masterworks label on July 15, 2016.[2] The band released their first live album, Confederate Railroad Live: Back to the Barrooms, on the E1 Music label on June 15, 2010.

  1. ^ Irwin, Corey (June 14, 2020). "ROCK'S COMPLICATED HISTORY WITH THE CONFEDERATE FLAG". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Hixson's Danny Shirley and the Confederate Railroad still in demand 40 years after his professional debut". 15 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-05.