Lonnie Wilson
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Lonnie Wilson is a Nashville session drummer, songwriter, and producer who came up as a band frontman and became one of the most-recorded drummers on Music Row.
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- Born in Monroe, Louisiana.
- Sang lead for the band Bandana, which put ten singles on the country charts between 1982 and 1986; he left the group in 1986.
- Began session work in the early 1990s and has played on more than four hundred hit singles.
- His early session breakthrough was the first Brooks & Dunn album, including “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” and “Neon Moon.”
- Has recorded with Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, Joe Diffie, Faith Hill, and Carrie Underwood, among many others.
- Named ACM Drummer of the Year twice, Modern Drummer’s country drummer of the year, and Music Row’s drummer of the year four times.
- Co-wrote “Blue Kentucky Wind” with Les Taylor and Wayne Perry; Taylor cut it as the title track of his 1991 album and Lou Reid and Carolina brought it into bluegrass in 1996.
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Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain BoysPlayed on recording with Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
