Addison Road (band)
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Addison Road is an American Christian rock/Contemporary Christian Music group from Dallas, Texas signed to INO Records.
History
[1] Jenny Chisolm met Ryan Simmons in choir at Baylor University in Waco, TX. They began writing songs together and soon booked a few gigs. Ryan played acoustic guitar and Jenny sang. It became apparent that they needed a full band, so they enlisted a couple a friends. Jay Henderson on drums, and a friend from church, Ryan Gregg on lead guitar (even though he was already in another band). They made a rough 4 song demo for the newly formed Jenny Chisolm Band.
By January 2001 they were ready to get a real producer, Chuck Dennie from By The Tree, and recorded a full album. This first independent album was called Not What You Think. They then got another friend, Travis Lawrence, whose brother, Tyler Lawrence, works at Abilene High School as an English Teacher, to join the band as a bassist. In 2002 when Ryan and Jenny were married. They moved to Dallas to become a full-time band. Eventually they changed thier name to Addison Road. It was named after a sound tech who had a baby named Addison. They liked the name Addison and put Road at the end of it for no real reason.
Later that year they came out with a second indie album called [2] Breaking Beautifully. They soon got a new drummer, and started leading worship at a local church. They took that worship leading talent to a Camp that summer and played in front of about 8000 young people. That was the inspiration for thier next indie project Always Loved You EP. That was folled by one last indie album in 2006 called Some Kind Of Spark.
Addison Road was an opening act for numerous national bands before their debut national CD in March 2008. The band is currently part of the Planet Wisdom tour for the second year in a row, providing worship music and playing their own songs from their debut album.[1] Some of their popular songs are All That Matters, This Could Be Our Day, and Start Over Again.
Members
Current members
- Jenny Simmons — lead vocals
- Ryan Gregg — lead guitarist, vocals
- Ryan Simmons — guitar, vocals, piano
- Travis Lawrence — bass, vocals, harmonica
- Jeff Sutton — drums
Former members
- Josh Anzaldua — drums (2003-2004)
Albums
- Breaking Beautifully (Independent EP) (September 2003)[3]
- Always Loved You (Independent EP) (June 2005)
- Some Kind of Spark (Independent) (July 2006)
- Addison Road (INO Records) (March 2008)
Singles
- "All That Matters" – #1 on the March 28, 2008 R&R Christian CHR chart[4]
- "Stickin' With You" – #2 on R&R's Christian CHR chart for the week of October 17, 2008[5]
Addison Road Podcast
Addison Road has a podcast available for free on iTunes. There are currently 25 episodes.
References
- ^ http://www.shoutlife.com/groups_home.cfm?mode=message_board_view_thread&group_id=1548&topic_id=20174
- ^ http://www.independentbands.com/cd/addisonroad/breakingbeautifully.html
- ^ Discography; Jesus Freak Hideout; Retrieved February 10 2008
- ^ R&R magazine chart as reported at Weekend 22, Retrieved April 5 2008
- ^ "Christian CHR National Airplay". R&R. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
External links
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