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Pirates of the Mississippi
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Members: |
Rich Alves |
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Nashville, TN USA |
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Years active: |
1987-present |
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Capitol Nashville, Liberty, Giant, CBuJ Entertainment |
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Pirates of the Mississippi is an American country music group. It was founded in 1987 by Rich Alves (guitar, Hammond organ, background vocals), Bill McCorvey (guitar, lead vocals) Jimmy Lowe (drums), Pat Severs (steel guitar, Dobro), and Dean Townson (bass guitar). Under this lineup, Pirates of the Mississippi made its national debut in 1990 with a cover of Hank Williams' "Honky Tonk Blues". This cover was the first single from their self-titled debut album. "Honky Tonk Blues" was followed by ten more singles, all of which charted between 1990 and 1995. in that same time span, the band would release four more studio albums and a compilation album. Severs was replaced by Greg Trostle in 1994, and two years later, the five members parted ways. In 2000, Alves and McCorvey reunited and began recording again as a duo, once again using the name Pirates of the Mississippi. The re-established lineup recorded another album, entitled Heaven and a Dixie Night, in 2006 on CBuJ Entertainment.
Pirates of the Mississippi was formed in 1987, when Nashville session musicians Bill McCorvey (lead vocals), Rich Alves (guitar), Dean Townson (bass guitar), Jimmy Lowe (drums), and Pat Severs (steel guitar) started performing together. Originally, they identified themselves as the We Don't Want a Freaking Record Deal Band,[1] but upon witnessing a group of fans wearing clogs, the group changed its name to The Cloggers. Eventually, they settled on the name Pirates of the Mississippi. This name was inspired by Lowe, whom the other members thought resembled a pirate.[1]
Pirates of the Mississippi soon began playing various clubs around Nashville. Eventually, they attracted the attention of an A&R representative at Capitol Records, who signed them to a recording contract in 1990. That year, the band released its self-titled debut album. This album produced four chart singles for the band. First was a cover of Hank Williams's "Honky Tonk Blues," which the band took to #26. After it came "Rollin' Home" at #49 and "Feed Jake," the band's highest-peaking single, at #15. "Speak of the Devil," the last single, reached #29.
1991's Walk the Plank, their second album for Capitol. produced two Top 40 hits and a #41, including their second-highest chart peak in the #22 "Till I'm Holding You Again." After a restructuring of Capitol Nashville, the band was shifted to Liberty Records, where they would release their third and fourth albums: A Street Man Named Desire (1992) and Dream You (1993). Each album's title track was the only charting single from it: "A Street Man Named Desire" peaked at #56 and "Dream You" at #63.
By 1994, a compilation album entitled The Best of Pirates of the Mississippi was issued. This compilation included several tracks from their first four albums, as well as newly recorded remixes. The same year, Severs was replaced with Greg Trostle on steel guitar, and the band parted ways with Liberty. In 1995, the band signed to Giant Records, releasing the non-charting singles "You Could Do Better" and "Sure Sign" for an album which would have been titled Sure Sign.
Later on, the band released Paradise, its only physical album for Giant. Despite producing no singles, this album's title track would later be a Top 40 hit for John Anderson that year. Pirates of the Mississippi disbanded in 1996, with Alves and McCorvey choosing to focus on their songwriting. Among McCorvey's cuts were "Lonely and Gone", a Top 5 hit for Montgomery Gentry, and "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You", a #31 duet by Mark Wills with Jamie O'Neal in 2001.
Pirates of the Mississippi was formed in 1987, when Nashville session musicians Bill McCorvey (lead vocals), Rich Alves (guitar), Dean Townson (bass guitar), Jimmy Lowe (drums), and Pat Severs (steel guitar) started performing together. Originally, they identified themselves as the We Don't Want a Freaking Record Deal Band,[1] but upon witnessing a group of fans wearing clogs, the group changed its name to The Cloggers. Eventually, they settled on the name Pirates of the Mississippi. This name was inspired by Lowe, whom the other members thought resembled a pirate.[1]
Pirates of the Mississippi soon began playing various clubs around Nashville. Eventually, they attracted the attention of an A&R representative at Capitol Records, who signed them to a recording contract in 1990. That year, the band released its self-titled debut album. This album produced four chart singles for the band. First was a cover of Hank Williams's "Honky Tonk Blues," which the band took to #26. After it came "Rollin' Home" at #49 and "Feed Jake," the band's highest-peaking single, at #15. "Speak of the Devil," the last single, reached #29.
1991's Walk the Plank, their second album for Capitol. produced two Top 40 hits and a #41, including their second-highest chart peak in the #22 "Till I'm Holding You Again." After a restructuring of Capitol Nashville, the band was shifted to Liberty Records, where they would release their third and fourth albums: A Street Man Named Desire (1992) and Dream You (1993). Each album's title track was the only charting single from it: "A Street Man Named Desire" peaked at #56 and "Dream You" at #63.
By 1994, a compilation album entitled The Best of Pirates of the Mississippi was issued. This compilation included several tracks from their first four albums, as well as newly recorded remixes. The same year, Severs was replaced with Greg Trostle on steel guitar, and the band parted ways with Liberty. In 1995, the band signed to Giant Records, releasing the non-charting singles "You Could Do Better" and "Sure Sign" for an album which would have been titled Sure Sign.
Later on, the band released Paradise, its only physical album for Giant. Despite producing no singles, this album's title track would later be a Top 40 hit for John Anderson that year. Pirates of the Mississippi disbanded in 1996, with Alves and McCorvey choosing to focus on their songwriting. Among McCorvey's cuts were "Lonely and Gone", a Top 5 hit for Montgomery Gentry, and "I'm Not Gonna Do Anything Without You", a #31 duet by Mark Wills with Jamie O'Neal in 2001.