Robin English

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Halfway to Hazard was an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters David Tolliver and Chad Warrix. Though Tolliver and Warrix grew up in different towns in southeastern Kentucky, their band's origins are in Hazard, Kentucky, which was halfway between their hometowns.

Their debut single, "Daisy", was a Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2007. The song was also featured as iTunes' single of the week on August 6, 2007. In addition, they toured as Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's opening act on their Soul2Soul 2007 Tour. McGraw helped to produce the album.[1]

On October 14, 2007, the duo performed the national anthem prior to the Green Bay Packers' home game against the Washington Redskins.[2] Later that season they performed again at Lambeau Field for the Packers NFC Championship game against the New York Giants.[1]

In May 2008, they were nominated by the Academy of Country music for their "Duo of the Year," award. Halfway to Hazard toured again on the Live Your Voice tour with Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean.

A single from their second album, "I Know Where Heaven Is," was released on July 20, 2009. The album, Come on Time, was released on October 19, 2009. Neither charted.

On January 20, 2010, Tolliver announced he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from the duo via their website. All future tour dates were indefinitely postponed. The future of the act is unknown.

Singer/songwriter Robin English was born into a musical family in Texas in 1971 and grew up in Arlington before moving to Nashville, TN, to pursue a career in country music. Like many other aspiring country stars, she played in local clubs with her band and wrote hundreds of songs with more than a hundred other songwriters. She also found time to graduate with honors from Belmont University and attend law school. For a time, she was a member of a group called the Young Riders, along with Blake Shelton, Rachel Proctor, and Ryan Murphey. In 2000, she signed a solo recording contract with Columbia Records. Her debut single, "Girl in Love," which she co-wrote with Marcus Hummon, was released August 21, 2001. It reached number ten in Billboard's Top Country Singles Sales chart. Interestingly, it did not chart at all in the regular Billboard country singles chart, which is based solely on airplay, an indication of the widening gap between what country music fans liked to hear and what country radio liked to play for them in the early 21st century. Columbia never released a full-length album with English, who asked for her release from the label in the wake of extensive personnel changes there. Returning largely to road work, she opened for such artists as Clint Black, Brad Paisley, Joe Diffie, and Mark Chesnutt. With Jess Brown and Tony Lane, she co-wrote "A Far Cry from You," which appeared on Tracy Lawrence's 2004 album Strong, and she contributed background vocals on Reckless Kelly's 2005 album Wicked Twisted Road. After releasing Hello Me on Global Row Productions in 2004, she signed to the independent Aspirion/Brass Ring Records label in December 2005, debuting in early 2006 with her single "I'm the One." A self-titled album repeating some of the same songs from Hello Me followed on September 19, 2006, as she went out on tour opening for Willie Nelson.