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Brooks & Dunn Biography

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Fast Facts

  • Won two Grammy Awards for best country performance by a duo or group with vocals, one for "Hard Workin' Man" in 1993 and another for "My Maria" in 1996
  • The duo was named entertainer of the year four times by the ACM and the CMA collectively
  • Won 27 Academy of Country Music honors over the course of their career together
  • Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn were originally paired together by music executive Tim DuBois, who thought their songwriting styles would be complementary
  • Released their first album in 1991, which contained four No․ 1 singles
  • Had hits with "Boot Scootin' Boogie," "My Maria," "Only in America" and "Believe․"
  • A country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn
  • Their studio albums include "Brand New Man," "Hard Workin' Man," "Waitin' on Sundown" and "Borderline," among others
  • With Bill Fitzhugh, the duo wrote a book called "The Adventure of Slim and Howdy," which was released in 2008
  • The liner notes of their studio albums included short stories penned by the duo about Slim & Howdy, fictionalized cowboy versions of themselves