Brooks & Dunn
Profession
Soundtrack
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
- 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
- Had hits with "Boot Scootin' Boogie," "My Maria," "Only in America" and "Believe․"
- The liner notes of their studio albums included short stories penned by the duo about Slim & Howdy, fictionalized cowboy versions of themselves
- With Bill Fitzhugh, the duo wrote a book called "The Adventure of Slim and Howdy," which was released in 2008