Rascal Flatts est un groupe de New Country constitué de 3 membres : Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus et Joe Don Rooney. Dans Me and my Gang, leur style s'éloigne un peu plus de la country que pour les précédents. On y trouve une musique plus moderne, plus rythmée, avec également What Hurts the Most.
Les Rascal Flatts ont également participé à la bande originale du film Cars, avec une reprise de la chanson de Tom Cochrane, "Life is a Highway".
Les Rascal Flatts ont également apparu dans Hannah Montana, le film, avec Miley Cyrus, en y interprétant Bless the broken road entre autres.
Ils sont aussi participés à l'épisode 14 de la saison 10 des Experts en y interprétant leur propre rôle. Dans cet épisode, un des membre du groupe est victime d'un crime et les deux autres deviennent suspects.
En 2011, ils ont fait le remix d'un morceau intitulé "That Should Be Me" de Justin Bieber, pour le compte de l'album "Never Say Never - The Remixes"
A country trio known primarily for its pleasing harmony and Grammy-winning songcraft, Rascal Flatts are comprised of Gary LeVox, Jay Demarcus, and Joe Don Rooney. Cousins Demarcus and LeVox grew up in Columbus, OH, a town Demarcus eventually left in 1992 to pursue a music career in Nashville. Meanwhile, LeVox pursued his own musical success with a Christian group; at the behest of his cousin, however, he also relocated to Nashville toward the decade's end.
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Although LeVox quickly found work as the keyboardist for country star Chely Wright, he still found time to play local shows with Demarcus. One night, the duo asked Oklahoma native Joe Don Rooney (who played guitar in Wright's band) to join them during a Printer's Alley gig in Nashville. A bond was quickly formed, and the musicians abandoned their other duties in favor of forming Rascal Flatts in the late '90s.
After landing a record deal with Lyric Street Records, Rascal Flatts recorded an eclectic mix of country and pop for the trio's self-titled debut. The album arrived in 2000, and "Prayin' for Daylight" became the group's first smash single. Rascal Flatts ultimately sent four singles to the Top Ten before the band's second album, Melt, appeared in October 2002. Co-produced by the bandmates themselves, Melt sold a million copies in eight weeks and yielded the band's first number one country hit, "These Days." By this time, Rascal Flatts had established themselves as a highly successful country act, with a particularly strong following among younger listeners (an elusive demographic to most country stars). A live album served as an amiable segue between Melt and 2004's chart-topping Feels Like Today, while Me and My Gang arrived in April 2006. Rascal Flatts' 2007 release, Still Feels Good, enjoyed a similar reception, going platinum before the year's end and yielding another number one hit, "Take Me There." Unstoppable followed in 2009.
After Lyric Street Records ceased operations, the trio signed with Big Machine Records and released its seventh studio album, Nothing Like This, in 2010. By mid-2011, that album had sold nearly 1 million copies. Their recording with Justin Bieber, "That Should Be Me," was named collaborative video of the year at the CMT Music Awards. The band also launched its Flatts Fest Tour in 2011, a day-long event featuring Sara Evans, Easton Corbin and Justin Moore as opening acts.
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