Rick Monroe

Artist Information

Biography

For 2010, Rick Monroe is in perpetual motion. Monroe is especially excited about his new single "Get UR Country ON, as well as the new Jager tour -- as it was a twinkle in his eye not long ago. He says, “ I'm very excited to see what was just a small idea become a reality. With my new music and thie tour, we’re off to a great start for 2010.”

Monroe’s extended road trip, (http://www.jagermeistermusictour.com/) with Eric Church and Josh Thompson is the SECOND Edition of the country themed series for the German based Jagermeister. The company decided to jump into the world of country music in 2009 in a big way and this summer's upcoming extravaganza is a result of Monroe's persistence and dedication to the project. Monroe believed in the tour to such an extent that he actually brought his band to GERMANY to play for the powers-that-be at Jagermeister. The Rick Monroe Band remains the first band ever to perform live for the honchos at Jager Corporate in Germany.

On the music side, in his new single (and upcoming video), "GET UR COUNTRY ON" (www.geturcountryon.com)Rick Monroe SENDS OUT A CALL to the Country -- and the Country Music Community. Through his artistry, Rick Monroe is a Country Music Road warrior who isn't averse to taking his music directly to the people. Rick says, "You know all those reality shows on TV... my life IS a reality show."

He's opened for the likes of Charlie Daniels, Dwight Yoakam, Montgomery Gentry, Marshall Tucker, Darryl Worley, Craig Morgan, Eric Church, Emerson Drive, Patty Loveless, Little Texas, Ricochet, The Birds, Black Hawk, Trick Pony, Shelly Wright, Sammy Kershaw and Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus. He's toured Europe for the last 3 years and performed an average of 100 dates a year for the last 2 years. While at home in Nashville, he even makes room for a steady gig at Wildhorse Saloon.

No stranger to success Rick's latest album, Get Loud Get Lit spawned the single, Honky Tonk Road Trip. His Against the Grain unleashed the hit single Midnight Rider. Having received rave reviews in print and accolades on television shows such as EXTRA and ET, Rick's gritty Midnight Rider video is still in rotation on CMT PURE. And in support of the Against the Grain album for Divorce Records, Rick and his band successfully completed a 75 station Radio tour for "Midnight Rider."

Numerous corporations have noticed the artist's allure as well. Monroe has picked up sponsorship from Peavey, Jagermeister, Resitol Hats, Blue Berry Guitars, Vegas Fuel Energy Drink, GHS, Visual Sound and others.

A true ambassador of the genre, Monroe was among the first country artists to perform in Russia and China. His extensive touring history includes performances throughout Russia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Hungary, Honduras, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Bahamas, Germany, England, Netherlands and Switzerland, sharing the stage with a who's who of musical greats. At the request of Pete Peterson, US Ambassador to Vietnam, Rick performed at the week-long 4th of July celebrations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Mihn City. Monroe was honored to sing the US National anthem for the 5-year anniversary of the re-opening of diplomatic relations between the countries. This marking the first time the anthem had been sung at a public event in Vietnam in over 25 years.

He followed that up with a Command Performance for the former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev on the USS Sequoia Presidential Yacht, Washington, DC. This lead to a trip to Russia where Monroe performed at several orphanages and was a featured performer on REN TV's Bulat Okudzhava Festival in Moscow, Russia

Rick Monroe takes life experiences that we all share, the events that touch our hearts and creates music that speaks directly to the soul in each of us. Whether in an intimate setting accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, a good old honky-tonk, or on stage playing with his band to thousands at an outdoor festival halfway around the world, Rick strives to connect to his audiences. He is always a huge crowd pleaser.


He's opened for the likes of Charlie Daniels, Dwight Yoakam, Montgomery Gentry, Marshall Tucker, Darryl Worley, Craig Morgan, Eric Church, Emerson Drive, Patty Loveless, Little Texas, Ricochet, The Birds, Black Hawk, Trick Pony, Chely Wright, Sammy Kershaw and Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus. He's toured Europe for the last 3 years and performed an average of 100 dates a year for the last 2 years. While at home in Nashville, he even makes room for a steady gig at Wildhorse Saloon.

Monroe's new and upcoming Jager Country Tour with Pat Green and Randy Houser is a first for the German based Jagermeister. The company has decided to jump into the world of country music in a big way via this summer's upcoming 35 plus date extravaganza as a result of Monroe's persistence and dedication to the project. Monroe believed in the tour to such an extent that he actually brought his band to GERMANY to play for the powers-that-be at Jagermeister. The Rick Monroe Band remains the first band ever to perform live for the honchos at Jager Corporate in Germany.

No stranger to success Rick's last album, Against the Grain spawned the hit single Midnight Rider. Having received rave reviews in print and accolades on television shows such as EXTRA and ET, Rick's gritty Midnight Rider video is still in rotation on CMT PURE CMT.com. And in support of the Against the Grain album for Divorce Records, Rick and his band successfully completed a 75 station Radio tour for "Midnight Rider."

And other corporations have noticed the artist's allure as well. Monroe has picked up sponsorship from Peavey, Jagermeister, Resitol Hats, Blue Berrry Guitars, Vegas Fuel Energy Drink, GHS, Visual Sound and others.

A true ambassador of the genre, Monroe was among the first country artists to perform in Russia and China. His extensive touring history includes performances throughout Russia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Hungary, Honduras, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Bahamas, Germany, England, Netherlands and Switzerland, sharing the stage with a who's who of musical greats. At the request of Pete Peterson, US Ambassador to Vietnam, Rick performed at the week-long 4th of July celebrations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Mihn City. Monroe was honored to sing the US National anthem for the 5-year anniversary of the re-opening of diplomatic relations between the countries. This marking the first time the anthem had been sung at a public event in Vietnam in over 25 years.

He followed that up with a Command Performance for the former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev on the USS Sequoia Presidential Yacht, Washington, DC. This lead to a trip to Russia where Monroe performed at several orphanages and was a featured performer on REN TV's Bulat Okudzhava Festival in Moscow, Russia

Rick Monroe takes life experiences that we all share, the events that touch our hearts and creates music that speaks directly to the soul in each of us. Whether in an intimate setting accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, a good old honky-tonk, or on stage playing with his band to thousands at an outdoor festival halfway around the world, Rick strives to connect to his audiences. He is always a huge crowd pleaser.

Instrumentation

Rick Monroe - Lead Vocals/Guitar

Discography

2010"Get UR Country On"
2008 "Honky Tonk Road Trip"
2007 "Ace Of Spades"
2006 Against The Grain
"Midnight Rider" single on Music Row for 11 weeks & the Video on CMT
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/monroe_rick/artist.jhtml

Charted Singles:
"Can I Call You Home" #19
"Life Goes On In LA" #25 Gold Award winning video.
"Day by Day" #40

Official Website

http://www.rickmonroe.com

Links

• Official Rick Monroe Website

Audio

• Honky Tonk Road Trip
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• Not That Complicated
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• Dear JD
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• Just A pretty Picture
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• Midnight Rider
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• Dance Hall King
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• I Remember The Music
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• Wrapped In You
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• Just A Pretty Picture
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Lyrics

• I Remember The Music
• Dance Hall King
• Wrapped In You
• Just A Pretty Picture
• Honky Tonk Road Trip
• Not That Complicated

Video

Rick Monroe Promo Video

Photo Gallery

Press

• Billboard & Music Row [+ Show ]
  

  Single Reviews for "Midnight Rider" Billboard Magazine Issue: June 4, 2005 Reviews/Singles Count...Single Reviews for "Midnight Rider"
  Billboard Magazine
  Issue: June 4, 2005
  Reviews/Singles
  Country Rick Monroe
  Midnight Rider (3:01)
  Producers: Rick Monroe, Jeff Marshall,
  Writers: G. Allman, R.K. Payne
  Publishers: various
  Divorce Records (CD promo)
  
  It takes guts to cover a song as well-known as the classic "Midnight Rider,"
  but THE MOVE PAYS OFF for indie artist Rick Monroe as he turns a fresh take on the Greg Allman/Robert Kim Payne country-rock chestnut. A native of Sarasota, Fla., Monroe has built a solid fan base through aggressive touring in the United States and overseas including dates in Russia, Bosnia, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Vietnam, Germany and England.
  
  He has a warm, supple voice and brings an edgy energy to this often recorded number. The track is the lead single from his album, "Against the Grain," due June 21.
  
  He's a musician's musician who is going to continue to play and sing somewhere whether country radio comes to the party or not, but some airwave exposure could give him the larger platform he deserves. -- Deborah Evans Price
  
  MUSIC ROW
  RICK MONROE/Midnight Rider
  Writer: Greg Allman; Producer: Rick Monroe/Jeff Marshall; Publisher: Elijah Blue/Unichappell, BMI; Divorce (track) http://www.rickmonroe.com
  
  Willie Nelson tried taking this Allman Brothers chestnut down a country road last year. This effort rearranges the familiar tune into even more of a hillbilly bopper. I still say the dang thing deserves to become a country smash. - Robert Oerman

• E! News Daily/Entertainment Tonight
  

  "Rick Monroe is a Hit!" -E! News Daily "A star on the rise" -Entertainment Tonight

• Fox Theater [+ Show ]
  

  "I see 365 shows a year, and Rick Monroe is one of the most incredible up and coming young singer - ..."I see 365 shows a year, and Rick Monroe is one of the most incredible up and coming young singer - songwriters that I've seen in my seven years in the live music business"

• Rick Monroe - Against the Grain [+ Show ]
  

  Monroe is the pride of Sarasota, Florida (just south of Tampa). And with songs that cut through coun...Monroe is the pride of Sarasota, Florida (just south of Tampa). And with songs that cut through country to the rock and soul at its heart, he surely will be the pride of other places soon; maybe Nashville.

• Listen.com Review [+ Show ]
  

  "Earnest Southern Rock hosts perfect organ fills and background singers that sing with as much passi..."Earnest Southern Rock hosts perfect organ fills and background singers that sing with as much passion as Rick Monroe himself. Conjures up images of a summer barbecue somewhere south of the Mason - Dixon."-

• Monroe's New Unreleased EP [+ Show ]
  

  "I actually had the entire project put into our system. We really don't do a lot of "one song from t..."I actually had the entire project put into our system. We really don't do a lot of "one song from the album" type of adds. We celebrate the whole project, and I think this one definitely deserved the celebration!"
  

• Superstar Possibilities
  

  "Rick Monroe jumps off the talent radar screen with superstar possibilities."

• NOHO "The Music Colum" [+ Show ]
  

  Rick Monroe followed Kelly's Lot with what a lot of people thought was probably going to be just ano...Rick Monroe followed Kelly's Lot with what a lot of people thought was probably going to be just another L.A., country or pop rock band. But they were wrong. Right off the top, these guys blasted their music tight and bold, in a perfectly matched back up to Rick Monroe’s own voice and presence. Each song had a life all its own and Rick's banter in between songs set the crowd at ease and made them want to hear more. At times it felt like the Universal Bar and Grill seemed to coast between the possibility of being a club in Nashville and the Sunset Strip. Rick Monroe’s band is the perfect group for those who have a love of country music but also to those who like to rock!

• "AGAINST THE GRAIN" advance review [+ Show ]
  

  In the unlikely event that Rick Monroe’s success as a New Country artist should fizzle, he could rei...In the unlikely event that Rick Monroe’s success as a New Country artist should fizzle, he could reinvent himself in a number of other genres, particularly straight-ahead pop. On the strength of his two previous CDs, he’s already riding a wave of popularity, notably through some high-profile international “command performances”. Not one to rest on past laurels, he’s planning a return European tour, specifically, in Germany.
  
  This promo CD, to be officially released as Against the Grain, puts to rest any confusion over what “New Country” music is, i.e., blending various musical influences (soft rock, folk, Texas swing, and even a bit of blues) and underscoring it with a melodious country feeling. His admission, on “One More”, that he’s a “cityslicker, touch of shitkicker, got the blues in my soul” justifies his back-and-forth jaunts between L.A. and Nashville.
  
  “I Remember the Music” (Ashley Gorley/Wade Kirby), possibly being marketed as the first U.S. single, sounds like something Canadian folk-rock hero Murray McLauchlan would have composed. This bluegrass-tinged soft-rocker hails the power of music intertwined with our good (and sometimes bad) reminiscences. It features stellar guest performances by Jeff King and Chris Luzinger on guitars, Michael Rhodes on bass, Larry Beaird on acoustic guitar and banjo, Tony Harrell on piano/keys and Owen Hale on drums. This same group of players also performs on “Grace” and “X on the Map”.
  
  “Runaway”, a mid-tempo steel/slide guitar country waltz, exemplifies Rick’s great songwriting skills (in collaboration with Craig Bartock, Rick’s co-producer, who also provides backing instrumentation on several tracks) and wide-ranging vocals – very nice! Layered backing vocals add icing to this piece of cake.
  
  On “One More”, attesting to the addictive properties of live performances, there’s barely a twang to be heard, but Rick throws in the odd yodel for genuine effect. This one’s a “two-step boogie-woogie” with a butt-kicking drumbeat.
  
  Rick returns to folk-mellow mode on “X On the Map” (written by Don Schlitz), putting an interesting but melancholy spin on the “You Are Here” cartographic notation. It features some beautiful flat-picking and a subtle, synthesized string section. On the anthemic country-rock twist of amazing “Grace” (Ron Riddle), the metronomic notch gets upped a bit, decorated with more steel/slide guitar.
  
  Rick’s “Daddy’s Little Girl” curiously stands out in its sorrowful melodrama, as most songs about one’s children do, but only a cold-hearted person would be put off by it.
  
  Not to leave us on a sad note, “Dance Hall King” (surely the better first single?) swingingly proclaims his intention to be just that, but not without his lady-love on the dance floor with him! Now, this is country music at its rocking best – a fitting successor to the classic “Footloose”! Jeff Marshall, his collaborator here, provides drum programming, bass and electric guitar, with Rick playing acoustic guitar.
  
  Surprisingly, there is an uncredited track closing the CD, called, “Love Bug”, which is catchy enough, and the “o-di-yo-di-yo-di-yo-di-o-lays” serve to remind us of that line-dancin’ “pure country” sound.
  
  An instantly pleasurable collection of songs that begs to be put on “repeat” mode.
  

• Rick Monroe's Shame CD
  

  "Shame sparkles!"

Setlist

RICK MONROE SET LIST
RICK MORNOE SET LIST

AC/DC
Shook Me
Back In Black

Alabama
Dixieland Delight

Jason Aldean
Hick Town
Johnny Cash

Gary Allan
Alright Guy

Keith Anderson
Wildflowers

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Fishin' In The Dark

Dierks Bentley
Whole Lot Of Leaving Left To Do
What Was I Thinking

Garth Brooks
Callin' Baton Rouge
Pappa Loves Momma
Aint' Going Down
Friends In Low Places
The Dance

Allman Brothers
Midnight Rider
Melissa
Whipping Post

Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison
Ring Of Fire

David Allen Coe
Best Damn Country Song Ever
The Ride

Buck Cherry
Crazy Bitch

Kenny Chesney
Summer Time
No Shirt No Shoes

Elvis Costello
Alison

Social Distortion
Ball & Chain

Brooks & Dunn
Ain't Nothing About You
Boot Scootin' Boogie
Husbands & Wives

Rascal Flatts
What Hurts The Most

Marvin Gaye
Let’s Get it On

Pat Green
Wave On Wave

Montgomery Gentry
Hillybilly Shoes

Jimi Hendrix
Little Wing

Billy Idol
Rebel Yell

Shooter Jennings
4th Of July`

Waylon Jennings
Working Man Blues

Toby Keith
Get Drunk & Be Somebody
Who's Your Daddy
Little Less Talk

Chris LeDuex
Cadillac Ranch
The Rodeo Song

Lit
My Own Worst Enemy

Tim McGraw
Live Like You Were Dying
Something Like That
I Like It I Love It

Metallica
Enter San Man
Whisky In The Jar

Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl
Moondance

Motorhead
Ace Of Spades

Willy Nelson
Mammas Don't Let Your Baby's...
On The Road Again
Whiskey River

Brad Paisley
Alcohol
Celebrity

Tom Petty
American Girl

Wilson Pickett
Mustang Sally

Poison
Every Rose

Cross Canadian Ragweed
Boys In Oklahoma

Grand Funk Railroad
Some Kind Of Wonderful

The Ramones
Sedated

Jimmy Reed
Aint Got You

Jerry Reid
Eastbound

John Rich
One Budweiser

Saliva
Click Click Boom

Georgia Satellites
Keep Your Hands To Yourself

Lynard Skynyrd
Sweet Home Alabama
What's Your Name

Rolling Stones
Honkey Tonk Woman
Dead Flowers

ZZ Top
Tush
La Grange

Ernest Tubbs
Waltz Across Texas

Keith Urban
Someone Like You
Who Wouldn't Want To Be Me
Once In A Life Time

Stevie Ray Vaughn
House Is Rockin’
Pride & Joy

Hank Williams Jr.
Women I've Never Had
Family Tradition

Dwight Yoakam
You're The One
Fast As You
Guitars & Cadillacs
I Want You To Want Me

Led Zepplin
Rock -n- Roll


ORIGINALS:

Best Damn Woman
Blue Skies
Complicated
Dance Hall King
Dear JD
Getty Up
Grace
Gypsy Soul
Honky Tonk Road Trip
Hey, Hey Blues
If You Were Mine
I Remember The Music
Just Pretty Picture
Love Bug
Love Will Bring You Back
One More
Shame
Some Kind Of Woman
Talkin'
That's Just Life
Travelin' Song
Type Of Guy
Runaway
Wrapped In You
X On The Map

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