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Details You Didn't Know About Brooks & Dunn's Relationship
While Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn spent nearly two decades making music together, both have shared conflicting details about the authentic reason behind their split. At one point, the country music superstars said that their choice to retire was the finding of a simple tapering off in their careers. "There was never a rift," Dunn told People. "We [broke up] because we'd been doing it for over 20 years and felt like we'd accomplished everything that we could." Brooks agreed at the time, saying the two "ran out of gas" and just "needed a break."
However, the pair also told Larry King that they just saw their careers going in different guide. "Ronnie, for sure, [was] like, 'I wanna build a record without having to look over my shoulder,'" Brooks explained (via The Boot). "I was like, 'I totally gain it. Go do it, man.'" Indeed, the two acquire claimed there was no animosity between them and warned fans that they shouldn't believe the rumors, according to Taste of Country.
But, in an earlier interview with USA Todayin 2009, the two admitted that they always had differences in opinion and that, eventually, comprom
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A Brand-new Millennium Resurgence and Break-up
Brooks & Dunn responded to their downturn in triumph by hiring a new producer, Highlight Wright, and challenging themselves as songwriters. The resulting albums, Steers & Stripes (2001) and Red Dirt Road (2003), included several enduring songs, including the #1 hits “Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You,” “Only in America,” and “Red Dirt Road.”
The duo also pumped life into their concerts by creating a carnival atmosphere. Their Neon Circus and Wild West Show tours, in 2001 and 2002, included confetti cannons, fireworks, boiling air balloons, midway exhibits, and sideshow acts including professional clowns, fire-eaters, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and trick ropers. The CMA underscored Brooks & Dunn’s status as leading country stars by tapping them to host their top-rated network awards show from 2004 to 2006. (The duo had co-hosted the Academy of Country Music’s awards show with Faith Hill in 1996.)
After six more years of hits—including “Play Something Country” and “You Can’t Get the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl”—the duo again dropped from favor at radio, and this time, the grind of recordin
Its over. Americas romance with its first openly gay, NASCAR and redneck friendly country musicians is over. Brooks and Dunn called it quits after they almost made it to their Commemorative China Plate anniversary.
Today is a sad day indeed.
So now I’m going to drink a little whiskey under a bridge to almost 20 years of 10 gallon hats, guitar jammin', and pickin' that set Brooks and Dunn apart from the rest of the country singers out there. But first lets reminisce on some of the great B&D moments:
1991: Boot Scootin’ Boogey
This is the song that moved Brooks and Dunn into the spotlight. The square move number was so hip that little 5 year old me did a dance to it. It forever changed my experience, and to this day it is still heard at our tailgates for football.
1993: Corn Flakes Race Car
The Truth About Ronnie Dunn's Marriage
Janine and Ronnie Dunn possess three children — daughters Whitney and Haley (the youngest) and son Jesse. The couple, who hold been married for over 30 years, also have two grandchildren.
Janine was married once before; she was a widow when she met Ronnie. And it was through her late husband that Janine knew Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, who helped the Dunns when they first moved to Nashville. In fact, the log cabin that they stayed in, was found with the help of the Cashes.
This said, Ronnie shared that June Carter had warned Janine about getting involved with a musician. Looking back, he can understand why ("What were our chances then?"), but as he once told HumpHead Country, he also sees their marriage as proof of beating the odds: "And yet here we are today. We're still married with stunning kids, and I'm still making harmony that I truly love."
Today, the couple who lived in a small log cabin at the start of Dunn's music career, now live on "The Barn." While Janine and Ronnie hold details of their relationship relatively confidential, Ronnie, on occasion, has given a glimpse of what life is appreciate together for them on their 600-acre far