Deryl Dodd
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| Birth name | Deryl Dwaine Dodd |
| Born | April 12, 1964 |
| Origin | Texas, USA |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals Rhythm guitar |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Label(s) | Columbia Dualtone |
| Website | DerylDodd.com |
Deryl Dodd (born Deryl Dwaine Doddd, April 12, 1964) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Originally a regular on the Texas club circuit, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, soon finding work as a harmony vocalist and songwriter. By 1996, he was signed to a recording contract, releasing two albums and charting several singles on the country charts, before a debilitating bout of viral encephalitis which put his career on hiatus. Having recovered from his encephalitis in 2000, Dodd later resumed his singing career; he continues to record and tour to this day.
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[edit] Biography
Deryl was raised in Dallas, Texas, where he played football from an early age.[1] After a career-ending injury, Dodd was persuaded to perform music in clubs throughout the state of Texas. In 1991, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, forming a band along with Brett Beavers, now an established Nashville songwriter.[1] Dodd later found work singing harmony vocals for Martina McBride, Radney Foster, and George Ducas, in addition to playing in Tracy Lawrence's road band, and co-writing a song on Tim McGraw's All I Want album.[1][2]
Dodd signed to Columbia Records in 1996 as a solo act. His first album, One Ride in Vegas, was released that year, producing a Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard country music charts in the Tom T. Hall-penned "That's How I Got to Memphis".[1] One Ride in Vegas was followed by an eponymous album in 1998; that same year, Dodd was nominated as Top New Male Vocalist by the Academy of Country Music.[3] His second album also produced his biggest chart hit to date in "A Bitter End", which peaked at #26 on the country charts.
Dodd's career came to a halt in 1999, however, when he was diagnosed with viral encephalitis.[1][4] He remained bedridden for six months, and then went through eighteen months of rehabilitation (which included re-learning how to play guitar).[1] Once he had fully recovered, Deryl attended several writers' nights in Nashville, and was later signed as an opening act on Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's Soul2Soul tour.[2]
Dodd's third and final album for Columbia, Pearl Snaps, was released in 2002. Later, he recorded Live at Billy Bob's Texas, before switching to Dualtone Records in 2004 to release Stronger Proof (2004) and Full Circle (2006).[1][2]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | Label | US Country |
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| 1996 | One Ride in Vegas | Columbia | 61 |
| 1998 | Deryl Dodd | 63 | |
| 2002 | Pearl Snaps | ||
| 2003 | Live at Billy Bob's Texas | Image | 61 |
| 2004 | Stronger Proof | Dualtone | |
| 2006 | Full Circle |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | US Country | Album |
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| 1996 | "Friends Don't Drive Friends"A | One Ride in Vegas | |
| "That's How I Got to Memphis" | 36 | ||
| 1997 | "Movin' Out to the Country" | 63 | |
| 1998 | "Time on My Hands" | 62 | |
| "A Bitter End"B | 26 | Deryl Dodd | |
| 1999 | "John Roland Wood" | 64 | |
| "Good Idea Tomorrow" | 65 | ||
| "On Earth as It Is in Texas" | 71 | Pearl Snaps | |
| "Sundown" | 59 | ||
| 2004 | "Let Me Be" | 59 | Stronger Proof |
| 2005 | "Love or Something Like It"A |
- AFailed to chart.
- B"A Bitter End" also peaked at #88 on the US Hot 100.
