Artist:Rhonda VincentSong:If Heartaches Had Wings
Album:One Step Ahead
Rhonda Vincent is one of today's top bluegrass artists. She plays the mandolin, guitar and fiddle and is a highly expressive vocalist. And she writes a lot of her own songs. She attempted to cross over to mainstream country music in the 90s but was unsuccessful and returned to bluegrass and has found her audience there. She was born July 13, 1962 in Kirksville, MO and started performing with her family group The Sally Mountain Show at age five. She learned to play mandolin and fiddle and continued to perform through her teens. Rhonda's big break came when she won The Nashville Network TV talent show You Can Be A Star in 1985. This led to a contract with country music legend Jim Ed Brown. She made her solo recording debut with A Dream Come True on Rebel Records in 1990. She recorded four albums for Rebel that got the attention of Giant Records' Nashville president James Stroud who convinced her to try mainstream country music. After her two contemporary country albums did not sell, she left Giant and signed with Rounder Records. She returned to bluegrass with the 2000 CD Back Home Again and has been one of the top selling and most highly acclaimed bluegrass artists since then. If Heartaches Had Wings was originally released only as a single and then added to the 2003 CD One Step Ahead as a bonus track. That's the version currently available on CD. Rhonda left Rounder after her 2009 CD Destination Life and released the CD Taken on her own Upper Management label in Sept. 2010. It topped the bluegrass charts. She is releasing a duet CD with veteran country music singer Gene Watson called Your Money and My Good Looks in June. And her legacy continues. Rhonda's youngest brother Darrin Vincent is a member of Daley & Vincent. And her daughters Sally and Tensel have their own group Next Best Thing and along with Sally's husband Hunter Berry, they play in mom's band. Never heard of Rhonda Vincent? Here's your chance to discover this great musician. Here's the video for If Heartaches Had Wings by Rhonda Vincent. And yes, that is Miley Cyrus appearing in this video.
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