DISCOGRAPHY 1989-2021 (17CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Itchy Brother performed together until 1982, with James Harrison
replacing Martin from 1973 to 1976. The Young brothers and Martin began
performing as The Kentucky Headhunters in 1986, adding brothers Ricky
Lee Phelps (lead vocals, harmonica) and Doug Phelps (bass guitar,
vocals) to the membership.
With the release of their 1989 debut album Pickin' on Nashville via
Mercury Records, the band charted four consecutive Top 40 country singles.
A second album for Mercury, Electric Barnyard, did not do as well
commercially, and the Phelps brothers left after its release to form
Brother Phelps. Kenney re-joined and Mark S. Orr took over on lead vocals
for 1993's Rave On!! and a compilation album entitled The Best of The
Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin' before the band exited Mercury.
Orr left and Doug Phelps rejoined in 1996 as lead vocalist for the album
Stompin' Grounds. He also led on the Audium Entertainment albums Songs
from the Grass String Ranch and Soul, as well as Big Boss Man and a second
compilation, Flying Under the Radar, on CBuJ Entertainment. After Kenney's
departure, Doug once again became the band's bass guitarist by the release
of its next album, Dixie Lullabies, in 2011.
The Kentucky Headhunters have released eight studio albums, three
compilations, and twenty-three singles, of which the highest-peaking is a
cover of the Don Gibson song "Oh Lonesome Me," which the band took to
number 8 in 1990. In addition, the band has won three Country Music
Association awards, an Academy of Country Music award and a Grammy Award
for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, won in 1990 for
Pickin' on Nashville.
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