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Diamond Rio is a country music|country band formed
in 1989. They consist of Marty Roe (lead
Vocals|vocals), Jimmy Olander (guitar,
Banjo|banjo), Dana Williams (Bass guitar|bass,
vocals), Dan Truman (Keyboard
instrument|keyboards) Gene Johnson
(Mandolin|mandolin, vocals), and Brain Prout. They
are members of the Grand Ole Opry.


Diamond Rio released their debut, Diamond Rio
(album)|Diamond Rio, in 1991. It spawned five Top
10 Country hits, including the #1 hit "Meet Me in
the Middle", and went platinum. Their second
album, Close to the Edge (Diamond Rio)|Close to
the Edge, released the following year, had two Top
10 singles and went gold. In 1994, their third
album was released. Love's a Little Stronger
wasn't very successful commercially, but did
produce another Top 10 single in the title track.


The mid-90's marked both a low point in
album-naming creativity and a high point in chart
success.  Their fourth album, innovatively titled
IV (Diamond Rio)|IV and released in 1996, spun off
three Top 5 singles. In 1997, Diamond Rio released
its greatest hits album, entitled Greatest Hits
(Diamond Rio)|Greatest Hits. The album had two
brand-new songs: "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" hit
#1, and "Imagine That" became yet another top 5
hit. In 1998, Unbelievable (Diamond
Rio)|Unbelievable was released, giving the band
two more top 5 singles. The title track also
reached the top 40 on the Pop charts. In 2001, the
band released One More Day, whose title track
became another chart-topper. The following year,
the band released Completely, whose lead track,
"Beautiful Mess", became their 4th #1 hit. The
album also spawned another top 10 single in "I
Believe". 


(Note that all chart positions above are from the
country charts unless noted otherwise.)

==External Links==

**http://www.diamondrio.com/ Diamond Rio website
*http://www.opry.com/ Grand Ole Opry website