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Little Texas is an American country music band
which achieved fame in the 1990s with several hit
singles to their credit.


== Members ==
Tim Rushlow - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
(1988-1997)

Steven Troy - lead vocals (2004-present)

Dwayne O'Brien - rhythm guitar, vocals (1988-1997;
2004-present)

Porter Howell - lead guitar, vocals (1988-1997;
2004-present)

Duane Propes - bass guitar, vocals (1988-1997;
2004-present)

Brady Seals - keyboards, vocals (1988-1995)

Jeff Huskins - keyboards, fiddle, vocals
(1995-1997)

Del Gray - drums, vocals (1988-1997; 2004-present)

== History ==
Little Texas first materialized in November 1988.
Before the band came together, each pair of
members were playing music together. Tim Rushlow
and Dwayne O'Brien began playing together in their
native Arlington, Texas, in 1984. Porter Howell
and Duane Propes got together while they were in
high school in 1983. Brady Seals and Del Gray
played in the backup band of country music
recording artist Josh Logan. All six members
eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where
Little Texas was formed.

The band played at venues all around Nashville
where it caught the attention of the record label,
Warner Bros. Records. Warner Bros. signed Little
Texas in 1989, and a couple of years later, the
band released its first album, First Time For
Everything. The album spawned five singles that
landed on the Billboard country singles chart. In
1993, Little Texas released its second album, Big
Time. Big Time was Little Texas's biggest selling
album of their career, selling more than three
million copies. It spawned two Billboard Top 5
singles, a Billboard Top 20 single, and the band's
only Billboard No. 1 single. 1994 saw the release
of Little Texas's third album, Kick a Little. It
spawned three more singles in the Billboard
country singles chart.

In 1995, Brady Seals left Little Texas to pursue a
solo career, and was replaced by Jeff Huskins, who
had previously played in country singer Clint
Black's backing band. Little Texas soldiered on
with a greatest-hits album, and a self-titled
album that was released in 1997. Unfortunately,
that same year, the band split up due to
music-business pressures. During their hiatus, Tim
Rushlow had success as a solo career, scoring a
Top 10 single on the Billboard country charts
titled, "She Misses Him." The song was about an
elderly woman dealing with her husband suffering
from Alzheimer's disease. After his solo career
faltered, Tim eventually formed a new band called
Rushlow. In 2004, four of Little Texas's members -
Duane Propes, Del Gray, Porter Howell, and Dwayne
O'Brien - decided to reunite the band. Tim Rushlow
and Brady Seals opted not to rejoin with the
original lineup. Tim was still having success with
his new band while Brady had formed a band of his
own called Hot Apple Pie. Little Texas then
decided to recruit a new lead singer, Steven Troy,
and began touring again. (It is said that when
Little Texas reunited, Tim and Brady made an
attempt to keep their ex-bandmates from using the
Little Texas name.)

== Albums ==


*First Time For Everything (1992) #19 US
(Country); #99 US (Pop)
*Big Time (1993) #6 US (Country); #55 US (Pop)
*Kick a Little (1994) #10 US (Country); #51 US
(Pop)
*Greatest Hits (1995) #17 US (Country); 82 US
(Pop)
*Little Texas (1997) #47 US (Country)




== Singles ==


*"Some Guys Have All the Love" (1991) #8 US
(Country)
*"First Time For Everything" (1992) #13 US
(Country)
*"You and Forever and Me" (1992) #5 US (Country)
*"I'd Rather Miss You" (1993) #16 US (Country)
*"What Were You Thinkin'" (1993) #17 US (Country)
*"What Might Have Been" (1993) #2 US (Country);
#74 US (Pop)
*"God Blessed Texas" (1993) #4 US (Country); #55
US (Pop)
*"Peaceful Easy Feeling" (1994) #74 US (Country)
*"My Love" (1994) #1 US (Country); #83 US (Pop)
*"Stop on a Dime" (1994) #14 US (Country)
*"Kick a Little" (1994) #5 US (Country)
*"Amy's Back in Austin" (1995) #4 US (Country)
*"Southern Grace" (1995) #27 US (Country)
*"Life Goes On" (1995) #5 US (Country)
*"Country Crazy" (1996) #44 US (Country)
*"Kiss the Girl" (1996) #52 US (Country)
*"Bad For Us" (1997) #45 US (Country)

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