两位表兄弟主唱Gary Levox、贝司手Jay Demarcus和好朋友吉它手Joe Don Rooney三个人于1999年成立了乡村音乐三人组合“Rascal Flatts”。Livox和Demarcus两人是在俄亥俄州哥伦布的音乐世家中长大的。他们的母亲是表姐妹，两家都习惯全家人围坐在一起演奏音乐。Demarcus的祖父教给他蓝草音乐，并教会他演奏原声吉他。他们吸收了福音、蓝草音乐，Pop和R&B的音乐元素，形成了自己紧密和谐的乡村音乐风格。1997年，Demarcus说服自己表兄弟Gary从西海岸搬到了纳什维尔，这时他已经成为English的合音歌手。他们一起演唱了二重唱“Love Won't Leave You Out In The Rain”，这首歌被收入English的1998年发行的《Gospel》中。表兄弟俩经常在纳什维尔的“Fiddle & Steel Guitar Bar”进行演出。 Rooney是在OKLAHOMA（俄克拉荷马州）的Picher长大的，也出身于一个音乐世家，他的家人经常在OKLAHOMA和ARKANSAS（阿肯色州）各地进行家庭演出。Rooney接触过各种音乐风格，19岁时他就开始在俄克拉苛马州Grove的Grand Lake Opry节目中每周表演一次。在与Chely Wright乐队的鼓手Preston Stanfield取得联系以后，他搬到了纳什维尔。1999年当Rooney参加Wright的乐队时，Demarcus当时是乐队的指挥。一天晚上，这对表兄弟的吉它手因事无法参加演出，Demarcus就请Rooney帮忙顶替。他们唱的第一首歌是歌手Shenandoah的“Church On Cumberland Road”，他们感觉彼此的配合是那么的合谐自然，从而三人认定他们必定要在一起合作。Demarcus通常是演唱高音部分，但他很高兴将高音部让给Rooney那天生自然的高音。这三位歌手认为，是福音音乐教会了他们要互相配合，紧密和谐，并且让他们知道了音乐的精神作用。 RASCAL FLATTS LYRICS What Hurts The Most I can take the rain on the roof of this empty houseThat don't bother meI can take a few tears now and then and just let them outI'm not afraid to cry every once in a whileEven though going on with you gone still upsets meThere are days every now and again I pretend I'm okBut that's not what gets meWhat hurts the mostWas being so closeAnd having so much to sayAnd watching you walk awayAnd never knowingWhat could have beenAnd not seeing that loving youIs what I was tryin' to doIt's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I goBut I'm doin' ItIt's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm aloneStill HarderGetting up, getting dressed, livin' with this regretBut I know if I could do it overI would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heartThat I left unspokenWhat hurts the mostIs being so closeAnd having so much to sayAnd watching you walk awayAnd never knowingWhat could have beenAnd not seeing that loving youIs what I was trying to doWhat hurts the mostIs being so closeAnd having so much to sayAnd watching you walk awayAnd never knowingWhat could have beenAnd not seeing that loving youIs what I was trying to doNot seeing that loving youThat's what I was trying to doOoohhh....To Make Her Love Me You waved your hand and it was donesaid let it be and there it wasa mountain so high it broke through the skya canyan so deep it brings a man to his kneesive seen what you can doive seen you make miraclesand hopeless dreams come trueyou made the heavens and the starseverything,cmon how hard could it beto make her love mei said some things i shouldnt havetried everything to win her backim human i messed up is she gone are we doneforgiveness, another chance, thats all i wantits in your handsive seen what you can doive seen you make miraclesand hopeless dreams come trueyou made the heavens and the starseverything,cmon how hard could it beto make her love meive seen what you can doive seen make miraclesand hopeless dreams come trueyou made the heavens and the starseverythingcmon how hard could it beto make her love meto make her love meto make her love me
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