Rascal Flatts produced eight songs on their Rewind album, including their latest single, “I Like the Sound of That,” plus three additional songs on the deluxe edition. It’s the first time the three of them have worked together as producers on their own music, and Jay DeMarcus says, “We quickly found out when we got in the studio together and started working on the music together we had just an absolute ball. I mean it was some of the most fun moments, musically, that we’ve had together in a long, long time.”

While it was an incredibly rewarding experience, Jay says it was also, “A lot of pressure on us because it was just the three of us and no outside opinion, so we sat there and literally long nights, blood, sweat and tears, kind of carving away at it until we came up with this unique diamond.”

The experience of producing together turned out to be such a positive one, that they will likely do more on their next album.

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“We quickly found out when we got in the studio together and started working on the music together we had just an absolute ball. I mean it was some of the most fun moments, musically, that we’ve had together in a long, long time. (It was) a lot of pressure on us because it was just the three of us and no outside opinion, so we sat there and literally (had) long nights, blood, sweat and tears, kind of carving away at it until we came up with this unique diamond.”

WHAT THEY’RE DOING THIS WEEK – NOVEMBER 9, 2015 – MONDAY 

• Rascal Flatts are taking some holiday time with their families in the next few months. They wrapped their “Riot! Tour” a few weeks ago.
• The guys did appear on Jimmy Kimmel’s “Mean Tweets Country Music Edition” last week. You can see it here.
• The trio also announced that they would be playing Vegas at the Hard Rock Casino in February 2016.

RASCAL FLATTS – JUST THE FACTS

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.rascalflatts.com

FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/rascalflatts

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/rascalflatts

INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/demarcusflatt/

MEMBERS: Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney

BIRTH DATES: Gary – July 10, 1970 (He’s 45) Jay – April 26, 1971 (He’s 44) Joe Don – September 13, 1975 (He’s 40)

HOMETOWN / ORIGIN: Columbus, Ohio (Gary and Jay) Picher, Oklahoma (Joe Don)

WIVES: Gary’s wife’s name is Tara. Jay’s wife’s name is Allison. Joe Don’s wife’s name is Tiffany.

CHILDREN: Gary has two daughters, Jay has a daughter and a son and Joe Don has two girls (one baby girl born September 2014) and a boy.

DEBUT SINGLE: “Prayin For Daylight” in 2000.

DEBUT ALBUM: Rascal Flatts released on 2000.

CURRENT ALBUM: Rewind RELEASED: March 4, 2014

CURRENT SINGLE: “I Like The Sound of That” entered that top 30 this week on the Media Base country charts.

GRAND OLE OPRY DEBUT: In 2000. They were made members of the Grand Ole Opry on October 8, 2011.

LATEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2015 – “I Like The Sound of That” You can see it here.

RECENT TWEETS:
Rascal Flatts Retweeted J•D•R• ‏@JoeDonRooney Nov 6
Dancing With Dads this morn and some really great arts n crafts. Nice work my lil Rock! #shesmyheart… https://instagram.com/p/9v82dHocGK/

Rascal Flatts Retweeted Scotty McCreery ‏@ScottyMcCreery Nov 6
Busted my tail for the 1st time today on the hoverboard @rascalflatts got me. Thx guys!!! Hahaha

Rascal Flatts Retweeted Disney Music ‏@DisneyMusic Nov 5
We cannot get over this duet from @LucyHale and @RascalFlatts for “Let It Go”. #WLDListeningParty http://smarturl.it/welovedisneyst

RASCAL FLATTS – AWARD WINS

2000 – Academy of Country Music – Top New Vocal Duo Or Group (presented 2001)

2002 – Country Music Association – Horizon Award

2002 – Academy of Country Music – Song of the Year (“I’m Movin’ On”) (presented 2003)

2002 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2003)

2003 – CMT Flameworthy – Video Music Award for Group/Duo of the Year (“These Days”)

2003 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year

2003 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2004)

2004 – CMT Flameworthy – Music Video Award for Group/Duo of the Year (“I Melt”)

2004 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group

2004 – Academy of Country Music  – Top Vocal Group (presented 2005)

2005 – CMT Music Award – Group/Duo of the Year (“Feels Like Today”)

2005 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year

2005 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2006)

2005 – Radio Music Award – Song of the Year/Country Radio (“Bless The Broken Road”)

2005 – Billboard – Roadworks ’05 Touring Awards for Breakthrough Act[56]

2006 – CMT Music Award – Group/Duo of the Year (“Skin (Sarabeth)”)[57]

2006 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year

2006 – American Music Award – Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group

2006 – American Music Award – T-Mobile Text-In Award

2006 – People’s Choice Award – Favorite Song from a Movie (“Life Is A Highway”)

2006 – People’s Choice Award – Favorite Song Remake (“Life Is A Highway”)

2006 – CMT Loaded Awards – Number One Digitally Active Group/Duo

2006 – CMT Loaded Awards – Number One Streamed Music Video (“What Hurts the Most”)

2006 – Grammy Award – Best Country Song (“Bless the Broken Road”); songwriter award

2007 – CMT Music Award – Group Video of the Year (“What Hurts the Most”)

2007 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2008)

2007 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year

2007 – American Music Award – Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group

2007 – BMI – Song of The Year (“What Hurts The Most”)

2008 – People’s Choice Awards – Favorite Country Song (“Stand”)

2008 – CMT Music Award – Group Video of the Year (“Take Me There”)

2008 – Academy of Country Music – Top Vocal Group (presented 2009)

2008 – Academy of Country Music – Humanitarian Award

2008 – Country Music Association – Vocal Group of the Year

2008 – American Music Award – Favorite Country Band, Duo or Group

2009 – People’s Choice Award – Favorite Group

2009 – CMT Music Award – Group Video of the Year (“Every Day”)

2010 – Star on the Music City Walk of Fame

2010 – American Country Award – Decade Artist award

2011 – Tony Martell Lifetime Entertainment Achievement Award

2011 – CMT Music Award – for Collaborative Video of the Year (“That Should Be Me”)

2011 – Member of the Grand Ole Opry

2012 – CRS 2012 – Artist Humanitarian Award

2012 – Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

2013 – Academy of Country Music – Jim Reeves International Award (presented 2014)