Diamond Rio is an American country music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson (born August 10, 1948 in Jamestown, New York); Jimmy Olander (born August 26, 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota); Brian Prout (born December 4, 1955 in Troy, New York); Marty Roe (born December 28, 1960 in Lebanon, Ohio); Dan Truman (born August 29, 1956 in Flagstaff, Arizona); and Dana Williams (born May 22, 1961 in Dayton, Ohio). Between 1991 and the present, Diamond Rio has charted a total of thirty-three singles on the U.S. country music charts (five of which reached Number One), in addition to releasing seven studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations.
Most of the members of Diamond Rio had previous experience in music. Marty Roe, who was named for country music artist Marty Robbins, began singing country music at the age of three; Gene Johnson had previously played with David Bromberg; Jimmy Olander was a former...
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