Becky Priest
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Becky Priest is an American country music singer-songwriter and instrumentalist hailing from Hubbard, Texas now based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Since moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1992, Priest has toured over 26 countries as both primary artist and with many Artists including Neal McCoy, Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis, Mel Tillis, Mel Tillis, Jr., Carrie April Tillis, Vince Gill, Alabama, Garth Brooks, Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Liza Minelli, Engleburt Humperdink, Huey Lewis & The News, Jim Peterik & The Ides Of March, Lou Gramm of Foreigner, Foghat, 38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night and Who's Line Is It Anyway comedian/entertainer, Wayne Brady.
Musical Biography
Current Engagement
Becky Priest will start 2009 as Bandleader, (considered groundbreaking for women musicians in Country Music), and Keyboardist/Background Vocalist for Neal McCoy, former Entertainer Of The Year Award Winner, and Academy Of Country Music's Humanitarian Award Recipient.
Prior Engagements
Cowboy Crush
Becky was a founding member of the all girl band Cowboy Crush originally signed to Curb/Asylum Records of Nashville, Tennessee in 2003. While a member of Cowboy Crush Becky performed all high harmonies as well as the majority of the piano, Hammond B3 and synthesizer tracks on the eleven Curb/Asylum recordings of Cowboy Crush. During the five years Cowboy Crush was signed to Curb/Asylum and touring Becky also held the positions of bandleader, main harmony vocalist, keyboardist and acoustic guitarist.
Becky's vocal arranging skills are attributed to earning Cowboy Crush their Nationally Televised appearance during the NASCAR Budweiser Shootout to perform her arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner, live in Daytona, Floridain February 2007. Event attendance numbered approximately 100,000 with television viewership estimated at over 8 million.
As a member of Cowboy Crush Becky gave numerous performances overseas for Men and Women in the U.S. Military. Cowboy Crush's recording of "He's Coming Home" was received highly by the United States Army which chose to fund, cast and film an accompanying video. The resulting video was released internationally and Priest has stated publicly that it was one of her proudest moments to have participated in a recording and video that "helped raise the morale of our wonderful Men and Women of our Armed Forces".
Additionally, Cowboy Crush has opened shows for some of the best known names in Country Music, including Charlie Daniels, Trace Adkins, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Big & Rich, Dierks Bentley and numerous others.
Trisha Yearwood
Prior co-founding Cowboy Crush Priest worked with numerous legendary Country Artists. Approximately eight months after arriving in Nashville, Tennessee her initial showing was with multiple Grammy award winner, Trisha Yearwood. This engagement was to last three years and led to numerous nationally televised engagements including, Late Night w/David Letterman, The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno. Priest also graced stages of top level productions of not only The Ryman Auditorium, The Grand Old Opry, Music City Tonight, The Crook & Chase Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show, but also New York City's Radio City Music Hall and London's Albert Hall. Along with these appearances Becky performed for a number of Symphony shows with Yearwood, including the exclusive special shot in Daytona, Florida with the London Philharmonic. One of the special highlights of her period of performing with Trisha Yearwood, occured June 23, 1994, when she and Yearwood's band were invited to entertain President Clinton and First Lady, Hillary Clinton, for a Command Performance at The White House.
Pam Tillis
Following her years with Trisha Yearwood, Priest performed nationally with Grammy award winning, Pam Tillis in the United States and toured in Australia. Television performances with with Tillis included Grand Old Opry Live, The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno and additional Symphony dates.
Recently, Priest rejoined with Pam Tillis for a six week engagement with Pam Tillis, sister Carrie April Tillis, brother Mel Tillis, Jr. and legendary Country Music Hall of Fame Member, Mel Tillis. Becky will also perform with The Tillis Clan their first Tillis Family Christmas Tour, year end 2008.
Video Appearances
Priest has appeared in several videos including Patty Loveless' video, "Lovin' All Night", and Neal McCoy's video, "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On", with actor Rob Schneider and famous 'animal guy', Jack Hanna. Becky also appeared in her first video as a 'signed Artist' in the summer of 2005, when Cowboy Crush premiered their video, "Nobody Ever Died of a Broken Heart". It made it to the number 17 spot on GAC's Top Twenty Countdown.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Artist | US Hot Country | Europe HotDisk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl) | Trisha Yearwood | 1 | ||
| 2005 | "Nobody Ever Died of a Broken Heart" | Cowboy Crush | 56 | ||
| "Hillbilly Nation" | Cowboy Crush | 1 (2008) | |||
| 2007 | "Some Men Don't Cheat" | Cowboy Crush | |||
| "Miss Difficult" | Cowboy Crush | ||||
| 2008 | "Tougher Than a Man" | Cowboy Crush | |||
| "He's Coming Home" | Cowboy Crush |
Albums
| Year | Album | Artist | Song | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The Sweetest Gift | Trisha Yearwood | Santa Claus Is Back In Town | Piano |
| 1996 | Everybody Knows | Trisha Yearwood | Hello, I'm Gone | Background Vocals |
| 1996 | Best of Austin City Limits: Country Music's Finest Hour | Various Artists | XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl) | Piano, Background Vocals |
| 2000 | Roadtrip | Gary P Nunn | (All Tracks on Album) | Piano, Background Vocals |
| 2006 | The World's Greatest Fishing Band | Breathing Room | Background Vocals |
Music videos
| Year | Artist | Song | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Patty Loveless | "Lovin' All Night" | Roger Pistole |
| 2005 | Cowboy Crush | "Nobody Ever Died of a Broken Heart" | |
| 20xx | Neal McCoy | "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" |
Televison Appearances
- Late Night With David Letterman
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Late Night With Conan O'Brien
- Good Morning America
- The Today Show
- Regis and Kathy Lee
- Ali and Jack
- CMT's Most Wanted Live
- Austin City Limits
- Prime Time Country
- Music City Tonight
- Countryfest
- 2007 NASCAR's Budweiser Shootout in Daytona
- numerous CMA Award Shows
- The Grand Old Opry
References
Cowboy Crush Bios
Cowboy Crush Wiki Page
Patty Loveless Tour with support from Becky Priest
Cowboy Crush Members Interview
Cowboy Crush 'Tagged' on CMA Wall of Fame
HotDisc Charts
Cowboy Crush single Hillbilly Nation #1 on Hotdisk
Cowboy Crush Official website
Lovin' All Night Video (Patty Loveless)
Lovin' All Night on mvdbase
Nobody Ever Died of a Broken Heart on mvdbase
Lovin' All Night Music Video on YouTube
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