Kenneth Eric Church (born May 3, 1977), known professionally as Eric Church, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Signed to Capitol Nashville since 2005, he has since released a total of five studio albums for that label. His debut album, 2006's Sinners Like Me, produced four singles on the Billboard country charts including the top 20 hits "How 'Bout You", "Two Pink Lines", and "Guys Like Me".
His second album, 2009's Carolina, produced three more singles: "Smoke a Little Smoke" and his first top 10 hits, "Love Your Love the Most" and "Hell on the Heart". 2011's Chief, his first No. 1 album, gave him his first two No. 1 singles, "Drink in My Hand" and "Springsteen", and the hits "Homeboy", "Creepin'", and "Like Jesus Does". His third No. 1 single was "The Only Way I Know", which he, Jason Aldean, and Luke Bryan recorded for Aldean's album Night Train. A fourth album, The Outsiders, was released in February 2014. It produced five new singles between 2013–15 with the title track, "Give Me Back My Hometown", "Cold One", "Talladega" and "Like a Wrecking Ball". "Talladega" and "Give Me Back My Hometown" each reached number one on the Country Airplay chart. Eric Church got his sixth No. 1 hit with Keith Urban in May 2015 with the single "Raise 'Em Up". He released his fifth studio album, Mr. Misunderstood, on November 3, 2015.
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The Outsiders was an American rock and roll band from Cleveland, Ohio, that was founded and led by guitarist Tom King. The band is best known for its Top 5 hit "Time Won't Let Me" in early 1966, which peaked at No. 5 in the US in April, but the band also had three other Hot 100 top 40 hit singles in 1966 and released a total of four albums in the mid-1960s.
Allmusic described the act's style: "Part of the secret behind the Outsiders' musical success lay in the group's embellishments [with horns and strings], which slotted in perfectly with their basic three- or four-piece instrumental sound. . . . [H]owever bold and ambitious they got, one never lost the sense of a hard, solid band sound at the core."
The Outsiders were an American garage rock band from Tampa, Florida who were active in the 1960s. They are not to be confused with the better-known group, the Outsiders, from Cleveland, Ohio, nor with The Outsiders from the Netherlands, both of whom were active at the same time.
The band was formed in 1964 in Tampa, Florida. Their initial lineup consisted of Hardy Dial on lead vocals, Buddy Richardson and Ronnie Vaslovsky on guitars, Ronnie Elliot, formerly of local group the Raveons, on bass, and Spencer Hinkle, previously of the Tropics, on drums. They became a popular local act and in 1965 went to Tampa's H&H Avenue Studios to cut their debut single, "She's Coming On Stronger" b/w "Just Let Me Be," released on Knight Records.
In 1966 the band replaced Hardy Dial with John Delise as their new lead vocalist and proceeded to record their rendition of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues." The record became a big hit regionally. They signed with Providence Records, a subsidiary of Laurie Records, who persuaded them to change their name to avoid legal conflicts of interest which could arise out of the use of the same name by other better-known bands, such as the The Outsiders from Cleveland, who scored a smash hit that year with "Time Won't Let Me" and the Dutch band of the same name featuring singer Wally Tax, as well as a host of other acts using the name. Upon urging of Providence Records, the band changed their name to the Soul Trippers and proceeded to record a version of Slim Harpo's "I'm a King Bee" released in July as a single backed with a Byrdsy "Set You Free This Time." The record did well, selling over 20,000 copies, until it was discovered that the members of the band who were using the term "soul" in their moniker were in fact white, causing numerous stations to pull the song from their playlists—a situation that hastened the band's demise. By the end of 1966 they had broken up.
They're the in crowd, we're the other ones
It's a different kind of cloth that we're cut from
We let our colors show, where the numbers ain't
With the paint where there ain't supposed to be paint
That's who we are
That's how we roll
The Outsiders, The Outsiders
Our women get hot, and our leather gets stained
When we saddle up and ride 'em in the pouring rain
We're the junkyard dogs, we're the alley cats
Keep the wind at our front, and the hell at our back
That's who we are
We do our talking, walk that walk
Wide open rocking
That's how we roll
Our backs to the wall
A band of brothers
Together, alone, the Outsiders
We're the riders, we're the ones burning rubber off our tires.
Yeah, we're the fighters, the all-nighters
So fire 'em up and get a lil higher
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
[Interlude]
We're the bad news
We're the young guns
We're the ones that they told you to run from
Yeah, the player's gonna play, and a haters gonna hate
And a regulators born to regulate
When it hits the fan, and it all goes down
And the gloves come off
You're gonna find out just
Who we are
We do our talking, walk that walk
Wide open rocking
That's how we roll
Our backs to the wall
A band of brothers
Together, alone, the outsiders
We're the riders, we're the ones burning rubber off our tires
Yeah, we're the fighters, the all-nighters
So fire 'em up and get a lil higher
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
The Outsiders
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
The Outsiders
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
You're gonna know who we are
[Interlude]
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
The Outsiders
Woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh
[Interlude]
That's who we are