Randy Rogers Band sent fan-favorite “I Won’t Give Up” to Texas Country Radio on Monday (1/22). The Lone Star State staple group has coined countless No. 1s with their last radio single "Fast Car" also topping the airplay chart.
Written by Randy Rogers, Radney Foster, and Jim Beavers, “I Won’t Give Up” first appeared on Randy Rogers Band's critically praised 2022 album, HOMECOMING, and kicks off the 11-track set with a lushly textured meditation on long-term love and commitment. The Foster produced album served as a love letter to the Texas band's past planted firmly in their present.
“I began writing ‘I Won’t Give Up’ during the time off from Covid. It’s a song for my family and my extended road family. 2020 definitely made things hard for a host of reasons, so I wanted to write a very simple song. Fast forward to now, I see people dancing along at shows, I see people kissing out there in the crowd. It’s the kind of song that could become an anthem for people, whether they’re running a marathon or trying to work out something in their relationship,” Rogers shares.
As 2024 kicks off, so does a slew of anniversaries, including RRB’s sophomore albumROLLERCOASTER turning 20. As an ode to the two decades spent with the record, the six-piece group celebrated by playing to a sold-out crowd in Steamboat, CO, at The MusicFest’s The Big Tent. Surprising fans with pop-ups from album collaborators Wade Bowen, Cody Canada, and Foster, they also delivered a one-of-a-kind tailored setlist performing ROLLERCOASTER front to back, while sprinkling in hits garnered over the past 20 years.
Touring continues this year with numerous shows on the books, including a two-night stand at the iconic Ryman Auditorium on March 1 and 2. For a complete list of tour dates and tickets visit here.
Randy Rogers Band Rides The Roller Coaster Celebrating Two Decades of Critically Acclaimed Album
After two decades as one of Texas Country’s definitive bands – a mantle they have carried proudly to a massive, nationwide audience – Randy Rogers Bandstand on a career milestone as they enter the 20-year anniversary of their sophomore album,ROLLERCOASTER (August 24, 2004).
In celebration, RRB kicked off their anniversary year by performing to a sold-out crowd in Steamboat, CO, at The MusicFest’s The Big Tent. As a part of the festival’s headlining acts, RRB delivered a one-of-a-kind tailored setlist playing ROLLERCOASTER front to back, while sprinkling in hits garnered over the past 20 years. Album collaborators Wade Bowen, Cody Canada, and Radney Foster also made guest special appearances. The rollercoaster of a celebration was complete with an exclusive set design photo booth, new re-worked anniversary logo and customized lighting to illuminate the packed-out tent.
“One of the funny things about being around this long is we’ve got nine albums’ worth of songs, and you can only cram so many in a setlist.” Rogers shares. “We wanted to do something special as an ode to the feeling of those 24-year old’s who had no idea what we were doing, but somehow ended up making a record that changed everything. I hope I remember these jams. Happy Steamboat!”
Originally released in 2004, the Foster produced album took New Braunfels-based six-piece—vocalist/guitarist Randy Rogers, guitarist/vocalist Geoffrey Hill, bassist Jon Richardson, fiddler Brady Black, drummer Les Lawless, and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, keyboards)Todd Stewart— on an undeniable breakthrough of growth, setting them on a whirlwind path that led the band to wild success.
Spending a good majority of their time playing shows in the Lone Star State and Midwest, RRB will bring it back to Music City for a two-night stand at the iconic Ryman Auditorium on March 1 and 2.For a complete list of tour dates and tickets visit here. With numerous shows booked and festival dates already announced into the summer, RRB are ready to kick it into high gear as they prep for a record-breaking year.
Randy Rogers Presents Donation to New Braunfels Nonprofit Connections
$150,000 gifted to charity focused on empowering families and youth
Texas music mainstays Randy Rogers Band donated back into their community Tuesday (12/12) morning, gifting $150,000 to New Braunfels nonprofit organization Connections Individual and Family Services. The organization is dedicated to empowering youth, connecting families, and building futures one youth and one family at a time. Learn more here.
The proceeds were raised at the 14th annual RRB Golf Jam in late October at River Crossing Golf Club in Spring Branch, TX, through a charity concert and a silent/live auction. Randy Rogers Band started the RRB Golf Jam in 2009, aiming to use their platform for the greater good. The group donates the proceeds every year to a different charity in need and have given over $300,000 back to the community in the last two years.
In an interview with the New Braunfels’ local newspaper Herald-Zeitung on Tuesday (12/12) morning, Rogers shared this year’s donation to Connections felt like the right timing, as it recently broke ground on a new facility.
Rogers told the paper, “It’s [Connections] a great cause, and the new facility is going to be absolutely gorgeous and needed for a long time in our community,” Rogers said. “It’s been fun to watch their vision and see their plans … I’m happy to be a part of it.”
While the inaugural event was held in 2009, the annual RRB Golf Jam has more than tripled in size since 2018. The Randy Rogers Family Foundation was founded in 2019 to serve as a collection center, gathering donations from the RRB’s charitable endeavors and supporting community needs.
Randy Rogers Band have a couple Texas stops left in 2023, with fresh dates already announced for the top of 2024. For a full list of tour dates and details on the band’s remaining 2023 shows, click here.
The Tennessean
Randy Rogers discusses career sustainability, Texas’ resurgence in country’s mainstream
Randy Rogers stares at the Ryman Auditorium crowd before stepping out to headline the venue.
"I don't dance around. They do," he says, laughing out loud while speaking with The Tennessean on a Friday evening. He then wipes his brow before donning a white cowboy hat. Rogers broadly waves his hand at the two levels at the sold-out venue.
Two smiling couples sip perhaps their second tall boy can of beer while hazily gazing at the stage. Then, after being implored to do so in 20 minutes by Rogers while one of his band members plays a fiddle solo, the taller man (who is also wearing a white hat, his a Resistol) will twirl his shorter female partner — they'll then embrace and start to boogie, as asked…
photo by Chris Kleinmeier
Kent Finlay Legacy Endowed Scholarship in Texas Music History
THE LEGACY CONTINUES
Darcy and Rick Hardy, Randy Rogers, Randy Rogers Band, and the Cheatham Street Partners, LLC establised the Kent Finlay Legacy Endowed Scholarship in Texas Music History in 2018 at Texas State University. On February 15, 2023, the Randy Rogers Band Family Foundation made an additional $25,000 gift to the endowment. All donations are appreciated to the endowed scholarship and Kent Finlay is now making an impact on students that attend Texas State University as well.
Randy Rogers Band Readies A Homecoming With New Album
RANDY ROGERS BAND
READIES A HOMECOMING
WITH NEW ALBUM
TEXAS GROUP’S LATEST PROJECT
TO ARRIVE ON OCTOBER 14
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NEW SONG “NOTHING BUT LOVE SONGS”
AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW
NASHVILLE, TENN. (July 27, 2022) — The Randy Rogers Band is looking back to the past for their brand-new project, revealing that new album Homecoming will release on October 14 via Thirty Tigers. Filled with nostalgia, the evocative and anticipated project launched its first single, “Picture Frames,” in 2021, which became a #1 smash at Texas Country radio and was hailed as a "timeless song of enduring love” by Billboard. Further previewing the album, new song “Nothing But Love Songs” is available everywhere today (7/27) and preorder Homecoming here.
Conjuring memories of first heartbreaks, small towns and cherished memories, Homecoming is the Texas band’s ninth studio album and marks their 20-year anniversary. The project is a renaissance for the Randy Rogers Band, keeping the sounds and traditions that have made them so beloved over the past two decades and delving into deeply personal topics sure to resonate with audiences around the world.
The band’s latest release, “Nothing But Love Songs,” details the unpleasant experience of being fresh off a breakup and hearing “nothing but love songs” each time you turn on the radio. Written by Randy Rogers with Radney Foster and Jon Randall, the lonesome track accents Rogers’ plaintive words with a fiddle and electric guitar.
"This song embodies the sound that created the last two decades of touring for our band," Rogers shares. "Recorded and written with Radney Foster, it’s a return to the origins of the Randy Rogers Band."
LISTEN TO "NOTHING BUT LOVE SONGS" HERE
Ten of Homecoming's 11 songs were co-written by Rogers with assists from co-writers like Parker McCollum, Randy Montana, Jon Randall and more. The project was produced by Radney Foster, who has previously worked extensively with Randy Rogers Band. Foster produced several of the group's early albums including Rollercoaster and Just a Matter of Time, making Homecoming a full circle moment. To further go back to their roots, Randy Rogers Band recorded their new album at Dockside Studio in Maurice, LA and Cedar Creek Recording Studio in Austin, TX, where they previously worked on several hit records. Now, they have a new batch of songs from those same magical rooms ready and waiting for fans come October.
"Homecoming is a renaissance orchestrated by Radney Foster," Rogers explains. "We went back to our roots working with Radney again as well as recording this record at two iconic studios that produced some of our most successful music. Dance with the one that brought you."
Randy Rogers Band's Homecoming Track List:
1. "I Won’t Give Up" (Randy Rogers, Radney Foster, Jim Beavers)
2. "Nothing But Love Songs" (Randy Rogers, Jon Randall, Radney Foster)
3. "Fast Car" (Randy Montana, Wendell Mobley, Lee Miller)
4. "Over You Blues" (Randy Rogers, Sean McConnell)
5. "Leaving Side of Town" (Randy Rogers, Radney Foster)
6. "Picture Frames" (Randy Rogers, Drew Kennedy)
7. "Know That by Now" (Randy Rogers, Lee Miller, Jon Randall, Jack Ingram)
8. "Small Town Girl Goodbye" (Randy Rogers, Randy Montana)
9. "Heart for Just One Team" (Randy Rogers, John Baumann)
10. "Where’d You Run off To" (Randy Rogers, Parker McCollum, Randy Montana)
11. "Bottle of Mine" (Randy Rogers, Radney Foster)
Produced by Radney Foster
Randy Rogers Band has already had a major year on the road, stopping at festivals including Mile 0 Fest and the Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam and opening for George Strait and Willie Nelson for two shows in Austin in May. Currently touring across the country, the group will continue throughout the summer and fall with several shows in their home state of Texas plus stops in cities like San Diego, CA, and Lincoln, NE. See their full list of tour dates here.