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JLEW1818
8/11/2009, 01:03 PM
AP, Aug 11, 2009 2:40 am PDT
Brooks & Dunn are done.

Best-selling country duo Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn posted a message on their Web site Monday saying they agreed to "call it a day" after 20 years of making music together.

"This ride has been everything and more than we could ever have dreamed ... We owe it all to you, the fans," they said in the message. "If you hear rumors, don't believe them, it's just time."

Brooks & Dunn will release a greatest-hits album on Sept. 8 and tour one last time in 2010.

The duo's many hits include "Boot Scootin' Boogie," "My Maria," "Red Dirt Road" and "Cowgirls Don't Cry" with Reba McEntire.

The men's label, Arista Nashville, said the group has sold more than 30 million albums.

Brooks, 54, and Dunn, 56, were struggling solo artists when Arista's Tim DuBois urged them to join forces in 1990. Together they've scored 23 No. 1 hits.

They've recorded 10 studio albums, the latest 2007's "Cowboy Town."

"They've been to the mountaintop and they've accomplished everything that two human beings joined together musically can do in a career," said Brian Philips, president of Country Music Television. "They've had every kind of hit. Literally, they've explored every musical texture and tempo and style and flavor."

CMT is scheduled to tape Brooks & Dunn performing and discussing their music Wednesday for an episode of the show "Invitation Only" to air in October.

Philips called the announcement of the split a complete surprise. He said he has no idea what they might do in the future, but he's certain it will involve music.

"The guys that I know, I can't imagine either of those two individuals walking away from music. That's unthinkable," Philip said.

The pair steeped itself in the mythical West (the duo's emblem is a sun-bleached steer's skull) and rode the charts with a driving honky-tonk sound. Brooks & Dunn took a turn with 2003's "Red Dirt Road" and often pay homage to their classic rock influences, including playing shows with the Rolling Stones and ZZ Top.

Brooks & Dunn won the Country Music Association's vocal duo of the year award every year between 1992 and 2006, except for 2000.

The CMA named the duo entertainer of the year in 1996.

Other country groups have called it quits only to reunite. The mother-daughter duo The Judds split in 1991 but regrouped to tour and record years later.

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http://new.music.yahoo.com/brooks-dunn/news/brooks-dunn-to-call-it-a-day-after-20-years--61992594

stoops the eternal pimp
8/11/2009, 01:20 PM
not sure who those people are, but im sure I would hate their music

JLEW1818
8/11/2009, 01:24 PM
Neon Moon

one of the most popular songs, ever!

stoops the eternal pimp
8/11/2009, 01:25 PM
I loathe country music so i aints gotta clue..

JLEW1818
8/11/2009, 01:25 PM
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm474/jlew1818/515-IN0gEKL_SL500_AA280_.jpg

King Crimson
8/11/2009, 01:27 PM
probably only a matter of a couple years until college freshmen across the American mid-south start turning up with the name "Kix".

JLEW1818
8/11/2009, 01:27 PM
haha. good point

olevetonahill
8/11/2009, 01:42 PM
I loathe country music so i aints gotta clue..

Whats NOT to like about this one ?:P
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oumartin
8/11/2009, 02:32 PM
It makes me feel old for sure. Brooks and Dunn hit it big when me and my wife were still young and in high school. I am sad :(

ndpruitt03
8/11/2009, 03:28 PM
Good band, have some good songs.

swardboy
8/11/2009, 04:31 PM
Ah, with them out of the way it's my time to shine.....

nighttrain12
8/11/2009, 11:33 PM
Ah, with them out of the way it's my time to shine.....

Now you just have to find a duet partner.

picasso
8/12/2009, 12:11 AM
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/mm474/jlew1818/515-IN0gEKL_SL500_AA280_.jpg

dude on the right is from Tulsa. Like the music or not they are a talented lot.

JLEW1818
8/12/2009, 12:17 AM
i liked them

setem
8/12/2009, 12:26 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Actually I could give a ****...

I have had a few hay seed players and all them picked Hillbilly Delux as their walk up songs. They flipped **** if someone had it already but Rodeo by Garth was a great alternative...BONG!

def_lazer_fc
8/12/2009, 01:00 AM
so when is montgomery gentry gonna call it a day?

JLEW1818
8/12/2009, 07:33 AM
lol, they should very soon my friend

XingTheRubicon
8/12/2009, 07:51 AM
back when they were just getting noticed

they performed on some awards show

and the one of them named "kix"

entered the stage

kind of sliding with one foot

and

kicking with the other

awful


hard time getting that out of my cortex.