Blake & Brian

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| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

| genre = Country

| years_active = 1995–1999

| label = Curb

| associated_acts = Rodney Atkins
Chuck Howard

| past_members = Brian Gowan
Blake Weldon

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Blake & Brian was an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Brian Gowan (born January 7, 1969, in Temple, Texas) and Blake Weldon (September 13, 1966, in Lufkin, Texas).{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=244|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

The two were paired up by record producer Chuck Howard in 1995.{{cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=205 |title=Blake & Brian - Blake & Brian |accessdate=2008-07-12 |last=Allread |first=Walter |work=Country Standard Time}} Their self-titled debut album was issued in 1997 on the Curb Records label. The album's lead-off single, "Another Perfect Day", peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard country charts. Country Standard Time gave the album a mixed review, stating that although Gowan and Weldon were "indistinguishable vocally and equally malleable", and although some of the songs were derivative of the Eagles, the more up-tempo tracks were "punch[ed] up... with timeless Texas kick". After releasing this album, they charted two more singles ("The Wish" and "Amnesia"), the latter of which was not included on an album. By 1999, Blake & Brian had parted ways. Gowan released a solo album entitled Warm Spanish Wine in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://cdbaby.com/cd/gowan2 |title=Warm Spanish Wine |accessdate=2008-07-13 |work=CDBaby.com}} He also co-wrote Rodney Atkins' 1997 debut single "In a Heartbeat" and three songs on Atkins' 2003 debut album Honesty.

Discography

=''Blake & Brian'' (1997)=

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| producer = Chuck Howard

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==Track listing==

"If Guitars Were Guns" (Brian Gowan, Roger Alan Wade) – 2:21
"Why, Why, Why" (Mark Selby, Doug Hughes) – 2:33
"Saving My Love" (Blake Weldon, Tony Stampley) – 3:43
"The Wish" (Conley White, Sam Hogin, Phil Barnhart) – 3:44
"There Is No End" (Weldon, Bill Rice, Sharon Rice) – 3:29
"Straight to You" (Lee Satterfield, George Teren) – 2:44
"Another Perfect Day" (White, Barnhart, Brian Tabor) – 3:26
"Shut Up Heart" (Michael Huffman, Rick Williamson) – 2:27
"Confederate Rose" (Max T. Barnes, Leslie Satcher) – 3:34
"Don't Apologize for Who You Are" (Troy Seals, Waylon Jennings) – 2:12
*feat. Waylon Jennings and Charlie Daniels
"My Only Claim to Fame" (Weldon, B. Rice, S. Rice) – 3:07

==Personnel==

As listed in liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Blake & Brian |others=Blake & Brian |year=1997 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Curb Records |id=77900}}

Eddie Bayers – drums
Michael Black – background vocals
Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
Dennis Burnside – piano
J.T. Corenflos – electric guitar
Larry Franklin – fiddle
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
John Hobbs – piano
David Hungate – bass guitar
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
Scott Merry – bass guitar
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Paul Scholten – drums
Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar
Dennis Wilson – background vocals
Glenn Worf – bass guitar

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"\| Single ! colspan="2"\| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"\| Album
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="45"\| US Country {{cite web \|url=http://mikecurb.com/about/pdf/billboard_charted_singles.pdf \|title=Billboard charted singles \|accessdate=2008-07-13 \|work=Mike Curb official website}} ! width="45"\| CAN Country
rowspan="2"\| 1997 ! scope="row"\| "Another Perfect Day" \| 45 \| 87 \| align="left" rowspan="2"\| Blake & Brian
scope="row"\| "The Wish" \| 62 \| —
1998 ! scope="row"\| "Amnesia" \| 68 \| — \| align="left"\| Single only
colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak chart
positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country
{{cite web |url=http://mikecurb.com/about/pdf/billboard_charted_singles.pdf |title=Billboard charted singles |accessdate=2008-07-13 |work=Mike Curb official website}}

! width="45"| CAN Country

rowspan="2"| 1997

! scope="row"| "Another Perfect Day"

| 45

| 87

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Blake & Brian

scope="row"| "The Wish"

| 62

| —

1998

! scope="row"| "Amnesia"

| 68

| —

| align="left"| Single only

colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Music videos=

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! Year

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1997

! scope="row"| "Another Perfect Day"

| rowspan="2"| David Abbott

1998

! scope="row"| "Amnesia"

References

External links

[http://www.briangowan.com/index.cfm Brian Gowan official website]
[http://www.kevinblakeweldon.com/ Kevin Blake Weldon official website]

Category:American country music groups

Category:American country music duos

Category:Curb Records artists

Category:Musical groups established in 1995

Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1999