McHayes

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| name = McHayes

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| origin = Nashville, Tennessee, United States

| genre = Country

| years_active = 2003

| label = Universal South =

| past_members = Wade Hayes
Mark McClurg

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McHayes was an American country music duo established in 2003 by Wade Hayes (guitar, vocals) and Mark McClurg (fiddle, vocals). Prior to the duo's foundation, Hayes was a solo artist, and McClurg was a member of Alan Jackson's road band, The Strayhorns. Active only in the year 2003, McHayes recorded an unreleased studio album on the Universal South Records label, in addition to charting one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. After disbanding, McClurg rejoined Jackson's band, and Hayes joined former Alabama lead singer Randy Owen's backing band.

History

Between 1995 and 2002, McHayes frontman Wade Hayes was a solo artist, recording four studio albums, and charting more than a dozen singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the number 1 single "Old Enough to Know Better". After poor performance of his fourth studio album, Highways & Heartaches, he partnered with musician Mark McClurg, who had previously played fiddle in Alan Jackson's road band The Strayhorns, to form the duo McHayes.{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystarsonline.com/reviewarchives/McHayes.htm |title=McHayes Debut on the Grand Ole Opry |accessdate=2007-10-12 |last=Neal |first=Helen |work=Country Stars Online.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817103456/http://countrystarsonline.com/reviewarchives/McHayes.htm |archivedate=2007-08-17 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1470185/20030226/hayes_wade.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113105247/http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1470185/20030226/hayes_wade.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 13, 2007 |title=CMT.com : Wade Hayes : Wade Hayes Forms Duo, Signs New Deal |accessdate=2007-10-12 |work=CMT.com}} Signed to Universal South Records in 2003, McHayes charted one single, titled "It Doesn't Mean I Don't Love You",{{cite web |url=http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2003/2/28/new_country_duo_mchayes_signs_with_universal_south |title=New country duo McHayes signs with Universal South |accessdate=2007-10-12 |last=Ruble |first=Drew |work=Nashville Post.com}} which peaked at number 41 on the U.S. country charts.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=273|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} McHayes also recorded an album titled Lessons in Lonely, which was slated for release in mid-2003 under the production of Brent Rowan.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lessons-in-lonely-mw0001299550|title=Lessons in Lonely review|last=Dinoia|first=Maria Konicki|work=Allmusic|accessdate=3 November 2012}} The album was never released, and the duo exited Universal South's roster.{{cite web|url=http://www.countrystarsonline.com/reviewarchives/Trap_JoeN_McHayes.htm |title=Universal-South Artists Capture The Trap |accessdate=2007-10-12 |last=Neal |first=Helen |work=Country Stars Online.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816163133/http://countrystarsonline.com/reviewarchives/Trap_JoeN_McHayes.htm |archivedate=2007-08-16 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1480570/20031120/bogguss_suzy.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041123170051/http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1480570/20031120/bogguss_suzy.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 23, 2004 |title=CMT.com : News : Nashville Skyline : Some Orphaned CDs of 2003 |accessdate=2007-10-12 |last=Flippo |first=Chet |work=CMT.com}}

Discography

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"\| Single ! colspan="1"\| Peak positions ! rowspan="2"\| Album
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="65"\| US Country
2003 ! scope="row"\| "It Doesn't Mean I Don't Love You" \| 41 \| align="left" rowspan="2"\| Lessons in Lonely (unreleased)
2004 ! scope="row"\| "Tulsa Time" \| —
colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Single

! colspan="1"| Peak positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="65"| US Country

2003

! scope="row"| "It Doesn't Mean I Don't Love You"

| 41

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Lessons in Lonely (unreleased)

2004