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Canyon was an American country music group composed of Steve Cooper (vocals, guitar), Johnny Boatright (guitar), Jay Brown (keyboards), Randy Rigney (bass) and Keech Rainwater (drums), who replaced Randy Smith, their original drummer. Between 1988 and 1989, the band released two studio albums on 16th Avenue. They also charted nine songs on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, including the Top 40 single "Hot Nights". Canyon got their big break on the show Star Search with Ed McMahon, where they were the runner up to Sawyer Brown in 1983 for Vocal Band.

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Canyon
Origin	Texas, USA
Genres	Country
Years active	1981–1991
Labels	16th Avenue
Past members	Steve Cooper Johnny Boatright Jay Brown Randy Rigney Randy Smith Keech Rainwater Michael Britt

They were nominated in 1991 at the Academy of Country Music for Top New Vocal Duo or Group, along with Prairie Oyster and Pirates of the Mississippi, but lost to the Pirates of the Mississippi.

After Canyon disbanded, Rainwater and Britt joined the group Texassee in 1992, who would later change their name to Lonestar.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	US Country	Label
1988	I Guess I Just Missed You	51	16th Avenue
1989	Radio Romance	61

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions		Album
		US Country [1]	CAN Country
1988	"Overdue"	59	—	I Guess I Just Missed You
	"In the Middle of the Night"	54	—
	"I Guess I Just Missed You"	55	—
	"Love Is on the Line"	47	—
1989	"Right Track, Wrong Train"	44	—	Radio Romance
	"Hot Nights"	40	68
	"Radio Romance"	53	—
1990	"Carryin' On"	74	—
	"Dam These Tears"	71	—	single only

Music videos

Year	Video
1988	"I Guess I Just Missed You"
1989	"Right Track, Wrong Train"
	"Hot Nights"
	"Radio Romance"
1990	"Carrying On"
	"Dam These Tears"

Nominations

Academy of Country Music

• 1990 Top New Vocal Duo or Group

References

External links

• Canyon at AllMusic

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