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Royal Wade Kimes (born March 3, 1951 in Chester, Arkansas) is an American country music singer.

Royal Wade Kimes
Birth name	Royal Wade Kimes[1]
Born	(1951-03-03) March 3, 1951 (age 71)[2] Chester, Arkansas[1]
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Asylum, Wonderment

Biography

Kimes worked at his father's sawmill until his father encouraged him to move to Nashville, Tennessee, which he did in 1983. He also worked at Loretta Lynn's dude ranch and later began recording demos through the encouragement of Eddy Arnold. Kimes also wrote the cut "We Bury the Hatchet" on Garth Brooks' album Ropin' the Wind, and signed with Asylum Records in 1996. The label released the single "Leave My Mama Alone",[1] followed by his debut album Another Man's Sky.[3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three stars out of five, saying that it had "uneven material" but that Kimes's voice had "gravelly conviction".[4]

Following it was the album's title track, which was made into a music video.[5] The album's third single, "Guardian Angel", received a positive review in Billboard, which called it "country to the core" and praised Kimes as a "talented songwriter".[6] After Kimes left Asylum, he began recording for Wonderment Records. Kimes charted at number 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated January 3, 2004 with "Mile High Honey".[2]

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
Another Man's Sky	Release date: 1996 Label: Asylum Records
A Dyin' Breed	Release date: 2002 Label: Wonderment Records
Cowboy Cool	Release date: 2004 Label: Wonderment Records
Snow	Release date: 2005 Label: Wonderment Records
Hangin' Around the Moon	Release date: 2005 Label: Wonderment Records
Strikin' Matches	Release date: 2006 Label: Wonderment Records
How the West Was Sung	Release date: 2008 Label: Wonderment Records
White Light	Release date: 2009 Label: Wonderment Records
Crossing the Roads	Release date: 2011 Label: Wonderment Records
A Proud Land	Release date: 2012 Label: Wonderment Records

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Country
1996	"Leave My Mama Out of This"	—	Another Man's Sky
1997	"Another Man's Sky"	—
	"Guardian Angel"	—
2002	"There Ain't Enough Miles"	—	A Dyin' Breed
2003	"Night Birds" (with Garth Brooks)	—
	"Mile High Honey"	60
2004	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	—	Cowboy Cool
	"Feelin' Stud"	—
2006	"I've Got Your Back"	—	Strikin' Matches
2011	"I'm an Ole Song"	—	Crossing the Roads
	"500 Miles Away from Home"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
1997	"Another Man's Sky"	Norry Niven
2000	"On The Border"
2002	"There Ain't Enough Miles"
	"In My Land"
2006	"Strikin' Matches In The Rain"
2011	"Cold Country"

References

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