Nashville Tribute Band

The Nashville Tribute Band is a Nashville-based Christian group founded by Jason Deere and Dan Truman, the pianist of the popular country group Diamond Rio.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Background

In 2003, songwriter and record producer Jason Deere began teaching the Old and New Testament in an early morning seminary class for high school students of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Franklin, Tennessee. His research and teaching inspired him to write an album of songs about the early church history, from 1820 to 1844. The album Joseph: A Nashville Tribute to the Prophet was co-produced with Deere's longtime friend, Dan Truman, of Diamond Rio. Truman also wrote one of the songs on the album. The album was released by Deseret Book’s Highway Records in 2005 and it became one of its best-selling albums,^{[citation needed]} winning Pearl Awards for Contemporary Album Of The Year, Inspirational Recording Of The Year (Emma), Contemporary Instrumental Recorded Song Of The Year (Say Uncle), Songwriter Of The Year (Jason Deere).^{[citation needed]} The LDS Booksellers Association also awarded the album a 2006 Listener's Choice Award for Album Of The Year and awarded Deere a 2006 Listener's Choice Award for Best New Artist.^{[citation needed]}

Deere and Truman co-produced a second Nashville Tribute album released in 2007 called Trek: A Nashville Tribute to the Pioneers. The album covered the Mormon pioneer era of LDS Church history. The album won the 2007 Pearl Award for Group Recording Artist Of The Year (Jason Deere, The Nashville Tribute Band) as well as the 2008 Pearl Award for Inspirational Instrumental Recording Of The Year (My People/Come, Come Ye Saints).^{[citation needed]}

Years of touring the world with the Nashville Tribute Band, along with Deere and Truman's own experience serving as LDS Church missionaries, led to the writing and production of the album The Work: A Nashville Tribute to the Missionaries. The album pays tribute to the culture of sending thousands of missionaries into the world and all of the experiences associated with the missionaries, their families and friends as they serve.

Discography

Joseph: A Nashville Tribute To The Prophet (2005; Deere Records)
Trek: A Nashville Tribute To The Pioneers (2007; Deere Records)
The Work: A Nashville Tribute To The Missionaries (2011; Deere Records)
Redeemer: A Nashville Tribute To Jesus Christ (2014; Shadow Mountain Records)
Merry: A Nashville Tribute to Christmas (2016; Shadow Mountain Records)
The Word: A Nashville Tribute to The Bible (2018; Shadow Mountain Records)
Praise: A Nashville Tribute to The Hymns (2020; Shadow Mountain Records)
Don't Miss This in the Doctrine and Covenants, soundtrack (2020; Shadow Mountain Records)

Band members

The Nashville Tribute Band consists of:

Jason Deere
Dan Truman of Diamond Rio
Brad Hull of Due West
Tim Gates of Due West
Ben Truman of the Truman Brothers
Chad Truman of the Truman Brothers

References

^ Loftus, Hikari (16 August 2010). "Nashville Tribute Band salutes missionaries". Deseret News. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012.
^ Mitchell, Rex Colin (September 12, 2011). "REVIEW: Nashville Tribute Band brings on the tears". Utah Statesman. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
^ Bowler, Hillary (August 2, 2011). "A tribute to faith: Musicians take time from traditional careers to sing about gospel with Nashville Tribute Band (subscription required)". Deseret News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

External links

[Deseret-1] Loftus, Hikari (16 August 2010). "Nashville Tribute Band salutes missionaries". Deseret News. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012.

[2] Mitchell, Rex Colin (September 12, 2011). "REVIEW: Nashville Tribute Band brings on the tears". Utah Statesman. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

[3] Bowler, Hillary (August 2, 2011). "A tribute to faith: Musicians take time from traditional careers to sing about gospel with Nashville Tribute Band (subscription required)". Deseret News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

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