Trailer Choir
is an American country music group composed of vocalists Vinny Hickerson, Crystal Hoyt, and Mark Fortney, known by their respective stage names Big Vinny, Crystal and Butter. In 2006, the trio signed to Show Dog Nashville, a label owned by Toby Keith. After recording the song "Off the Hillbilly Hook" for the soundtrack to Keith's film Beer for My Horses
, Trailer Choir charted the singles "What Would You Say" and "Rockin' the Beer Gut" on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs charts, and released two EPs.
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Background
Trailer Choir was founded in 2006 by Vinny Hickerson, Crystal Hoyt and Mark Fortney, who are respectively known as Big Vinny, Crystal and Butter. The trio signed to
Show Dog Nashville, a label owned by
Toby Keith, in 2008.
[1] Its first recording for Show Dog was the track "Off the Hillbilly Hook", which was included in the soundtrack to the 2008 film
Beer for My Horses
, in which Toby Keith starred. Shortly afterward, "Off the Hillbilly Hook" was released as a single
[2] and was made into a
music video, although the song did not chart. Trailer Choir also released a digital EP on November 4.
[3]
In 2009, Trailer Choir issued its second single, "What Would You Say". This became the group's first chart entry, peaking at #43 on the
Billboard
Hot Country Songs charts in May 2009. On June 9, 2009, the group released a physical
EP entitled
Off the Hillbilly Hook
, which included all four songs from the digital EP and two more songs. After its release came the trio's third single, "Rockin' the Beer Gut", which became the trio's first Top 40 hit on the country charts in mid-2009. The song's music video features Wolf from
American Gladiators
.
[4] Steve Leggett of
Allmusic gave this EP a three-and-a-half star review, saying that it was "catchy and commercial,"
[5] and Greg Yost of
Country Standard Time
said "it is clear that not only is this trio funny, but Trailer Choir has the songwriting, vocal and music talent to sustain a career."
[6]
Discography
EPs
| Year
| Album details
| Chart positions
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| US Country
| US
| US Heat
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| 2009
| Off the Hillbilly Hook
- Released: June 9, 2009
- Label: Show Dog Nashville
| 30
| 170
| 4
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Off the Hillbilly Hook
#"Rockin' the Beer Gut" (Butter) – 3:06
#"Rollin' Through the Sunshine" (Butter, Big Vinny, Isaac Rick) – 3:15
#"In My Next 5 Beers" (Butter, Big Vinny, Rick, Thom Shepherd) – 2:42
#"What Would You Say" (Butter, Big Vinny, David Fortney) – 3:40
#"Last Man Standing" (Butter, Chance, John Kromer, Scott Lynch) – 3:31
#"Off the Hillbilly Hook" (Butter, Big Vinny, Jewels Hanson) – 3:09
Singles
| Year
| Single
| US Country
| Album
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| 2008
| "Off the Hillbilly Hook"
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| Off the Hillbilly Hook
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| 2009
| "What Would You Say"
| 43
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| "Rockin' the Beer Gut"A
| 30
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
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Music videos
| Year
| Title
| Director
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| 2008
| "Off the Hillbilly Hook"
| Robert Sexton
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| 2009
| "What Would You Say"
| ?
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| "Rockin' the Beer Gut"
| The Brads
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References
- Trailer Choir biography
- Trailer Choir goes "Off the Hillbilly Hook" with single
- Trailer Choir goes digital
- Trailer Choir rocks the beer gut
- ''Off the Hillbilly Hook'' review
- ''Off the Hillbilly Hook'' review