Kix Brooks
Kix Brooks was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States on May 12th, 1955 and is the Country Singer. At the age of 69, Kix Brooks biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Leon Eric Brooks, III, also known as Kix Brooks, is an American country music singer, actor, and film director best known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn and host of radio's American Country Countdown.
He was a singer and songwriter before the duo's foundation, charting twice on Hot Country Songs and releasing an album for Capitol Records.
Brooks & Dunn were together for twenty years, but then came solo careers.
The album New to This Town was Brooks' solo career after Brooks & Dunn. Brooks & Dunn were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019.
Early life
Brooks grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana. He has a half-sister and a half-brother; his father also adopted a son of his third wife's third daughter. Brooks attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston as a theatre arts major after graduating from the former Sewanee Military Academy, an Episcopal school in Sewanee, Tennessee. He went to Alaska to work with his father on an oil pipeline for one summer and then returned to Louisiana Tech to finish his education. After graduating, he moved to Maine to write advertisements for a company owned by his sister and brother-in-law.
Musical career
Brooks' father urged him to pursue his desire to become a musician, and he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in the early 1980s. His then-girlfriend (now wife Barbara, with whom he has a son and daughter) followed shortly thereafter. He worked for Tree Publishing as a staff songwriter. He recorded his first solo single, "Baby, When Your Heart Breaks Down", for Avion in 1983, but returned to songwriting after it only reached number 73 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Brooks and Dan Tyler co-wrote "Modern Day Romance", released by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in June 1985; it became the band's second No. 1 hit on the country chart.
Brooks released an album, Kix Brooks, in 1989 on Capitol Records. This album also featured the song "Sacred Ground" which became a No. 2 country hit for McBride & the Ride in 1992.
He was one half of country music duo Brooks & Dunn. Their 1991 debut album, Brand New Man, generated four number-one hit singles on the country charts. Brooks usually provided backing vocals on their songs and singles. The singles featuring Brooks on lead vocals include, "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone", rising to No. 1, "Lost and Found", "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)", "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing", "South of Santa Fe", and "Why Would I Say Goodbye".
On August 10, 2009, Brooks & Dunn announced to their fans, via their website they intended to disband after twenty years of touring. According to the short statement released on their web site, Brooks & Dunn intended to release a greatest hits album, tour during the rest of 2009, and have a farewell tour in 2010.
Brooks resumed his solo career in 2012, releasing a new 12-track album on September 11, 2012. New to This Town features nine songs co-written by Brooks, including the album's first single, the title track. He followed his second album with the soundtrack to the western film Ambush at Dark Canyon in 2014. Brooks composed the majority of the musical score as well as starring in the film.
On December 3, 2014, Brooks & Dunn reunited, and along with Reba McEntire, performed a series of concerts in Las Vegas, Nevada, throughout the summer and fall of 2015.
Brooks performed at the 2019 Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum Concert and Induction Ceremony.