When superstar Shania Twain heard Currington’s soulful Southern voice, she knew she had found the perfect partner for the country duet “Party for Two,” so Currington excitedly boarded a plane for ..Europe.. to work in the studio with Twain and legendary producer Robert “Mutt” Lange. Currington and Twain performed the song live on the 2004 Country Music Association Awards and a special
Good Morning America show from ....Nashville.........
His musical success brought national media attention, including
People magazine and
USA Today, which named Currington an “On the Verge” artist. Soon the media began celebrating the bachelor’s other attributes as well:
Playgirl magazine featured a (clothed) Currington on its March 2005 cover and
Nashville Lifestyles magazine named him one of its “25 Most Beautiful People.”....
Despite the world traveling, magazine photo sessions and celebrity encounters, Currington adamantly refuses to live life in the fast lane.
“The bigger and better is nice,” he says of the comforts success brings. “The hotels are nice and visiting different countries is great. But I always try to picture it at the end. When you are 80, what are you really going to want? What’s really going to matter? It’s not a lot of materialistic things for me. It’s just maybe a front porch, a couple of rocking chairs, a simple life.”....
His music captures the lives of hard-working people who often live off the beaten path. The only luxury they can afford perhaps is time, so they relish the few moments they have off the clock, when their time is finally their own. Sometimes it’s the thought of Saturday night that gets them through an exhausting week, so when the weekend rolls around, it’s time to forget their troubles and celebrate.....
I go to all of these small towns often and it seems like there isn’t much there,” he says. “That’s how it was where I grew up. You walked the railroad tracks or walked down to the store or sat in your backyard. It’s all a part of the slow life. You aren’t battling 20 red lights and horns and sirens and having to get from job to job.”....
In his sophomore CD,
Doin’ Somethin’ Right, Currington unveils a more mature Southern sound of blues-tinged country in songs such as the debut single, “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right,” “Why, Why, Why,” “Whole Lot More,” “Here I Am” and “She’s Got A Way With Me,” a duet with legendary singer Michael McDonald. “I wanted to make sure it was country,” he says. “After the Shania duet, people asked me, ‘Have you changed your direction? Are you going more pop?’ I don’t want anybody to be confused about where I am musically because in my heart I am the same.”....
The same, perhaps, but also better. Since he recorded his first CD, he’s spent four years on the road, performing five nights a week in clubs and concert halls. The dedication to his craft has resulted in a voice that is bigger and deeper and a performer who knows what works well with his audience during his raucous 90-minute show. “With every song, you’ve got to picture standing on that stage and singing to that audience,” he says. “All of these songs I sang on the first record, I quickly learned which ones work and which ones don’t work for a bar atmosphere or for a huge stadium. Before making this album, I made myself picture every song live in front of a crowd.”....
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