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Pearl River was an American country music band composed of Jeff Stewart (lead vocals), Chuck Ethredge (lead guitar), Joe Morgan (bass guitar), Derek George (rhythm guitar, background vocals), Steve Argo (drums), and Garry Schiera (keyboards, background vocals). Signed to Liberty Records in 1993, the band would record two albums: 1993's Find out What's Happening, followed by a self-titled album one year later. The former album also produced a minor hit single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in the single "Fool to Fall".
After disbanding in 1994, the members of Pearl River served as a backing band for Bryan White, then an up-and-coming country singer.

Biography

Pearl River was founded in the early 1990s in Philadelphia, Mississippi. In 1993, they were discovered by a representative of Capitol Records, who signed the band to the record's Liberty Records division. Also included on this album was the song "Cast Iron Heart", which would later be recorded by BlackHawk on their 1996 album Strong Enough (and by Linda Davis on her 1996 album Some Things Are Meant to Be).
A second album, Pearl River, was issued in 1994; its only single, "Hey Goodbye", failed to enter the charts. This album featured two more tracks which would later be recorded by other artists: "You've Always Got Me", later found on Aaron Tippin's 1995 album Tool Box, and "Heartbroke Every Day", which Lonestar recorded on their 1995 album Lonestar and released as a single in 1996.
After Pearl River disbanded in 1994, several of its members were recruited as a backing band for Bryan White, a then-unknown singer who had previously worked as a T-shirt vendor for the band. By 1994, White was signed to a recording contract with Asylum Records; former guitarist Derek George also co-wrote several of Bryan's singles, in addition to producing White's albums.

Find Out What's Happening

Track listing

"I Wanna Be in the Picture" (Bob Merrill, J. P. Pennington) - 2:46
"Hole Where the Heart Oughta Be" (Jim Rushing, Randy Scruggs) - 3:00
"Does She Need Me" (Ken Fleming, Derek George, Jeff Stewart, Jim Weatherly) - 3:09
"Find Out What's Happening" (Jerry Crutchfield) - 3:16
"Cast Iron Heart" (Dennis Linde) - 3:02
"That Ole Gravel Road" (Billy Lawson, Roger Murrah) - 3:17
"Fool to Fall" (Wood Newton, Larry Stewart) - 4:03
"She's Already Earned Her Wings" (Marc Beeson, Robert Ellis Orrall) - 2:59
"Good Thing Going" (Vicki Gossett, Ronnie Gossett) - 3:02
"Josephine" (Craig Bickhardt) - 2:50

Personnel

Pearl River

Steve Argo - drums

Chuck Ethredge - lead guitar

Derek George - acoustic guitar, background vocals

Joe Morgan - bass guitar

Gary Schiera - keyboards, background vocals

Jeff Stewart - lead vocals

Additional musicians

Bryan Culpepper - background vocals

Dan Dugmore - pedal steel guitar

Sonny Garrish - pedal steel guitar

Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Gray Gordon - background vocals

Gregory Gordon - background vocals

Mike Lawler - synthesizer

Paul Leim - drums, percussion

Terry McMillan - harmonica

Wayland Patton - background vocals

Michael Rhodes - bass guitar

Matt Rollings - piano, synthesizer

Brent Rowan - electric guitar

Curtis Young - background vocals

Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle

Pearl River

Track listing

"Hello Goodbye" (Lonnie Wilson, Kim Williams) - 2:52

"Don't Know Much About Love" (John Hiatt) - 3:39

"How Quick I Remember" (Wilson, Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) - 3:21

"You've Always Got Me" (Walt Aldridge, Brad Crisler) - 2:51

"Nowhere Road" (Jeff Crossan) - 3:46

"Heartbroke Every Day" (Bill LaBounty, Rick Vincent, Cam King) - 3:03

"Good Way to Get Hurt" (Wilson, Williams, Collin Raye, Tammy Hyler) - 3:54

"Mr. Right Now" (Steve Dean, Danny "Bear" Mayo, Bill McCorvey) - 4:01

"Not After You" (John Jarrard, Wendell Mobley, Jeff Stewart) - 3:20

"Cows" (Gordon Kennedy) - 3:27

Personnel

Pearl River

Steve Argo - drums

Chuck Ethredge - lead guitar

Derek George - guitar, background vocals

Joe Morgan - bass guitar

Gary Schiera - keyboards, background vocals

Jeff Stewart - lead vocals

Additional musicians

Bob Bailey - background vocals

Eddie Bayers - drums

Kim Fleming - background vocals

Paul Franklin - steel guitar

Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals

Mitch Humphries - piano

Brent Mason - electric guitar

Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ

Michael Rhodes - bass guitar

Andrew Stewart, Chris Stewart, Josh Stewart - tambourine overdubs

Harry Stinson - background vocals

Billy Thomas - background vocals

Steve Wills - background vocals

Lonnie Wilson - drums

Singles

Year	Single	US Country	Album
1993	"Fool to Fall"	62	Find Out What's Happening
1994	"Hello Goodbye"		Pearl River

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