Little Texas is an American country music band which achieved fame in the 1990s with several hit singles to their credit.
Tim Rushlow - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1988-1997)
Steven Troy - lead vocals (2004-present)
Dwayne O'Brien - rhythm guitar, vocals (1988-1997; 2004-present)
Porter Howell - lead guitar, vocals (1988-1997; 2004-present)
Duane Propes - bass guitar, vocals (1988-1997; 2004-present)
Brady Seals - keyboards, vocals (1988-1995)
Jeff Huskins - keyboards, fiddle, vocals (1995-1997)
Del Gray - drums, vocals (1988-1997; 2004-present)
Little Texas first materialized in November 1988. Before the band came together, each pair of members were playing music together. Tim Rushlow and Dwayne O'Brien began playing together in their native Arlington, Texas, in 1984. Porter Howell and Duane Propes got together while they were in high school in 1983. Brady Seals and Del Gray played in the backup band of country music recording artist Josh Logan. Tim, Dwayne, Duane and Porter first started making music at Opryland as a 50's showband. With both Tim's first wife and Porter's wife, plus 2 other members, they took the showband on the road, naming their act "The Varsities". When two of the members left to pursue other interests, they contacted Del and Brady, whom they had met while playing in Minnesota, in hopes of forging a more country/Southern rock sound. All six members eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they started playing together, and Little Texas was born.
The band played at venues all around Nashville where it caught the attention of the record label, Warner Bros. Records. Warner Bros. signed Little Texas in 1989, and a couple of years later, the band released its first album, First Time For Everything. The album spawned five singles that landed on the Billboard country singles chart. In 1993, Little Texas released its second album, Big Time. Big Time was Little Texas's biggest selling album of their career, selling more than three million copies. It spawned two Billboard Top 5 singles, a Billboard Top 20 single, and the band's only Billboard No. 1 single. 1994 saw the release of Little Texas's third album, Kick a Little. It spawned three more singles in the Billboard country chart.
