associated_acts years_active label article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
big & rich , lonestar 1992 -- present bna , warner bros. nashville , reprise john rich
 solo_singer 7 january 1974 vocals , bass guitar , guitar country john rich , 2005.jpg amarillo , texas , usa john rich singer-songwriter , record producer
john rich

john rich -lrb- born january 7 , 1974 -rrb- is an american country music singer-songwriter .
from 1992 to 1998 , he was a member of the country music band lonestar , in which he played bass guitar and alternated with richie mcdonald as lead vocalist .
after being fired from the band in 1998 , he embarked on a solo career on bna records in the late 1990s , releasing two singles for the label and recording `` underneath the same moon '' , which was not released until 2006 .
by 2003 , he joined big kenny to form the duo big & rich , who released three albums on warner bros. .
records as well as ten singles , including the number one `` lost in this moment '' .
after big & rich went on hiatus in 2007 , rich began work on a second solo album , `` son of a preacher man '' , which has produced two more chart singles .
in 2011 , rich released two extended plays , `` rich rocks '' and `` for the kids '' before re-establishing big & rich in 2012 .
