Big and Rich

Released: January 1, 2012

Featuring: Bon Jovi

Did you miss me, well I ain’t been gone
I been making little babies, I been writing big songs
Come and kiss me, yeah it’s been too long
Since we tore a town down like King Kong

A lot of young guns try to fill these boots
They want the green without the black and blue
They don’t understand and this ain’t just talking
I’ve been a dead man walking

[Chorus:]
Born again
Yes I’m born again
I’ll be white knuckle gripping when I spit in the wind
Riding high in the saddle with a six string grin
I’m born again
I been born again

Another headline, yeah we’re back in the news
Hillbilly Jedis with attitude
We come to raise the roof in your backyard
We put the lightning back in a jar

[Chorus]

Your witnessing the evolution of a country revolution
It’s a congregation for the melody
All you country sons and daughters
Get down in the dirty water
Make you holler make you wanna set it free

Country duo Big & Rich initially started their careers as showmen in Nashville (Tennessee), eventually becoming the face of Music City as the 2000s drew to a close, Big & Rich were the most unlikely country duo to success.

Big & Rich happily pushed hip-hop braggadocio into their rocking country, building their music on chant-along sports anthems and ballads, the former showcasing their humor, the latter their sentimentality. Soon after “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” because a smash, Big & Rich started firing out hits, not just as performers but also as writers and producer.

They paired up in 1998, starting a regular performing group called the MuzikMafia, which appeared at a Nashville club on a regular basis for several years. Big & Rich worked on new material, both as a team and separately, building a reputation that started to crest in 2003, when Martina McBride recorded their “She’s a Butterfly”. Soon, the duo signed with Warner Nashville, which released their first single, “Wild West Show” early in 2004 with the full-length album ‘Horse of a Different Color’. Their boisterous blend of rockin' country and old-school rap, the album turned into something of a phenomenon and Big & Rich were ready to seize this opportunity.

From the album

Hillbilly Jedi (2012)

Big and Rich popular songs

Born AgainBig and Rich

Big and Rich