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{{quote|''"If you know which one is Brooks and which one is Dunn ... you might be a redneck."''|[[Jeff Foxworthy]]}}
A long-lasting [[Country Music]] duo composed of Leon Eric "Kix" Brooks and Ronald Gene "Ronnie" Dunn, [[Brooks and Dunn]] is arguably ''the'' definitive country music duo. After several years as [[Alliteration|struggling solo singer-songwriters]], the two were paired at the suggestion of Arista Records executive Tim DuBois. And all was good. Their first album, ''Brand New Man'', launched four consecutive #1 hits with its first four singles, and went on to sell five million copies. Those first four songs are still considered among the duo's [[Signature Song|Signature Songs]], most notably "Boot Scootin' Boogie", which sparked a renewed interest in line dancing.
Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, the duo was no stranger to country music radio, racking up a total of twenty Number One hits and fifty chart singles overall. They were also a shoo-in for the Country Music Association's Duo of the Year award (winning it from 1992 through 2006), as well as an Entertainer of the Year award in 1996 after the smash "My Maria", which was also the biggest country hit of that year. The duo started to slip into more of a pop sound, maintaining the hits for the time being but losing its critical acclaim. Come 1999, the duo hit its first commercial low point, as the album ''Tight Rope'' produced only one big hit and disappointing sales. Montgomery Gentry — who was only ''two singles into its career'' at that point — got the 1999 Duo award at the Academy of Country Music.
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In 2009, Kix and Ronnie announced that they would be retiring as Brooks & Dunn. This retirement was led off by a comprehensive ''#1s... and Then Some'' compilation, which included two new low-charting singles. Afterward, Ronnie began a solo career with the single "Bleed Red", and contributed a song to the ''[[Country Strong]]'' soundtrack.
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* ''Brand New Man'' (1991)
* ''Hard Workin' Man'' (1993)
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* ''#1s... and Then Some'' (2009)
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* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: The central topic of "Neon Moon".
* [[Fake-Out Fade-Out]]: Occurs on "Indian Summer." It's a slow, wistful song about a schoolgirl who was impressed by a football player's skillful performance at a hometown game, and ended up sleeping with him, only to have her life ruined when he bragged about it to his friends afterwards. This is, of course, fatal to one's reputation in a small town, and she ended up having to drop out and move across the country to start over. At the end, the singer regretfully admits that he was the Jerk Jock and now, looking back on it, he wonders if things might have been different had he acted differently. Fade out... a perfect place to end. And then it jumps back in with a strong guitar slide and one last exultant rehash of the chorus, about how cool the whole experience was.
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