Boyd Tyrone Herndon, 2 May 1962, Meridian, Mississippi, USA. Country singer Herndon grew up with a background of family singing, both at home and in church. He went to Nashville to seek his fortune, but through bad management agreements, he made no progress and his mother lost her house. The album track ‘Hat Full Of Rain’ summarizes his problems: ‘I’ve been ridin’ through the storm, feelin’ weary and worn.’ He kept plugging away at his music and in 1993, he became the Texas Entertainer Of The Year. Nashville welcomed him back and his debut album for Epic Records, What Mattered Most, included guest vocals from Joe Diffie and Patty Loveless. The title track, a dramatic ballad, was a US country chart-topper, while Herndon dipped into the Jim Croce songbook for ‘You Don’t Mess Around With Jim’.
The 1996 follow-up Living In A Moment was a disappointment, suffering from a shortage of stand-out material, although the title track returned Herndon to the top of the country charts. Big Hopes (1998) and Steam (1999) were much better efforts, with the former spawning the number 1 hit ‘It Must Be Love’ and the latter’s intriguing pop rock sound coming close to equalling the quality of his debut. Steam was ultimately less successful than Herndon’s previous releases, however, and when further singles failed to match his commercial peak the singer was dropped by Epic. He released a Christmas album through his website before being signed to the Titan label in 2006. His new studio album, Right About Now, followed in early 2007.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze.
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Boyd Tyrone Herndon, 2 May 1962, Meridian, Mississippi, USA. Country singer Herndon grew up with a background of family singing, both at home and in church. He went to Nashville to seek his fortune, but through bad management agreements, he made no progress and his mother lost her house. The album track ‘Hat Full Of Rain’ summarizes his problems: ‘I’ve been ridin’ through the storm, feelin’ weary and worn.’ He kept plugging away at his music and in 1993, he became the Texas Entertainer Of The Year. Nashville welcomed him back and his debut album for Epic Records, What Mattered Most, included guest vocals from Joe Diffie and Patty Loveless. The title track, a dramatic ballad, was a US country chart-topper, while Herndon dipped into the Jim Croce songbook for ‘You Don’t Mess Around With Jim’.