That's what Joe Don Rooney and I do. He plays guitar and I play bass - and there's no reason to call… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We started out as a bar band. We were sometimes playing in front of 20 people. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We were derided as a boy band, with pop music and not really country. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I was at a Dolly Parton concert when I was about 9 years old. I saw her at the Ohio State Fair,… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We've always prided ourselves on the fact that we're a band that the whole family can enjoy together. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It caught us by surprise when people started calling us a boy band because we'd always considered ourselves pretty serious musicians. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I think our live shows dispelled any misconceptions people had about us. When you come see us live, you know we're anything… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
The hardest part, for me, is being in the band and knowing the way I want certain things to sound, but also… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
A lot of people still don't realize that, before Rascal Flatts, I was in a Christian band for four or five years,… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
With a band like Shenandoah, you don't want to take things and deconstruct them to a point where you don't recognize them. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
That's what Joe Don Rooney and I do. He plays guitar and I play bass - and there's no reason to call it a… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We started out as a bar band. We were sometimes playing in front of 20 people. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
Some of my biggest commercial musical influences would be people like Merle Haggard, George Jones, of course, Johnny Cash. People that wrote and sang… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
My beliefs and my faith are part of who I am, and I'm so grateful that I had the foundation laid early on. My… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It was such a whirlwind for us for about three to four years there that, every time we turned around, we were pulled in… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I've been really, really fortunate to have a mother that has spent many, many long hours on her knees praying for me. And I… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We've always prided ourselves on putting together a great live show. That's something that means a lot to us because our bread and butter… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I remember as a little kid watching the Opry from the nosebleeds, so to stand onstage and be invited to be a member was… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
Constantly writing with new people is important. Also, listening to new music that's popular and that's making a splash - that's how I get… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I remember when 'I'm Moving On' came out, and we got the response we did, I thought, 'Man, this could be for real.' That… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I was an '80s child, so I grew up loving all kinds of '80s rock. I like R&B, too. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
