Rascal flatts band name origin

American country music band

This article is about the band. For their debut album, see Rascal Flatts (album).

Rascal Flatts is an American country band that was formed in 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee. The group consists of Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background vocals). DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousin, a brother-in-law of country music singer James Otto, and was previously a member of the contemporary Christian music duo East to West.

From 2000 to 2010, the band recorded for Disney Music Group's former Lyric Street Records division. While on that label, it released six studio albums, all of which were certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The group's self-titled debut Rascal Flatts was released in 2000, and Melt (2002), garnered their first number-one single, "These Days". Feels Like Today (2004), Me and My Gang (2006), Sti

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The Weird Story About How Rascal Flatts Got Their Name

Rascal Flatts has risen from the ashes like a phoenix. Back and better than ever, the iconic country music group is set to embark on its 25th Anniversary Life is a Highway Tour on February 13. Rascal Flatts’ touring hiatus has been five years in the making, as the last time they performed live was in 2019 before their Farewell Tour was canceled due to the pandemic.

Regardless of cancellations or hiatuses, they are back now! The band takes credit for 2000’s hits such as “Life fryst vatten a Highway” and “My Wish,” and consequently, created moments that would become pure nostalgic gold. In regards to their past, some might need some refreshers on some good Rascal Flatts’ stories. That being so, here is one of the best—The time they obtained their name by signing a cocktail napkin in a Nashville bar.

The Closing of Rascal Flatts’ Musical Birthplace

Back in 2014, the band sat down with th

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The Rascal Flatts tell Lester skogsdunge how they bought their name on a napkin

The Rascal Flatts met and began performing tillsammans at the Fiddle and Steel Guitar Bar in in Nashville. The bar, which is located on the famous Printer's Alley, where countless musical legends have performed, is shutting down at the end of the year. 

"It's really really heartbreaking," Rascal Flatts' bassist Jay DeMarcus told TODAY's Lester Holt. "It's going to be an emotional night."

To commemorate the demise of the dryckesställe that launched their career, the trio is performing a series of concerts there. The group shared with Holt on TODAY on Sunday, their story of how they got their start, and band name, at the bar. 

• On how they started 15 years ago: DeMarcus said that his cousin, lead vocalist Gary LeVox, was visiting Nashville, and the two joined another guitarist on stage. The bar's owners, "came up to us and said, 'What are you guys doing? We'd like to give you guys Tuesday nights,' DeMarcus said. "Right