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Little Big Town Releases Live Performance Video

<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>VEVO AND <a title&equals;"LITTLE BIG TOWN" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;countrymusicontour&period;com&sol;new-little-big-town-tour-dates&sol;">LITTLE BIG TOWN<&sol;a> RELEASE<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>&&num;8220&semi;OVER DRINKING&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO <&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-36136 aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;countrymusicnewsblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;unnamed27-400x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"400" height&equals;"225" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p><strong>Vevo<&sol;strong> announces the release of <strong>Little Big Town<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s live performance of &&num;8220&semi;<em>Over Drinking&period;<&sol;em>&&num;8221&semi; Little Big Town began with <strong>Kimberly Roads<&sol;strong> and <strong>Karen Fairchild<&sol;strong>&comma; two Georgia natives who began singing together in college&period; Arkansas-born and Alabama-raised <strong>Jimi Westbrook<&sol;strong>&comma; a friend of Fairchild&&num;8217&semi;s husband&comma; joined them to make a trio&comma; and the group was completed by the addition of Arkansan <strong>Phil Sweet<&sol;strong> in 1998&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--more--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>Watch the live performance of &&num;8220&semi;Over Drinking&&num;8221&semi; Below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From the outset&comma; Little Big Town devoted their sound to harmony and multiple lead vocals&comma; a combination that made the band a hard sell at first&period; They finally landed a deal at <strong>Mercury Records<&sol;strong>&comma; but it fell through due to disagreements about musical direction&period; In the wake of the success of the <strong>Dixie Chicks<&sol;strong>&comma; however&comma; Little Big Town suddenly seemed a more likely commercial proposition&comma; and they were taken up by the Dixie Chicks&&num;8217&semi; label&comma; <strong>Monument Records<&sol;strong>&comma; in 2000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s tempting to think of Little Big Town as the contemporary country equivalent to <strong>the Mamas &amp&semi; the Papas<&sol;strong>&comma; with the same trademark four-part vocal harmonies&comma; two-male&sol;two-female lineup&comma; and two of the members being married to one another&period; The group hit the ground running with their 2002 self-titled debut album&comma; which spawned two country hits&comma; but it was their 2005 follow-up&comma; <em>The Road to Here<&sol;em>&comma; with its massive single&comma; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Boondocks<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; that vaulted Little Big Town to star status and platinum sales&period; The quartet never looked back&comma; routinely scoring Top Ten albums on the pop charts and returning to the top of the country charts with the singles &&num;8220&semi;<em>Pontoon<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8220&semi;<em>Girl Crush<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and &&num;8220&semi;<em>Better Man<&sol;em>&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;embedyt&rsqb; https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;3AhuVVDxZig&lbrack;&sol;embedyt&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Watch the Live Performance on <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;3AhuVVDxZig&amp&semi;feature&equals;youtu&period;be">YouTube<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>

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