History Music / DiamondRio

* ''Micah Schweinsberg'' – drums

Begun in 1982 as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys, the group was one of several recurring performers at the now-defunct Opryland USA, a country music theme park in Nashville. Fronting the original lineup were Matt Davenport, Danny Gregg, and Music/TyHerndon, along with Larry Beard, Mel Deal, Al Deleonibus, and Ed Mummert. The band quit working Opryland in 1985 due to a perception that their status as a theme park attraction discredited them as "real musicians" to the Nashville community. After several membership changes and unsuccessful attempts, they became Diamond Rio in 1990 and established the lineup that has held until 2022: Marty Roe (lead vocals), Gene Johnson (mandolin, guitar, fiddle), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, banjo), Brian Prout (drums), Dan Truman (keyboards, piano), and Dana Williams (bass). That year, Carson [=McKee=] and Micah Schweinsberg respectively replaced Johnson and Prout following their retirement.

* ''Carson McKee'' – mandolin, fiddle, tenor vocals (2022–present)

Begun in 1982 as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys, the group was one of several recurring performers at the now-defunct Opryland USA, a country music theme park in Nashville. Fronting the original lineup were Matt Davenport, Danny Gregg, and Music/TyHerndon, along with Larry Beard, Mel Deal, Al Deleonibus, and Ed Mummert. The band quit working Opryland in 1985 due to a perception that their status as a theme park attraction discredited them as "real musicians" to the Nashville community. After several membership changes and unsuccessful attempts, they became Diamond Rio in 1990 and established the lineup that has held ever since: Marty Roe (lead vocals), Gene Johnson (mandolin, guitar, fiddle), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, banjo), Brian Prout (drums), Dan Truman (keyboards, piano), and Dana Williams (bass).

* ''Gene Johnson'' – mandolin, guitar, fiddle, tenor vocals (1987–present)

* ''Brian Prout'' – drums (1989–present)

Begun in 1982 as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys, the group was one of several recurring performers at the now-defunct Opryland USA, a country music theme park in Nashville. Fronting the original lineup were Matt Davenport, Danny Gregg, and Ty Herndon, along with Larry Beard, Mel Deal, Al Deleonibus, and Ed Mummert. The band quit working Opryland in 1985 due to a perception that their status as a theme park attraction discredited them as "real musicians" to the Nashville community. After several membership changes and unsuccessful attempts, they became Diamond Rio in 1990 and established the lineup that has held ever since: Marty Roe (lead vocals), Gene Johnson (mandolin, guitar, fiddle), Jimmy Olander (lead guitar, banjo), Brian Prout (drums), Dan Truman (keyboards, piano), and Dana Williams (bass).

* '''Ty Herndon''' – vocals (1982–1983)

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: In 1994, they recorded a cover of Music/MerleHaggard's "Workin' Man Blues" with then-labelmates Lee Roy Parnell and Steve Wariner, which was credited to "Jed Zeppelin".

* MotorMouth: "Unbelieveable" has a series of very rapid-fire lyrics.

The band's sound is defined by three-part bluegrass-style vocal harmonies, with an unsually heavy rhythm section for the country genre, alongside a myriad of solos on piano, mandolin, and Telecaster. While later albums borrowed more heavily from pop and Christian music, the same six-man lineup has held since 1989, and other than string sections, they have never used session musicians on recordings.

* CareerEndingInjury: Subverted by half of the membership. Before their debut album, Gene Johnson slashed his thumb in a carpentry accident, Dana Williams injured his legs in a boating accident, and Jimmy Olander developed a tumor on his esophagus. However, all three were able to heal in time for their first album.

* {{Fingore}}: Gene Johnson seriously cut his thumb in a carpentry accident not long before the band's debut album was to be recorded.

* CareerEndingInjury: Subverted with Gene Johnson. Despite injuring his left thumb in a carpentry accident in 1990, he eventually regained use of that thumb.

!Albums:
* ''Diamond Rio'' (1991)
* ''Close to the Edge'' (1992)
* ''Love a Little Stronger'' (1994)
* ''IV'' (1996)
* ''Unbelieveable'' (1998)
* ''One More Day'' (2001)
* ''Completely'' (2002)
* ''The Reason'' (2009)
* ''I Made It'' (2015)

!Tropes present in their work:

A CountryMusic band founded in Nashville, Tennessee, and one of the most prominent in the genre in TheNineties.

* {{Fingore}}: Gene Johnson seriously cut his thumb not long before the band's debut album was to be recorded.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: In 1994, they recorded a cover of Music/MerleHaggard's "Workin' Man Blues" with Lee Roy Parnell and Steve Wariner, which was credited to "Jed Zeppelin".

* LyricalShoehorn:

* WantonCrueltytoTheCommonComma: "Walkin' Away" has a subject/verb disagreement in the line "These occasional moments of weakness only makes our love more strong."