* En anglais uniquement
Cross Canadian Ragweed established themselves as a relentless touring band throughout the Texas/Oklahoma area and then broadened their reach, nationally releasing several albums of rabble-rousing alt-country. Formed in 1994 in Stillwater, OK, the band took its name from those of its members: frontman and lead guitarist
Cody Canada, drummer
Randy Ragsdale, rhythm guitarist
Grady Cross, and bassist
Jeremy Plato. Though the band toured heavily from its inception, establishing a particularly strong fan base in Texas, it didn't release its first album until 2001 when Underground Sound released
Highway 377. Two more releases for the label followed, Live and Loud at the Wormy Dog (2001) and
Carney (2002), before the band moved to Smith Music Group for
Live and Loud at Billy Bob's Texas (2002). In 2004 the group signed to Universal South and released
Soul Gravy, followed by
Garage in October of 2005. The band released the double live CD/DVD
Back to Tulsa: Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom in 2006, followed by its sixth studio album,
Mission California, in 2007.
Happiness and All the Other Things, which was dedicated to
Willie Nelson's late stage manager Randall "Poodie" Locke, arrived in 2009. ~ Jason Birchmeier