The seed of Rookie of the Year actually comes from singer Ryan Dunson’s time in Florida (primarily a solo project). Growing from the 2002 start, the group now calls North Carolina home base. College towns and regions around universities spawn some fine young groups. Many of these don’t survive the test of time. Rookie of the Year hails from Fayetteville, North Carolina and that state has a wealth of great universities and so, several good bands.
Youth, properly used, is a wonderful thing. Rookie of the Year’s musicians are still relatively young but these players are no longer rookies. “Poison Like Your Own” on The Goodnight Moon (2006) is a nice straightforward rock song, clean and well constructed. From the same CD, “Liars and Battlelines” is a searching-for-meaning song that always finds a place on the compilations of acoustic/rock groups such as this. “The Blue Roses” is good listening.
Mike Kamerman – guitar, David Whitney – drums, Pat Murphy – bass and Brandon Schade – guitar join Dunson in a recent lineup. Mick Parsons also worked on the drums for Rookie of the Year in 2007, while two other drummers worked with the group from 2003 to 2006. Several other musicians have been part of the effort over the years as well.
Rookie released Having To Let Go in 2005. Just a year later, the band put together their newest collection and is now allowing time to create songs for their anticipated 2008 CD. The 2007 fall tour worked its way from the east coast through the Midwest.
By the way, this band has a fantastic Web site.
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Fantastic website indeed. I really want to know who created it, they are great!