Rascal Flatts Grand Ole Opry Induction Pete Fisher, VP & General Manager Grand Ole Opry, Opry Legend Little Jimmy Dickens with Rascal Flatts, Joe Don Rooney, Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus at The Grand Ole Opry on October 8, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved. Happy Saturday! I was old enough and wise enough to go through with it. Seeing how he had to balance it all was amazing. It’s amazing — if you crouch down right at them the engagement is much more clear. In the early days of Rascal Flatts you guys were constantly on the road. That’s what you have to take in. And they find loopholes so quickly! I almost quit the band that day because our manager... did not tell me. It’s all that b-word: Balance.

Do you plan on sending your kids back to school this fall? So it’s just us on our own little planet. During the school year we don’t do a lot of shows. I had another friend tell me something I like. We try to do Thursday- Saturday shows or Friday-Sunday. He said ,“You get your home life right and everything else in your world makes sense.” It’s so true.

No word on whether or not they will tour again as a trio. And we don’t have any family here.

But with that, the balance of that methodology with your home life was a challenge for Gary early on. It exposes everything you are inside. And it sounds cliché but it’s cliché because it’s true.

All rights reserved. Because we were doing so much back then: upwards of 200 shows a year from 2000-2004 because we were new artists and we were hungry and we were going to do everything we could to try and promote Rascal Flatts.

Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts perform with Arnel Pineda of Journey onstage at the 2012 CMT Music awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 6, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. Rascal Flatts backstage at the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, November 6, 2002. It’s so true. So I had these nieces and nephews really early on.

The trio just released a new EP called How They Remember You. Did you know that in addition to the electric guitar, Rooney plays the acoustic and bass guitars, as well as mandolin & banjo? Will The Government Step In?
Rascal Flatts arrives at the 36th annual Country Music Association Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, November 6, 2002. That’s my foundation.

We spent a lot of the past year in Nashville working on the new album. All rights reserved. As both a member of the chart-topping band and father of three children all less than 10  — 9-year-old son Jagger; 6-year-old daughter Rocky; and 2-year-old daughter Devon — the singer has spent much of the past decade finding that sweet spot between his life as a traveling musician and a father.

But we need to have a lot of that quality time around then to spend with the family. Copyright © 2020, ABC Audio. Musician Joe Don Rooney (L), Gary LeVox (R) of Rascal Flatts and musician Justin Bieber (C) accept Collaborative Video of the Year award on stage at the 2011 CMT Music Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 8, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. And you used this second-hand knowledge when you became a father in 2008. Rascal Flatts is the name of the band. Growing up in Oklahoma I was the youngest of four children; my three siblings are a bit older than I am. Working in music you’re going to have stressful times. In December there might two or three private shows that pop up and we get to do those, which are fun; it’s easier than a normal tour. And I can just drive down to [band member] Jay [DeMarcus]’s house to his studio. All of a sudden they had four kids.

Rascal Flatts – Back To Us (New album available May 19th). Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney is celebrating his 45th birthday today (9/13).

I keep telling my wife  — and I gotta write this song one day — “I don’t know if we’re raising these kids or these kids are raising us.” I’m telling you, I’ve learned so much more from these three little rugrats than I could probably ever teach them.
Wish we were celebrating it on stage! Backstage Country — Listen Weekdays 7pm to Midnight! And it must be even more challenging given your chosen career. ABC/Mark Levine Twenty Years of Rascal Flatts: The Greatest Hits comes out Friday, ahead of the trio's Farewell Tour, which they plan to reschedule post-COVID-19. "I stormed off the set because I was very angry that we were gonna put nudity in our video. That’s really important for children growing up — being able to have those great memories as they get older. And meeting Tiffany — talk about a call-and-response.

And then they started getting married and having kids right away.

Sign up for the Fatherly newsletter to get original articles and expert advice about parenting, fitness, gear, and more in your inbox every day. ↓ Movie Theaters Might Die Out Forever. I heard a friend tell me this a long time ago and I didn’t really understand it until I had a family. Happy Birthday bro!

Little nuggets like that are really important.

Joe Don Rooney, the lead guitarist of country music superstars Rascal Flatts, knows this from personal experience. The guys – Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe … The two oldest were out of the house by the time I was really aware and old enough to understand. Don't miss on pre-sales, member-only contests and member only events.

As both a member of the chart-topping band and father of three children all less than 10 — 9-year-old son But I always felt in my soul I was going to have children. The finished clip, however, softened Jay's approach. And we get to work out the times of the day for all that so we can maximize our workload and also still be husbands and fathers.

Happy Birthday to my brother Joe Don Rooney who’s too cool for school! Some days it’s more challenging than others. Give us a little more information and we'll give you a lot more relevant content, Oops!

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Jay DeMarcus , Gary LeVox , and Joe Don Rooney agree two songs helped put them on the map: "Life Is a Highway" from the Disney movie Cars ; and "I Melt," which sparked a groundbreaking video with an infamous shot of Joe Don's backside. We had heard the theory, “You can’t sell a million albums until you shake a million hands.” You gotta pound the pavement.