Rascal Flatts Short Bio
The origins of the group begin with co-founders, Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus, second-degree cousins and close friends from Columbus, Ohio. " I grew up in a very musical family " says Jay DeMarcus about his musical roots. " My earliest memories are of us sitting around the living room on Friday and Saturday, and all come to the house and takes what instrument was to play music around the whole night long. " & quot ; My story is almost the same as Jay’s ", says Gary LeVox. " I have a very musical family, including my father and my mother. Our mothers were cousins but close as sisters. We have a lot of weekends at Jay house as kids, kid stuff and making music. "
Growing up in Picher, Oklahoma, Joe Don Rooney’s musical influences for the first time by his brother and sisters. " They were all into music when I grew up so I went through a variety of musical genres " says Joe Don. But he has his experience in the mainstream country Grove, OK. " It was a show called the Grand Lake Opry, believe it or not. Nature like the Grand Ole Opry. It was really cool. When I was nineteen I am there every month and we have a Grand Ole Opry star from Nashville, like Porter Wagoner, Connie Smith and Merle Haggard, come to sing and perform. "
