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Yukon OK, United States

The members of Cross Canadian Ragweed — Grady Cross, Cody Canada, Randy Ragsdale and Jeremy Plato — have known each other pretty much since kindergarten in the band’s hometown of Yukon, Oklahoma. They all wanted to get out, and music seemed like a good escape. When they all had graduated (except for Ragsdale, the youngest member), they started jamming at a party, and Cross Canadian Ragweed was born. Yukon as a rule wasn’t a very musician-friendly town, but they had one notable local squarely in their corner: Ragsdale’s father Johnny.

“My dad was a guitar player. He played with Bob Wills and a little bit with Reba McEntire when she was first starting out,” says Ragsdale. “He really didn’t want me to be a drummer but I insisted. I found a set of drums in a neighbor’s trash one day and hauled them into the cellar. He kind of figured out after about a year that I was serious and finally got me a new drum set. And when he met Cody, he realized his talent and how seriously we wanted to take music, and he really pushed us. He completely drove us up the wall, but later down the road, we realized he did it for a good reason.”

Once the band got its chops they moved to Stillwater, Okla., where acts like Mike McClure’s Great Divide and singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave had established enough of a local scene to earn Stillwater the nickname “North Austin” (or, depending on your perspective, “West Nashville”). Inspired by McClure’s self-penned Great Divide songs (and more than a little by early Steve Earle), the band quickly grew out of its Merle Haggard and classic rock covers and began focusing on Canada’s uncommonly honest and straight-forward originals.
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  • tyz4fun

    Glad my buddy that moved to Texas turned me onto this... great music punches Nashville in the face with a big ole bloody nose

    February 2011

  • ZombiePsyche

    Why did I wait so long to listen to them! DAMN good. Might be my favorite Country artist now.

    February 2011

  • ilanp47

    Great band.

    September 2010

  • battaway

    always be preparred to "PAY" speaks volumes.wish I could hear it live at riverfest in ark.but we will be playing opposite you guys on a diff.stage. thanks for all your music it's a breathe of fresh air in a stale comercial music world.Bo Attaway"The Hippie Holler Band"

    March 2010

  • joncampbell1989

    Check out this video of Ryan Bingham playing "The Weary Kind" From the Crazy Heart Soundtrack! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIJTU9iY2iA

    February 2010

  • travelin_man

    "burn like the sun" is a wonderful song. like reckless kelly.

    November 2009

  • ccr_2108

    The albums may be hard to come by at stores like best buy or walmart in your area, but check out their website and also lonestarmusic.com for a lot of texas country releases.

    November 2009

  • DyinggTahLive

    love "late last night" on the back to tulsa album. cody told that guy offff. ♥

    August 2009
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Cross Canadian Ragweed "To Find My Love"

30 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/crosscanadianragweed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gND6TAKqOZg Acoustic version of To Find My Love recorded on the Music Fog bus during the Americana Music Conference in Nashville. Jeremy taking lead on v...

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