BlackHawk

BlackHawk were reliable country music hitmakers in the 1990s, reaching the Billboard Country Top Ten six times between 1994 and 1999 with such singles as "Every Once in a While," "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No" and "Like There Ain't No Yesterday." Such steady success reflects how the trio of Henry Paul, Van Stephenson, and David Robbins were seasoned pros by the time they joined forces in 1992. Paul was a veteran of the Southern rock outfit the Outlaws, while his two bandmates were professional songwriters with Restless Heart's "All My Life" to their credit. As a band, BlackHawk merged this sense of songcraft and outlaw swagger in an arena-sized melodic sound that suited the rockin' country of the '90s. Once that decade came to a close, the group continued -- Stephenson left the band in 2000 -- balancing concerts with the occasional new studio set, such as 2014's Brothers of the Southland or 2022's Blue Highway.