1982
Mark Miller, Gregg “Hobie” Hubbard, Bobby Randall, Jim Scholten and Joe Smyth form the band Savanah. They later change their name to Sawyer Brown, after Sawyer Brown Road,
the street they rehearsed on in Nashville.
1983
Sawyer Brown begins taping “Star Search.”
1984
Sawyer Brown wins $100,000 on “Star Search.”
Sawyer Brown signs a deal with Curb Records.
The debut album “Sawyer Brown” is released.
The band’s first single, “Leona,” is released and becomes a top 20 hit.
1985
Sawyer Brown’s second single, “Step That Step,” becomes their first number 1.
The album “Shakin’” is released.
Sawyer Brown wins the CMA Horizon Award.
1986
The album “Out Goin’ Cattin’” is released.
1987
The album “Somewhere In The Night” is released.
1988
The album “Wide Open” is released.
1989
The album “The Boys Are Back” is released.
1990
The album “Greatest Hits” is released. This compilation album
includes the previously unreleased track “When Love Comes Callin’.”
1991
The album “Buick” is released.
Lead guitarist Bobby Randall leaves the band to host TNN’s “You Can Be A Star.” He is replaced by Duncan Cameron.
1992
January – The album “The Dirt Road” is released.
September – The album “Café On The Corner” is released.
1993
Sawyer Brown wins the TNN/Music City News Vocal Band of the Year Award.
Sawyer Brown wins the CMT Video
Group of the Year Award.
September – The album “Outskirts Of Town” is released.
1994
Sawyer Brown wins the TNN/Music City News Vocal Band of the Year Award.
Sawyer Brown wins the CMT Video Group of the Year Award.
1995
Sawyer Brown wins the TNN/Music City News Vocal Band of the Year Award.
The album “Greatest Hits 1990-1995” is released. The compilation
includes two previously unreleased tracks.
The album “This Thing Called Wantin’ And Havin’ It All” is released.
Sawyer Brown wins
the CMT Video Group of the Year Award.
1996
Sawyer Brown wins the TNN/Music City News Vocal Band of the Year Award.
1997
Sawyer Brown wins the TNN/Music City News Vocal Band of
the Year Award.
The album “Six Days On The Road” is released.
The Christmas album “Hallelujah He Is Born” is released.
Sawyer Brown wins the ACM
Vocal Group of the Year Award.
1998
April - The band performs on the WWF Unforgiven Pay-Per-View.
Sawyer Brown wins the TNN/Music City News Vocal Band of the Year Award.
1999
The album “Drive Me Wild” is released.
2000
Sawyer Brown wins Christian Country Music Awards for Video of the Year and Song of the Year. Both are for "800
Pound Jesus."
Sawyer Brown’s long-awaited first live album is released. “The
Hits Live” features 14 hits recorded live in concert, plus four studio recordings, including three previously unreleased
songs.
Sawyer Brown is nominated for
the CMA Entertainer of the Year Award.
2001
2002
June 11 – The album “Can You Hear Me Now” is released.
2003
Sawyer Brown signs with Lyric Street Records.
Curb Records releases the album “True Believer,” a collection of spiritually themed tracks from previous
albums with two previously unreleased songs.
August – The single “I’ll Be Around” is released by Lyric Street Records. It would be the only music the band released on Lyric Street.
2004
Sawyer Brown resigns with Curb Records.
Lead guitarist Duncan Cameron decides to leave the band to become a pilot for Southwest Airlines. He is replaced by Shayne Hill.
July – The band does a USO tour in Germany to entertain troops
returning from and deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.
December 16 – Sawyer Brown makes their “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” debut, performing “Mission
Temple Fireworks Stand”
2005
August – The single “They Don’t Understand” breaks into Billboard’s Country Singles
Chart, giving the band their 50th charted single.
August 23 – The album “Mission Temple Fireworks Stand” is released
2006
December 10 - The tour bus of Sawyer Brown was involved in a vehicular accident near
Holton, KS. Jessica Mossman, 24, of Auburn, Kan., died in the accident. For the Jessica A. Mossman Memorial Fund, click here.
2007
2008
25th ANNIVERSARY!
