The Ranch (band)

The Ranch was an Australian-American country music trio, which formed in 1997 by Keith Urban (guitar, keyboards and vocals), Jerry Flowers (bass guitar and background vocals) and Peter Clarke (drums and vocals).^[1][2][3] Most of the group's material was co-written by Urban and Vernon Rust.^[1][4]

The Ranch
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Country, country rock
Years active	1997 (1997)–1998 (1998)
Labels	Capitol
Past members	Peter Clarke Jerry Flowers Keith Urban

They issued a self-titled album on Capitol Records in that year, and two related singles, "Walkin' the Country" and "Just Some Love", which appeared on the country charts before the group disbanded in 1998.^[4] Besides its two singles, The Ranch included "Some Days You Gotta Dance", which was issued in 2001 as a single by the Dixie Chicks, and also had Urban on guitar.^[5] After disbanding The Ranch, Urban resumed his solo career.^[4] Due to his solo success, The Ranch's album was re-issued in February 2004 on Capitol/EMI as Keith Urban in The Ranch with two bonus tracks: "Billy" and "Stuck in the Middle with You", the latter is a cover version of a single by the 1970s band Stealers Wheel.^[6] It also featured two music videos, "Walkin' the Country" and "Clutterbilly".^[6]

After The Ranch disbanded, Urban began a solo career. Many of his solo efforts have included Flowers.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		AUS [7]	US Country
The Ranch	Release date: September 1997 Label: EastWest, Capitol Nashville Format: CD, cassette	82	34A

• ^AChart position of 2004 re-release as Keith Urban in The Ranch.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country [3]	CAN Country
"Walkin' the Country"	1997	50	65	The Ranch
"Just Some Love"	1998	61	92

Music videos

Title	Year	Director
"Walkin' the Country"	1997	Roger Pistole
"Clutterbilly"

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards are a set of annual ceremonies presented by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1997	The Ranch	Best Country Album	Nominated	[8]