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.38 Special (band)

38 Special
Rock band .38 Special in 2010.jpg
38 Special (2010)
Background information
Origin Jacksonville, Florida,
United States
Genres Southern rock, hard rock, arena rock, country rock, blues rock
Years active 1974–present
Labels A&M
Associated acts Lynyrd Skynyrd, Van Zant, Trace Adkins, Grand Funk Railroad
Website 38special.com
Members Don Barnes
Toby Lee Hall
Danny Chauncey
Bobby Capps
Gary Moffatt
Barry Dunaway
Past members Donnie Van Zant
Jeff Carlisi
Jack Grondin
Steve Brookins
Ken Lyons
Larry Junstrom
Carol Bristow
Dale Krantz
Nancy Henderson
Lu Moss
Steve McCray
Lynn Hineman
Max Carl
Scott Meeder
Scott Hoffman

38 Special (also written .38 Special) is an American rock band that was formed by neighborhood friends Don Barnes and Donnie Van Zant in 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida.

The band's first two albums had a strong southern rock influence. By the early 1980s, .38 Special shifted to a more accessible arena rock style without abandoning its southern rock roots. This shift helped to usher in a string of successful albums and singles. Survivor co-founder Jim Peterik has been a frequent songwriting collaborator of the band since 1980, which may account for this shift and subsequent success.

Their breakthrough hit was "Hold On Loosely" (1981). "Caught Up in You" (1982) and "If I'd Been the One" (1984) both hit No. 1 on Billboard magazine's Album Rock Tracks chart. "Back Where You Belong" (1984) continued the annual sequence of radio favorites. In 1985 they had another hit with "Teacher, Teacher", written by Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams. The song climbed to #4 on the Billboard Top Tracks Chart, spending 10 weeks on the chart from the soundtrack of the 1984 film Teachers. "Second Chance" was a No. 1 hit on Billboard's adult contemporary chart in 1989, from Rock & Roll Strategy, followed by "The Sound of Your Voice" in 1991 (Billboard Hot 100 #33) from Bone Against Steel and "Fade to Blue" from the album Resolution which made it to #33 on the Mainstream Rock chart in 1997.


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