This year’s Rodeo Houston performance by Brooks & Dunn is their 19th since 1992 and also looks to be the boys’ last go-round on the trademark revolving stage. (This is “The Last Rodeo” tour, after all.) The multiple award-winning, platinum-selling country duo is hanging up their saddles at the end of 2010 after a three-decade partnership. Starting with 1991 debut LP Brand New Man, B&D heartily dominated the pop-country landscape during the ’90s and most of the ’00s with a string of smash singles and 11 hit albums, all marked with sturdy hooks, winking lyrics and a steadfast production value that would become the template for most honky-tonk to come after. You’re gonna miss them when they’re gone.
This article appears in Mar 18-24, 2010.