John Rich (born January 7, 1974) is an American
country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band
Lonestar, in which he played
bass guitar and alternated with
Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After being fired from the band in 1998, he embarked on a solo career on
BNA Records in the late 1990s, releasing two singles for the label and recording
Underneath the Same Moon, which was not released until 2006. By 2003, he joined
Big Kenny to form the duo
Big & Rich, who released three albums on
Warner Bros. Records as well as ten singles, including the Number One "
Lost in This Moment". After Big & Rich went on hiatus in 2007, Rich began work on a second solo album,
Son of a Preacher Man, which has produced two more chart singles. In 2011, Rich released two
Extended Plays,
Rich Rocks and
For the Kids before re-establishing Big & Rich in 2012.