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John Rich was also the group's bass guitarist and second lead vocalist until 1998, when he was fired from the group. He left for a solo career, before joining Big Kenny in the duo Big \u0026amp; Rich in 2003. Since Rich's departure, Lonestar has not had an official bass guitarist.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonestar first charted in late 1995 with the single \"Tequila Talkin',\" the first of twenty-seven singles on the country charts. Nine of the band's singles have reached Number One on this chart. Their biggest hit was 1999's \"Amazed\", a crossover hit that reached Number One on both the country charts and the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single to do so since Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's \"Islands in the Stream\" in 1983. The group has also recorded eight studio albums and a Greatest Hits compilation. 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