The Remingtons

The Remingtons were founded in 1991 by singers Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey (December 31, 1947 – September 10, 2021).[1] Griffin was a founding member of the soft rock group Bread, and both Mainegra and Yancey previously recorded in Cymarron, another soft rock band.[2] Griffin also recorded in 1990 as one-third of Black Tie, which included country pop singer Billy Swan and former Eagles member Randy Meisner.[3]

The Remingtons were one of the first acts signed to BNA Entertainment (later BNA Records), a country music record label founded in 1991.[4] Their debut album, Blue Frontier, was released that year. It accounted for three straight Top 40 hits on the Billboard country charts, including the number 10 "A Long Time Ago".[5] Yancey was replaced in 1992 by Denny Henson, a former member of Dan Fogelberg's backing band,[6] shortly before the group released its second album, 1993's Aim for the Heart. The album still featured several songs written by Yancey, and he played acoustic guitar on the album's cover of Bread's "Everything I Own".[7]

Griffin and Yancey, along with Ronnie Guilbeau formed GYG (Griffin, Yancey, Guilbeau) in 2001. They recorded only one album and performed in and around the Nashville area until Griffin was diagnosed with cancer and died in 2005.[3]

Yancey, singer and guitarist, died in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 10, 2021, at age 73.[1]