Canyon was an American country music group composed of Steve Cooper (vocals,
guitar), Johnny Boatright (guitar), Jay Brown (keyboards), Randy Rigney (bass)
and Keech Rainwater (drums), who replaced Randy Smith, their original drummer.
Between 1988 and 1989, the band released two studio albums on 16th Avenue. They
also charted nine songs on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, including the Top
40 single "Hot Nights". Canyon got their big break on the show Star Search with Ed McMahon, where they were the runner up to Sawyer Brown in
1983 for Vocal Band. After Canyon disbanded, Rainwater and Britt joined the
group Texassee in 1992, who would later change their name to Lonestar.