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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Asia Pacific World Search Search: Rascal Flatts adds dimensions to music with age By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY,AP Music Writer AP - Friday, April 10 u NEW YORK - One of the reasons Rascal Flatts has sold millions over the decade is their deft blend of rock and pop in anthematic crossover hits, from the cover of "Life is a Highway" to the heart-tugging ballad, "What Hurts the Most." Fans will find those familiar touches on their latest record, including their first single, the soaring top 10 Billboard country hit "Here Comes Goodbye." But bassist and songwriter Jay DeMarcus says Flatts fans may be surprised what else they hear on the trio's latest CD, "Unstoppable," released this week. "In an odd way, this album is a bit more country than even 'Me and My Guy' and even 'Still Feels Good' was," DeMarcus says. "We love pop too and we've had so much success there," he adds. "(But) we were at a place where we said, 'You know what? There are some times where good old fashioned country music is still the best thing in the world.'" Putting old-fashioned country and Rascal Flatts in the same sentence may seem oxymoronic, especially since they were seen early on as a slick, boy band-type act. But the group _ which includes DeMarcus' cousin, lead singer (and sometime songwriter) Gary Levox, and guitarist Joe Don Rooney _ has dominated country music with enduring hits spanning nearly 20 million albums sold since its 1999 debut. The band won its seventh straight trophy for best vocal group Sunday at the Academy of Country Music Awards. "It's fun to go on this journey with these guys," says Dann Huff, the group's longtime producer. "They're totally living this dream. They came to Nashville just to see if they could make a living in music. I don't think they ever dreamt of this. But they're there." They've remained not only by maintaining a strong friendship _ trio good-naturedly poke fun, finish each other's sentences and dole out compliments during an hour-long interview _ but by crafting albums with mainstream songs. While members of the group have had a hand in writing some of Rascal Flatts' hits, they've also been smart enough to solicit other songwriters who seem to have a knack for writing hits. "A lot of these artists get to a place where they want to write their entire album and they feel like it makes them less of an artist if they do a song penned buy someone else because it's not coming from within their songs, but at the end of the day I just want to hear a great song," says DeMarcus. "We did write some on this record but we've always stood by the mantra: 'The best song wins.'" Rooney says one of the most emotional tunes on the record for him is "Things That Matter," co-written by LeVox, which talks about family and love trumping some of the other things that threaten to get in they way. "It definitely hit me right in the heart having a baby," says Rooney, whose wife gave birth to a son almost a year ago. "We try to look for songs like that that speak to us, because if they can speak to us we know they'll speak to a lot of other people too." The album closes with another emotional song written by outside writers, titled why, "Why," about suicide. "It's written in a very delicate way to where it deals with the subject matter," says DeMarcus. "Gary and I had an uncle who shot himself eight years ago, so we've experienced it first hand in our own family." Huff says the inclusion of "Why" and other tracks show a maturation for the guys, all of whom are in their 30s and married (Levox also has children with his wife). Levox calls "Unstoppable" their best album yet. He says while the band is high on the perch of country's elite, they want to make sure they don't get complacent in their position. "You dream about this position as a kid, and I think we work harder every day just to continue to grow, and do what we love to do," he says. "We always keep striving to do better and be the best, because at the end of the day, it's all about the careers that we've made for ourselves. 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