Pinmonkey Biography

Pinmonkey Biography

 Pinmonkey is an American country music group formed in 1998 by Michael Reynolds (lead vocals), brothers Michael (vocals, bass guitar) and Chad Jeffers (Dobro, lap steel guitar), and former Pure Prairie League member Rick Shell (drums, vocals). Their first album, Speak No Evil, was released independently in 2002. Later that same year, they signed to BNA Records and released their self-titled album. It produced the singles "Barbed Wire and Roses" and "I Drove All Night", both of which charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. A second album for BNA was never released, although it did produce a chart single in "Let's Kill Saturday Night". After the band left BNA, Shell departed, with Mike Crouch taking his place as drummer; Chad Jeffers also left to join Keith Urban's road band. Reduced to a trio composed of Mike Crouch, Michael Jeffers, and Michael Reynolds, Pinmonkey released their third album (titled Big Shiny Cars) on the independent Back Porch label in 2005.