Sawyer Brown is a country music band formed in 1981 at a Pizza Hut restaurant in Apopka, Florida, and features original members Mark Miller (lead vocals) and Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (keys/piano), along with Shayne Hill (lead guitar) and Joe Smyth (drums/percussion). Named after Sawyer Brown Road, the street where they rehearsed, the band played up to five sets a night, six days a week, until they auditioned for the TV show Star Search in 1983. They auditioned just to get the videotape to promote the band, yet ended up winning the $100,000 grand prize and record contract. 

The band signed with Capitol Records and scored a Top 20 hit with their first single, "Leona," in 1984. That success was quickly followed by their first No. 1 hit, "Step That Step.”  Fans flock to the band's concerts year after year, whether the band performs in a stadium, state fair, or casino. The live shows, more than anything, sustained the band until 1989's remake of the George Jones hit "The Race Is On" put them back near the top of the charts. The band soon switched labels, moving to Curb Records and releasing the albums The Dirt Road, Cafe On The Corner, and Outskirts Of Town, which saw hit after hit for the band in the early to mid-'90s. Sawyer Brown was all over country music radio and television for much of the decade, including 1999's Top 10 hit "Drive Me Wild.” Sawyer Brown’s live shows continue to keep the band going strong.