<Tr> <Th> Past members </Th> <Td> Eddie Bayers Richard Bennett Tony Brown Rodney Crowell Hank DeVito Vince Gill Emory Gordy, Jr . John Hobbs Larrie Londin Michael Rhodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The Notorious Cherry Bombs, originally called The Cherry Bombs, was an American country music supergroup founded by singer - songwriter Rodney Crowell in 1980 . A former member of Emmylou Harris's Hot Band, Crowell picked several former Hot Band members as his backing band, which he named The Cherry Bombs . They made their debut as Rodney's backing band on his 1980 album But What Will the Neighbors Think . </P> <P> Although they served as Crowell's backing band for several years, The Cherry Bombs did not record an album of their own until a 2004 reunion (at which point "Notorious" had been added to the band's name). The album, also titled The Notorious Cherry Bombs, produced a hit on the country music charts in "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long". </P> <P> Rodney Crowell was a founding member of country singer Emmylou Harris's Hot Band; when he began his own solo career in the early 1980s, Crowell picked several former Hot Band members as his backing band, whom he named The Cherry Bombs . The initial members comprised Vince Gill (background vocals, electric guitar), Hank DeVito (steel guitar), Emory Gordy, Jr. (bass guitar), Richard Bennett (electric guitar), Tony Brown (keyboards), and Larrie Londin (drums). </P>

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