![Uncle Kracker](pix/unclekracker_01.jpg) Uncle Kracker, born Matthew
Shafer on June 6, 1974 in Michigan, gained
notoriety as a DJ and rapper with Kid Rock's entourage.
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
Uncle Kracker released his debut
LP Double
Wide.
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
![Uncle Kracker - "Follow Me" (Single)](pix/unclekracker_cds03.jpg) Uncle Kracker hit the Top 40
with "Follow Me."
# 90
Singles Artist of the Year
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
Uncle Kracker hit the Top 10 with "Follow Me."
![March](../graphics/march.gif)
![Uncle Kracker - Double Wide](pix/unclekracker_lp01.jpg) Double
Wide was certified gold.
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
Double
Wide was certified platinum.
![June](../graphics/july.gif)
Uncle Kracker hit the road for 5
weeks with Sugar Ray.
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
![Uncle Kracker - No Stranger To Shame](pix/unclekracker_lp02.jpg) Double
Wide was certified 2x platinum.
# 73
Singles Artist of the Year
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
Uncle Kracker
hit the Top 40 with "In A Little While."
Uncle Kracker
released No
Stranger To Shame.
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
![Uncle Kracker - "Drift Away"(available at iTunes)](pix/unclekracker_cds01.jpg) Uncle Kracker hit the road with Counting
Crows.
# 67
Singles Artist of the Year
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
Uncle Kracker hit the Top 40
with help from Dobie Gray on
the remake of Gray's hit "Drift Away."
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
![Uncle Kracker - 72 And Sunny](pix/unclekracker_lp03.jpg) Uncle Kracker topped the
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 28
weeks with "Drift Away."
Uncle Kracker hit the Top 10 with "Drift Away."
![June](../graphics/july.gif)
No
Stranger To Shame was certified gold.
![2004...](../graphics/2004.gif)
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
![Uncle Kracker - 'Happy Hour'](pix/unclekracker_lp04.jpg) Uncle Kracker topped the Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart for 5
weeks helping Kenny Chesney out on his hit
"When The Sun Goes Down."
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
Uncle Kracker released 72
And Sunny.
# 428 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
![2009...](../graphics/2009.gif)
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
![Uncle Kracker - "Smile" (Single)](pix/unclekracker_cds04.jpg) Uncle Kracker released Happy
Hour (Entertainment
Weekly:
C+).
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
Uncle Kracker hit the Top 40
with "Smile."
# 75
Singles Artist of the Year
![2012...](../graphics/2012.gif)
![November](../graphics/november.gif)
![Uncle Kracker - 'Midnight Special'](pix/unclekracker_lp05.jpg) Uncle Kracker released Midnight
Special.
![Uncle Kracker - Double Wide](pix/unclekracker_lp01.jpg) |
Double Wide
Released: June, 2000
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Better Days" -
"What'chu Lookin' At" -
"Follow Me" -
"Heaven" (with Kid Rock) -
"Steaks & Shrimp" -
"Who's Your Uncle" -
"Whiskey & Water" -
"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" - "Aces
& Eights" - "You Can't Take
Me" |
![Uncle Kracker - No Stranger To Shame](pix/unclekracker_lp02.jpg) |
No Stranger To Shame
Released: September, 2002
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 43
Rolling Stone
review: ![2 stars from Rolling Stone](../graphics/star2.gif)
Tracks: "Keep It
Comin'" - "Thunderhead
Hawkins" - "In A Little While" - "I
Wish I Had A Dollar" - "Drift Away" (with Dobie
Gray) - "Baby Don't Cry" -
"I Do" - "Memphis Soul
Song" - "I Don't Know" -
"To Think I Used To Love You" -
"Letter To My Daughters" -
"No Stranger To Shame" |
![Uncle Kracker - 72 And Sunny](pix/unclekracker_lp03.jpg) |
72 And Sunny
Released: June, 2004
Billboard
peak:
# 39
Tracks: "This
Time" - "Rescue" -
"Don't Know How (Not to Love
You)" - "What Do We Want?"
- "Writing It Down" -
"Place at My Table" -
"Some Things You Can't Take
Back" - "Blues Man" -
"Songs About Me, Songs About
You" - "Please Come Home"
- "You're Not Free" -
"Last Night Again" (with Keny
Chesney) |
![Uncle Kracker - 'Happy Hour'](pix/unclekracker_lp04.jpg) ![Available for download at iTunes](../graphics/itunes3.jpg)
![mp3 Available at Amazon.com](../graphics/amazonmp3.jpg) |
Happy Hour
Released: September, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 38
Tracks: "Smile" -
"Another Love Song" - "My
Girlfriend" - "Livin' The
Dream" - "Corner Bar" -
"Me Again" - "Good To Be
Me" - "I Hate California"
- "Hot Mess" - "Hey Hey
Hey" - "I'm Not Leaving" -
"Mainstreet" |
![Uncle Kracker - 'Midnight Special'](pix/unclekracker_lp05.jpg) |
Midnight Special
Released: November 19, 2012
Tracks: "You Got
That Thang" - "I'd Be
There" - "Four Letter
Word" - "Blue Skies" -
"When I Close My Eyes" -
"In Between Disasters" -
"Happy" - "Nobody's Sad On
A Saturday Night" - "Nuthin'
Changes" - "Who We Are" -
"It Is What It Is" |
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