Trailer Choir

Trailer Choir was an American country music group composed of vocalists Marc "Butter" Fortney, Crystal Hoyt, and Vincent "Big Vinny" Hickerson.

[1] Trailer Choir had originally started as a loose association of musicians, usually including Fortney and Hickerson, that played cover shows at fraternities and clubs in order to make some money and have some fun, rather than as an intended career path.

[2] Wanting to add original music without losing the audience led the group to writing and playing the party anthem style they are known for.

At one performance in late 2006, a fan named Crystal Hoyt jumped on the stage and took over Hickerson's microphone, thus becoming a member of the band until she parted ways with them in early 2011.

Keith left it up to them to make it work, so they played anywhere they could find fans, including side stages, beer stands, and parking lots.

Trailer Choir's first recording for Show Dog was the track "Off the Hillbilly Hook", which was included in the soundtrack to the 2008 film Beer for My Horses, in which Toby Keith starred.

[8] In December 2009, "Rockin' the Beer Gut" re-entered the charts following a "Holla Day Version" released for the Christmas season.

[9] Their song "Last Man Standing" has been used in promotions for the 2008 NASCAR "Chase for the Sprint Cup," and a high school football show known as "Rivalry Thursday.

In reply to a follower post that same day inquiring about Trailer Choir he explained that "Butter decided to leave the band due to his new baby.

[24] The difficulties at home eventually led Hickerson to move out on his own as a teenager, renting a room from a friend while he attended school, worked, and played football.

He was voted most valuable lineman of the year twice at his high school, and by the time he was 19 he was the store manager of the Sonic Drive-In fast-food restaurant he worked at.

In 2011, Hickerson entered the television competition The Biggest Loser following a hospitalization in February on Super Bowl Sunday, where he had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and cellulitis.

[29] The show also aired Hickerson's marriage proposal to his girlfriend Lori Diaz, which took place at the Grand Ole Opry House with Thompson Square giving a private performance of "Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not.

[33] He later married a certified personal trainer named Jenny who is also a group fitness instructor, a third degree black belt, a 2012 World Champion in Taekwondo, and a bikini bodybuilder competitor.

Trailer Choir being interviewed: L-R: Crystal, Big Vinny, Butter and interviewer Allison DeMarcus.
Trailer Choir performing at the New York State Fair