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The Tractors is an United States|American country rock band composed of a loosely associated group of musicians, headed by guitarist Steve Ripley. Under the band's original lineup, The Tractors was signed to Arista Records in 1994, releasing their self-titled debut album that year; the album went on to become the top-selling album of 1994, even though it only produced one Top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' country charts. To date, the band has followed up with five more albums.

Since their foundation, most of the band's original members have moved on to separate projects, although they often collaborate with frontman Ripley on The Tractors' more recent recordings. Ripley is the only official member of the group; he has stated that The Tractors is more of a "state of mind",<ref name="tractors1"/> and the band contains a largely undefined cast of unofficial contributors.

Biography
The Tractors were formed in 1988<ref name="cst1">[http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=807 Country Standard Time: The Tractors, November 1998]</ref>, with the original lineup comprising Ron Getman (electric guitar, slide guitar), Jamie Oldaker (Drum kit|drums), Walt Richmond (bass (vocal range)|bass vocals, keyboard instrument|keyboards), Steve Ripley (guitar, Singing|lead vocals), and Casey van Beek (bass guitar, baritone vocals).<ref n... read all