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User talk:David Justin

ALERT!!! Somebody is cutting info from a lot of wine articles and you shold check it out

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"Wayne Wheler"
I see that you just contributed an article on Wayne Wheler. Thank you. It is standard format in this encyclopedia for people's names not to have quotes around them (see Benjamin Franklin for exmaple). I can move the article for you quite easily. My other concern, however, is a legal issue. This article is quite long and is unformatted (ie it has no links). That may be because you have yet to put in links for keywords and other sylistic issues (which I would gladly help you with). However, many people submit unformatted text because they are simply copying and pasting content from another webiste. I couldn't find any website with the content you just uploaded, so I was wondering if you could tell me whether you copied that material (as copied material must be deleted for copyright reasons). Thanks! This link is Broken 01:51, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Mary Hunt
Hi, you might want to check out Copyrights in regards to the website information you submitted to this article. Karmafist 01:36, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Redirects
Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Just so you know, a redirect should not have any title. By placing a line of text above the #REDIRECT link operation, the software does not pick it up as a redirect. You may want to preview your pages before you save them, just to make sure everything's working properly. Also, article titles are case sensitive. So, Alcoholic beverage control states and Alcoholic Beverage Control States don't link to the same place. Thanks! -Satori (talk) 16:20, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Copyright
If you indeed have copyright ownership over articles at http://www2. potsdam.edu/ hansondj/ then of course you may donate it to wikipedia. Understand that that means other people will be able to use it (read GFDL if you haven't yet). Often people who donate content to wikipedia put a page on their site saying that they have donated some/all content to wikipedia (ie. relicense content into the GFDL/PD/Creatic Commons/Another compatible license). This serves as a way for you to get good will and as proof that you, in fact, own that website (sadly we have some rude people who like to pretend they own websites they clearly don't). What article in particular are you concerned about? I can't remember what article I had discussed with you (besides Wayne Wheler which seems to have no copyright issues). It's best to format the note on the article's source the way I left it at History of alcohol. Don't sign you articles or write the notice at the top though. If you plan to move over many articles you might want to make a template similar to Template:1911. Cheers. 16:34, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * ah silly me. I read your message to quickly. You want to know how you can fix American Council on Alcohol Problems. I indicated you claim of copyright holding on WP:CP. Sadly that page has a constant backlog. I would remove the copyvio notice on the page and continue editing with a notice of ownership similar to what I explained above. No need for you to wait a month for this to get sorted out. Remember to go through and add a notice to all articles that you contributed. This link is Broken 16:53, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I could only hazard a guess. I think that some people, not knowing the rules, submits a copyrighted text. When they are told they can't use it unless they own the rights to it, instead of admitting a wrong they lie. Some also might just want to get Wikipedia into legal trouble. Sad really. 17:23, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Jake foot redirect
Brookie here - I've corrected your attempted redirect as it wasn't correct. :) The curate's egg 18:26, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi David - thanks for the note - you need to put the redirected aiminto double brackets - I think that you only usedone. If you go to the original page abd press edit - it will show you the final formatting. :) The curate's egg 07:53, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Rational Recovery
You made a new page but you spelled it Ratonal Recovery. So, I made that page a redirect to Rational Recovery for you. You might want to look at it and add any info that is not dupilcated. Qaz ( talk ) 00:43, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

History of alcohol
It seems you added links to either History of alcohol or to your own webpage to many individual articles on alcoholic beverages (I removed the one on Wheat beer). Often this does not seem particularly relevant, and could be considered spam. Please don't add links to your own website to so many articles. Thank you, Kusma (talk) 04:53, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * And I just reverted your de-wikification of History of alcohol. Do you have any particular reason to prefer that article without internal links? It seems counterproductive for Wikipedia. Kusma (talk) 05:07, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

The article you are adding to many pages is only tangentially relevant and sometimes not relevant at all. At the Wiki, we prefer that you add information to the page rather than adding links which do not add to the page. Also, it is generally considered poor form to cite one's own research. Thank you. Wnissen 06:08, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Please do not unlink valid links. If you continue to remove valid content in the form of links, you might be blocked from editing. Plus, you added a false "source" to American Whiskey Trail which redirects to your web site. Please do not do that again, it has been removed. Wnissen 06:16, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Hello again, David Justin, I see you are making many excellent contributions. Thanks for coming up to speed so quickly on the policies and customs at the Wiki. Looking forward to working with you. Wnissen 06:32, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
 * However can you please not link to your own site. You are linking there as a reference when your site then quotes primary (or less secondary) sources. Can you cite the originals instead (even if they are print references not web links). Justinc 02:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Alcohol and Teenage Brains
I changed the speedy delete tag on the article to an WP:AFD, per your resolution on the copyright issue. Please feel free to participate in that debate. Jasmol 04:16, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

You've obviously studied alcohol quite a bit, and I don't dispute your knowledge in the area. I'm just concerned that the article might fail the original research inclusion guidelines. It may also be appropriate to merge some of the content into the article on alcohol. Cheers, Jasmol 04:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Prohibition
Thanks for your comments about Prohibition and info about Scandinavia - you will see I added your material to the article. Regards--A Y  Arktos 06:24, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi, I did a bit of googling on the Russian dates. There seems to be quite a lot of people writing about the tsar imposing prohibition when the war broke out and it being continued til 1924 or 25.  I put the results at Talk:Prohibition.  Regards--A  Y  Arktos 19:25, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Reverting vandalism
Hi David. I noticed your good edits on Repeal of Prohibition, nice work. But I'm not sure if you're doing them by hand (ie pasting back in material vandals have deleted), or automatically. Have a read of Revert - doing it that way (editing out-of-date versions of the page) ensures that you don't miss any sneaky, very minor vandalism.

Also, don't you think it's about time you turned this red link blue? :P

cheers, pfctdayelise 14:34, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Bravo!
Hello David Justin, I have watched with amazement and gratitude as you have contributed a bevy of excellent pages over the last few weeks. You are really filling in a number of holes that badly needed plugging. I've been going through and marking many of them as stubs (not a negative comment on the content, most articles are marked as stubs for a while just to help them mature more quickly) and adding some wikilinks. Thank you for your extensive research! Wnissen 15:23, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome! --Deville 01:40, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I concur, you're doing a great job! When creating new articles, don't forget to categorize them as well. For example, see Category:Wine for some subcategories you might want to add to related articles you've recently created. Keep up the good work :) Mrtea (talk) 04:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Article moved

 * Hi, I've gone ahead and moved it to Stags' Leap Winery--Confuzion 02:40, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Ottawa 1981 Tasting
Hi David, I removed the full result list of the Ottawa 1981 tasting from the ChÃ¢teau Margaux article; it's enough to say it came second last! If people want the full list they can go to Ottawa Wine Tasting of 1981. I was only nosing around all of this after adding the results to the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 article, which I see you also wrote. Great work on all these wine articles by the way! -- Blorg 21:37, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi David, thanks for the message. I had a look at some of the other winery articles you have been creating and editing. I'd suggest removing the complete lists of wine tasting results from all the individual winery articles (e.g. ChÃ¢teau Mouton Rothschild, ChÃ¢teau_Latour, etc.) and instead having the results on the page about the tasting itself. Just linking to the article about the tasting would be enough, with a summary of how they got on; e.g. for ChÃ¢teau Ducru-Beaucaillou you could just say "Although ChÃ¢teau Ducru-Beaucaillou was judged the best French wine in the Ottawa Wine Tasting of 1981, five Californian wines placed ahead of it." Otherwise the information is duplicated all over the place! -- Blorg 23:39, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I might ask what they're doing there at all?  Does the Chateau Montelena page have in depth descriptions of its failures?  As I see it this is a baldfaced bias.  If you want to trumpet decades old wine expos detailing who got beat and why, I think it more even-handed to do so in a dedicated article.  As I browse through Bordeaux entries, all I see is what I would call overtly biased negativity.  Yes, the eruption of California wines onto a scene that had long been French-dominated is remarkable and it makes a good story.  But perhaps the cheerleading should be confined to California wine pages.  I think the alternative is ugly.  Wouldn't it be more sane to keep wine entries neutral erring on the side of positivity?  After all, I can find negative critical comments about just about any wine in any given vintage, as you have proven you can do.--BridgeBurner 06:40, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Category:Wine tasting
Hi David, with all the great articles you have been creating about wine tastings I created a Category:Wine_tasting to keep them all together - this centralises links to them all in one place and makes it easier to keep a track/reference between them. I've made the category a sub-category of Wine, Gustation and Oenology. -- Blorg 10:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Minor nit
David, your contributions to Wikipedia have been significant to say the least. You've really fleshed-out the various alcohol related articles in a big way. I was wondering though, if you wouldn't mind including a brief comment in the edit summary when making a change to an article. Just a short, concise note to let the rest of the community know what you changed without reviewing your edits. Thanks, and keep up the good work. Gregmg 15:42, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Copyrighted text
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 * Sorry if I've made a mistake. Hopefully we can clear this up at Talk:Brief interventions. ÃMeegs 19:42, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for enduring the third degree with good humor. As a researcher, I know you know why these things can be important.  Post notice of Dr. Kilmer's consent (or non-) on Talk:Brief interventions when you can. Thanks again. ÃMeegs 22:45, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

FYI
I just posted this on the Alcoholism Talk Page:

 * Today, and for some time now, there are highly accurate tools and other instruments which can accurately diagnose the disease of alcoholism. This is but one of many: SUDDS-IV A condition such as alcoholism and other psychoactive chemical use can, more than most other human conditions, have a devastating effect on not only the person suffering from that condition, but with everyone else in their life. Too often, the pain, frustration and feeling of betrayal can cause these other effected persons to make judgments about the person, most commonly focusing on their behavior. The attitude is, too often, âif they changed their behavior, if they didnât pick up the drink, or take the drug in the first place, this wouldnât be happeningâ. That is why it is critical to take the condition of chemical dependency out of the realm of public opinion and keep it where it belongs: in the hands of competent, unbiased professionals. Chemical dependency is no myth â it is very real. Michael David 01:20, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Wine competitions
Hi David, thanks for contributing so many fantastic wine competition articles. I have noticed that you have been adding each individual wine competition article as a link in the see also section of many wine related articles. This is causing the see also sections to become "bloated" with articles that may not be directly relevant, making it hard for users to discern what they actually want to look at. May I suggest that you create a "generic" Wine competition article, that acts as an index to all of the other wine competition articles. The article could also describe how a competition is conducted, how the wines are tasted, who judges them, etc. Such an article would link many other articles together. This will mean only this article, and perhaps other highly relevant articles, will need to be included in the see also sections, keeping things more tidy and organised. Thanks. scharks 00:14, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Amusing Chatter
David I thought you might get a kick out of this from user:Michael David's talk page:

"Don't jump ship just yet, partner -- I think I'm mixing my eras there -- Mr Christopher seems to have been cowed a bit, and David Justin is trying to play nice. Whether their tactic is to listen, lay back, then strike, I don't know. But right now, I think I've got them seeing things through a different lens. Mine. And that would portend yours. --Sadhaka 11:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)"

I thought it was amusing if not revealing. And would you please stop trying to play nice! Mr Christopher 18:47, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Wine by country template
Hi David, just a note that the template Wine by country should generally only be used in the articles that are linked to in the template, possibly with the exception of the Wine or List of wine producing countries articles. Other region based articles should have for example, a Wine regions of France template or something like that. I would be happy to create these where required. scharks 04:22, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. -- Rory 0 96 04:29, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Len Evans
Why are you removing this redirect page? CJCurrie 05:08, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Zero tolerance
It was a pragmatic solution to avoid a more major dispute. However, the fact that the page is now free-standing does not remove the need to completely rewrite it (and to remove the fake citations: some of the links do not work and some are quoted when you obviously have not actually read them). That said, I hope that you will find life here at least interesting if not enjoyable. The challenges are many, but the opportunity for satisfaction is high. Good luck. David91 04:39, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Swedish Ski Team?
Do you perhaps mean the Swedish Bikini Team? I've nominated it for deletion, but let me know if I'm mistaken. Ghosts&empties 21:33, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Driving Under the Influence
Dr. Hanson, thanks for your comments on my user page re: posting on the MADD page. Six months late, but I finally got around to it. I hope to do more, once I get the hang of this editing business. Letaylor

Sockpuppetry case
You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Suspected sock puppets/David Justin for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. Nunquam Dormio 18:11, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Nine sock puppets were blocked indefinitely as a result of the complaint. See Requests for checkuser/Case/David Justin. Nunquam Dormio 08:47, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

American Whiskey Trail
Hi, I wondered if you would like to look at this http://www.shoppersvineyard.com/americanwhiskey/american-whiskey-c89-2.html (at the end) and see if you can determine what text came from where - as I believe the original text belongs to you. Rich Farmbrough, 15:57 27 September 2006 (GMT).

Dale H. Learn
This article was a non-notable biography according to the criteria set out in WP:BIO. (aeropagitica) 05:00, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Note
A plagiarism-detector bot has indicated that you copied the article on William E. Johnson. The article has been deleted. Please do not do this sort of thing again, for legal reasons; otherwise, disciplinary measures will be taken. DS 02:58, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry case
You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Suspected sock puppets/David Justin (2nd) for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page. âThe preceding unsigned comment was added by Nunquam Dormio (talk â¢ contribs) 09:10, 24 December 2006 (UTC).

Three sock puppets were blocked indefinitely as a result of this complaint. See Suspected sock puppets/David Justin (2nd). Nunquam Dormio 20:23, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

National Social Norms Resource Center
FYI, another user thought that National Social Norms Resource Center should be speedy-deleted, but I changed it to prod, on the chance that it meets Wikipedia's notability criteria. Cheers, Fang Aili talk 19:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Spam/revert war
You and need to cut out your link war. Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. -- Scientizzle 18:11, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I responded on my talk page. -- Scientizzle 18:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Please don't ignore what I told you...your recent edit to Ernest Cherrington puts you beyond WP:3RR. You two need to solve this dipute before either of you "fixes" any more articles. -- Scientizzle 18:50, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Your question
Regarding your posting on my user talk page, I'm always happy to offer advice.

First, because this isn't a clear case of vandalism (see below), the WP:3RR limit applies. You've been warned about this; if you violate the rule again, a block for 24 hours is pretty much automatic.

Second, I don't think anyone has mentioned the Wikipedia conflict of interest rule, which pertains, for example, to people adding links to their own website. Please read and follow that.

Third, it's clear that Wham Bam No Thank You Spam is a sock puppet - he's using a user script or something similar to do mass reverts. If you know someone who you've tangled with before, possibly someone blocked or warned about his/her reverts of your edits, then there is probably a good chance that he/she is using this new account. If you have some names to suggest, I could take a further look, and give you additional advice.

Fourth, since it seems clear from postings above, and this December complaint that you are Dr. Hanson, I strongly urge you to use the many sources you're familiar with as the basis for information you add, as opposed to citing your own website. For example, on this page, the footnote for the section on Joseph H. Choate, Jr., is:

 * Kyvig, David E. Repealing National Prohibition. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000; Lender, Mark E. The Historian and Repeal. In: Kyvig, David E. (Ed.) Law, Alcohol, Order: Perspectives on National Prohibition. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1985. Pp. 177-205; Root, Grace C. Women and Repeal: the Story of the Womenâs Organization for National Prohibition Reform. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1934; Vose, Clement E. Repeal as a Political Achievement. In: Kyvig, David E. (Ed.) Law, Alcohol, Order: Perspectives on National Prohibition. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1985. Pp. 97-121.

In the Wikipedia article on Joseph H. Choate, Jr., it would be tremendous if you cited these three sources directly (so to speak) rather than a web page that in turn is citing these sources. You could use Harvard referencing if that made it easier. Wikipedia has far too few experts who have access to really good source material, the type that is routinely used by Encyclopaedia Britannica. I hope you might consider Wikipedia an opportunity to flesh out articles like the one on Choate, Jr., by using the same sources of information that you used in your articles on the web, but without linking to your website. -- John Broughton (â«â«) 22:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

 * David - regarding your response on my user talk page, several points need a response:

 * It's apparent who has created the sock puppet, "Wham." While not all sock puppets are per se against the rules here, some are.  If you think this one is, I can help if you're tell me what other username(s) have been used by that person.

 * My personal objection to at least some of the links that you're adding is that they pertain to only part of one of your webpages, and sometimes most of the text there is already in Wikipedia, which means the value of the link is only for the references provided in that section of your page. This can be a very small payoff - if any payoff at all - for a reader who follows the link, who must first find the section, then read the text and realize he/she has already seen it, then follow a link to the sources for that section, at the bottom of your webpage, then realize the sources are offline.

 * The way that you could provide the most value to Wikipedia is to actually treat the articles you're editing as if they were your own. By that, I don't mean "owning" the articles in the sense that you reject or approve edits by others (that would be a violation of policy), but rather that you use sources (books, articles, etc.) to add content directly to Wikipedia, with citations.  By contrast, what you're doing now is of relatively little value; you're providing links to pages that only indirectly are relevant to article subjects.  Why not write directly for Wikipedia?  -- John Broughton  (â«â«) 20:11, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Spamming
Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Wham Bam No Thank You Spam 08:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

More spamming
Please stop adding inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. It is considered spamming, and Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising. Thanks. Wham Bam No Thank You Spam 09:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Yet more spamming
Please stop. If you continue spamming you will be blocked from editing. Wham Bam No Thank You Spam 09:03, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Even more spamming
This is your last warning. The next time you insert a spam link,  you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Persistent spammers may have their websites blacklisted from Wikipedia. Wham Bam No Thank You Spam 09:05, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

No spamming at all
Under Wikipedia's âLinks normally to be avoidedâ is #11, âLinks to blogs and personal web pages, except those written by a recognized authority.David Justin 15:16, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Heads up
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Drug Abuse Resistance Education
Thanks for the complement. I never really intended spend that much time with the article. It took way more time than I would have liked. I would say that there is still more reference work to be done. I think links to the scientific data are needed. The programs of proven effectiveness could use references on which programs are actually more effective and why. The article also needs some ref data on why the program is widely used. User:Sefringle placed the ref tag there on May 21, 2007. I will leave a message on the User talk:Sefringle page asking whether or not the ref tag can go. I would say that I have no vested interest in the article otherwise. I merely landed there to document the D.A.R.E. police cars. At the time I placed the copy there, the article had serious NNN N-NPOV problems. There is also occasional vandalism, which I feel like I am the only one correcting. Group29 22:58, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * There is evidence to suggest that you are connected with Professor David Justin Hanson, PhD. The writings attributed to Dr. Hanson on the Potsdam.edu site have substantial numbers of references, which would seem to be more connected and a better representation to the position that D.A.R.E. is ineffective. The particular reference to the statement "there is no scientific evidence..." looked like it was picked from a google search on "dare+effective". I give your credit that you put more relevant text in after I made my change that the reference did not support the statement. Based on other Wikipedia contributions, the conclusions I could draw are
 * a.) You are not actually Dr. Hanson, but agree with his views.
 * b.) You are not actually Dr. Hanson, but one of his assistants
 * c.) You are Dr. Hanson, but possibly you have a misunderstanding of/contempt for Wikipedia and do not feed the need to put your already researched references.
 * d.) You are trolling on this article
 * No matter what position you represent, my opinion is that Dr. Hanson's work can stand on its own merits and can be referenced effectively in this article. According to his research, there is scientific evidence that D.A.R.E. is ineffective. That should be added and cited as a valuable contribution in the article. Thanks Group29 15:28, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Please do not add original research or novel syntheses of previously published material to our articles. Please cite a reliable source for all of your information.

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox.

Dr. Hanson, I recommend you recuse yourself from adding any more of your point of view to the D.A.R.E. article. You are not helping here. Nothing personal, obviously you are POV. Thanks much, Group29 (talk) 15:11, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Verification of sources (for the D.A.R.E. article)
The following example illustrates my understanding of what constitutes verification of sources for facts presented in Wikipedia:

 * A fact: Daryl Gates testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that infrequent or casual drug users "ought to be taken out and shot" because "we're in a war" and even casual drug use is "treason."

 * A verification: Ronald J. Ostrow, Casual Drug Users Should Be Shot, Gates Says, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 6, 1990, p. A1.

 * An observation: It is not necessary to verify the validity or invalidity of Gatesâ assertions by verifying any sources he may have used in coming to his beliefs. Similarly, if Gates had published an opinion piece making those same assertions, it would not be necessary to identify any sources or references upon which he may have relied. In short, we only need to verify his statements, not his basis for them

Thanks.David Justin 16:11, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Prof. Justin, clearly you have an understanding of how it works. In practice, I do not understand why you are acting to the contrary. please check out the Verifiability section if you have not already. For example in this change you made on 22 September 2007, you mixed in a combination of assertion that can be verified and assertion that needs verification.
 * "D.A.R.E. also attempted unsuccessfully to prevent airing of an episode of the TV series "Murphy Brown," in which she used marijuana for medical purposes on advice of her physician. It was argued that the episode âSent the wrong message to our children.â" The episode in the final season of Murphy Brown is called "Waiting to inhale" which could be verified on an episode guide, series biography, or perhaps by looking back through old issues of TV Guide. However the assertion that D.A.R.E. unsuccessfully tried to prevent the airing of the episode is not backed by a reliable source. See Reliable sources as to why this is not a valid source. In fact, the text you sourced at hemotopia.org appears to originally be sourced at jackherer.com, which may or may not be appearing with Mr. Herer's permission. I noted a previous example of an argumentum ad populum statement in the talk page. Please see also Neutral_point_of_view. I already have pointed out politely places where the statements are unsupported by the references, and then went back and changed the article to fit the context of the reference. I understand your point of view on this article, which is that the D.A.R.E. program is not effective. As I stated before, the sources and statements can stand on their own merits. You have self-published essay material with this point of view on your web sites. This material is linked from the article. This material brought into the article is going against the policy What_Wikipedia_is_not.
 * Thanks, Group29 18:21, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Hi Group29- I see your point regarding the Murphy Brown material and have deleted it. Thanks.David Justin 18:38, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Century Council
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Or you could have done what I did, and went to Google Scholar, typed in Joint Committee of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and then clicked on the first result. Don't wikilawyer me when you're too inept/lazy to use a search engine. -- Craigtalbert 01:07, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

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Hi David. There are a lot of different opinions on alcoholism out there, so it's very important to enforce verifiability so that readers have the context necessary to evaluate claims for themselves. The issue with your revision was that it mentioned a study, but cited an article about the study from a third party. News articles tend to mangle scientific research, and some books have discussed studies that nobody could verify ever happened, so when you're referencing a scientific study, it's best to reference the author's original research paper from the peer-reviewed scientific journal it appeared in. Hope that helps. --Elplatt 20:28, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
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You are welcome. -- Bearian (talk) 17:55, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Prohibition Party stuff
Hi - many thanks for the kind words. Most of the stuff I have is being posted at the site www.ourcampaigns.com, which is a preferable political site. Chronicler3 (talk) 23:00, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Good job on the citations
Thanks for your hard work cleaning up the "citation needed" tags I added to Robert M. Parker, Jr.. That article has high importance to WikiProject Wine and it needs a lot of work. -Amatulic (talk) 23:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

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Restless Heart

Restless Heart was an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band's longest-tenured lineup consisted of Larry Stewart (lead vocals), John Dittrich (drums, vocals), Paul Gregg (bass guitar, vocals), Dave Innis (keyboards, vocals), and Greg Jennings (lead guitar, mandolin, vocals). Record producer Tim DuBois assembled the band in 1984 to record demos and chose Verlon Thompson as the original lead singer, but Thompson was replaced by Stewart in this role before the band had recorded any material. Between 1984 and 1998, Restless Heart recorded for RCA Records Nashville. They released the albums Restless Heart, Wheels, Big Dreams in a Small Town, and Fast Movin' Train in the 1980s.

Stewart departed for a solo career in late 1991, shortly before the band's fifth studio album Big Iron Horses, which featured the other four members alternating lead vocals in his absence. Innis also left before 1993's Matters of the Heart, by which point keyboardist Dwain Rowe and guitarist Chris Hicks were added to their touring lineup. Restless Heart announced a hiatus in 1995, with Stewart continuing to record as a solo artist, Jennings joining Vince Gill's touring band, and Dittrich forming the Buffalo Club. Stewart, Jennings, Dittrich, and Gregg briefly reunited for a tour and greatest-hits album in 1998 before disbanding a second time. They and Innis re-established the band's full lineup in 2001, after which they resumed touring and released their final studio album Still Restless in 2004. The band continued to tour and perform until quietly disbanding in 2021, shortly after Stewart began touring as a member of the Frontmen.

Restless Heart has released seven studio albums and two greatest-hits albums. Their second through fifth albums are all certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. 26 of their singles have entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including six that reached number one: "That Rock Won't Roll", "I'll Still Be Loving You", "Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)", "Wheels", "The Bluest Eyes in Texas", and "A Tender Lie". The band has also had crossover success on the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts, including a collaboration with saxophonist Warren Hill on "Tell Me What You Dream", which was a number one single on the latter. Restless Heart's sound is defined by their country pop arrangements and vocal harmony, with many critics comparing them favorably to the Eagles.

Formation and early years
Tim DuBois, a Nashville, Tennessee-based record producer, songwriter, and industry executive, assembled the band in 1984 to record demos of songs he had written. The members he chose were drummer John Dittrich, bass guitarist Paul Gregg, keyboardist Dave Innis, lead guitarist/mandolinist Greg Jennings, and lead singer Verlon Thompson. All five members had experience as country music session musicians or touring musicians. In particular, Innis had played on various demos for DuBois prior to his decision to create a band, and Dittrich had been a backing musician for Gail Davies. Jennings and DuBois had known each other from attending Oklahoma State University in the 1970s; the two were also classmates of Scott Hendricks, who would serve as the band's sound engineer in addition to co-producing with DuBois.

Thompson left before the band had officially been named or released a single because he did not feel comfortable with the country pop style that DuBois wanted the band to pursue. Replacing him on lead vocals was Larry Stewart, a college friend of Innis's. At the time, Stewart was working as a demo vocalist, in addition to working in the stockrooms of the Country Music Hall of Fame and mowing lawns at the Nashville offices of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). After leaving the group, Thompson recorded both by himself and in collaboration with Guy Clark, in addition to writing several country hit singles in the 1990s. Stewart initially refused to join the band, as he did not think he was capable of serving as a lead singer; he rejected DuBois's offers to join the band twice before consulting with his mother and then-fiancée, both of whom encouraged him to join. The band then began rehearsing and recording demos with Stewart on lead vocals. As they had not officially selected a name yet, they referred to themselves as The Okie Project, due to three of the members and Hendricks all being natives of Oklahoma. One of the demos they recorded was for "Love in the First Degree", later a hit for Alabama. Due to the success of the demos, the members chose to become an official band, and they were signed to RCA Records Nashville in 1984.

Despite being signed, the band had yet to select a name. DuBois insisted the band members come up with a name before they released a single. He asked the members to submit potential names, which resulted in a list with "about fifty" entries; after this, he locked all five members in an office for seven hours until they agreed on a name. They narrowed the list down to five entries, on which they then voted by using a five-point scale, with five points for the names they liked most and one point for the ones they liked the least. This initially led to the name Heartbreak Kid getting the most votes, but after DuBois asked the band members if they were certain they liked the name, they voted a second time and chose the name Restless Heart due to it receiving one more point than the others. Once they had assumed the name Restless Heart, the band members began working on recording an album with DuBois and Hendricks as producers.

1984–1986: Restless Heart
After assuming the name Restless Heart, the band released its self-titled debut album on RCA Nashville in 1985. It charted four singles on Billboard Hot Country Songs: "Let the Heartache Ride", "I Want Everyone to Cry", "(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid" (previously recorded by Kathy Mattea on her self-titled debut album ), and "Til I Loved You." DuBois co-wrote "Let the Heartache Ride" and "(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid" with Van Stephenson. According to Jennings, some stations refused to play "Let the Heartache Ride" due to its more country rock sound at a time when neotraditional country was beginning to rise in popularity. John Wooley of the Tulsa World reviewed the album favorably, praising the "intricate, tight harmonies and crisp instrumentation." After "I Want Everyone to Cry" became the band's first top-ten hit, DuBois and RCA promoted the band through radio showcases and music video rotation. This included a video for "(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid", which aired on VH-1. DuBois felt that touring was not a financial necessity for the band at the time, due to all five members also being session musicians and having songwriting contracts with Warner Music Group at the time. While under such a contract, Innis co-wrote "Dare Me", a hit single for the Pointer Sisters.

1986–1988: Wheels
Despite DuBois's statements about touring, the band began doing so in 1986. One of their first concerts was with Rita Coolidge in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also that year, RCA released the band's second album Wheels. All four singles from the album went to number one on the country music charts. First was "That Rock Won't Roll", a song which Innis had initially thought was "too pop" to be a hit single on country radio until the song reached number one. The follow-up single "I'll Still Be Loving You" was a song that had been originally offered to Kenny Rogers, who turned it down. It was band's second number-one country hit and their first song to be successful outside the country music charts. The song peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first country song to be a top 40 pop hit since Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias' "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" in early 1984. Additionally, "I'll Still Be Loving You" reached number three on the Adult Contemporary charts.

Released third and also reaching number one on the Billboard country charts was "Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)", co-written by Randy Sharp. This song had been rejected from the first album and had originally been rejected from Wheels as well, due to the band considering it too similar in sound to Exile. RCA executives insisted that the band record the song anyway in order to provide more up-tempo material for the album, and Gregg threatened to quit unless they recorded it. This song was a minor adult contemporary hit as well. "Hummingbird", the B-side of "Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)", was later recorded by Ricky Skaggs on his 1989 album Kentucky Thunder and was a top 20 country hit for him in 1990. The fourth and final country single from Wheels was the title track, which topped the country charts in 1987. This song was written by Dave Loggins and originally recorded by The Bellamy Brothers on their 1985 album Howard & David. The B-side, "New York (Hold Her Tight)", accounted for Restless Heart's third chart entry on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

Wheels had favorable critical and commercial reception. James M. Tarbox of Knight Ridder thought the songs were stronger than those of the debut album, highlighting "Victim of the Game" and "New York (Hold Her Tight)" in particular. Tom Roland of AllMusic later wrote that "[t]he guys found their niche with this project. Big, overpowering sound, heavy backbeats, and very tight harmonies are here." In the Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music, Colin Larkin noted that "I'll Still Be Loving You" became a popular song for fans to play at their weddings. The song was nominated at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988, in the category of Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. This nomination led to the band performing the song on the awards telecast. On March 2, 1988, Wheels was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States. Also during this timespan, the band contributed the song "Don't Ask the Reason Why" to the soundtrack of the 1987 movie The Secret of My Success. Restless Heart's tour schedule at this point included concerts with other RCA Nashville artists such as Alabama, Juice Newton, Eddie Rabbitt, and Earl Thomas Conley.

1988–1990: Big Dreams in a Small Town and Fast Movin' Train
The band's third album, Big Dreams in a Small Town, came in 1988. From it came two more number one singles: "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" and "A Tender Lie", as well as top-five hits in its title track and "Say What's in Your Heart". This album was also the first to feature members other than Stewart on lead vocals: Gregg sang "El Dorado" and shared lead vocals with Stewart on both "Carved in Stone" and "The Bluest Eyes in Texas", while Dittrich sang "Calm Before the Storm". The band members wrote some of the songs themselves and played all the instruments except for Fairlight CMI synthesizers, which were programmed by Carl Marsh and David Humphreys. DuBois co-wrote "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" with Van Stephenson and Dave Robbins, who would later become members of the country band Blackhawk in the early 1990s. The band members agreed to record the song because they had not previously recorded a song about the state of Texas and thought doing so would be appealing to fans from that state. People gave the album a positive review, noting the band's musicianship and prominent vocal harmony, as well as the "considerable amount of passion" in their music relative to their contemporaries. Writing for The Miami News, Mario Tarradell praised Stewart's "conviction" on the title track and "gentle delivery" on "The Bluest Eyes in Texas", as well as the variety in tempo and arrangement between individual tracks. The band supported this album by touring with Alabama and The Judds, both of whom were also on RCA at the time. The album accounted for the band's second Grammy nomination in the category of Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1989, while its title track was nominated in the same category a year later.

Restless Heart's fourth album, Fast Movin' Train, was released in 1990. Its title track (also written by Loggins ) and "Dancy's Dream" were top-five hits, while "When Somebody Loves You" and "Long Lost Friend" were less successful. Robert K. Oermann of The Tennessean found this album superior to the ones before it, praising the "direct approach" of the singles' lyrics, while also noting a roots rock influence in the increased use of acoustic instruments over the preceding albums. David J. Remondini, writing for The Indianapolis Star, thought the album's title track had an "attractive melody and gripping lyrics", also considering the album to have "the right balance of tempos" and influences of bluegrass music in tracks such as "Dancy's Dream". Tim Darragh of the Allentown, Pennsylvania, Morning Call was less favorable, criticizing the album for "prefab harmonies" and formulaic lyrics. Fast Movin' Train became the band's third gold album in 1991, and the title track accounted for the band's fourth Grammy nomination. During this timespan, Stewart sang backing vocals on "They Just Don't Make 'em Like You Anymore", a track from Kenny Rogers' 1991 album Back Home Again. A greatest hits package, The Best of Restless Heart, followed in 1991. It included two new recordings, both of which were released as singles: "You Can Depend on Me" was a top-five hit, while "Familiar Pain" was less successful. As DuBois had become president of Arista Nashville by this point, his production duties for the new songs were taken over by Josh Leo. The release of this compilation also led to "Til I Loved You" being re-issued for adult contemporary, peaking at number 33 on the Billboard chart for that format.

1991: Departure of Larry Stewart
Larry Stewart left the band in December 1991 because he wanted to perform as a solo artist with a more neotraditional country style, as opposed to the band's country pop influence. According to the other band members, his decision to leave was "a surprise at first", although the departure was amicable. Stewart initially remained with RCA as a solo artist. His debut single "Alright Already" reached number five on the country music charts in 1993, and "I'll Cry Tomorrow" was also a top-40 country hit. Both of these were included on his solo debut album Down the Road. He recorded two albums for Columbia Records in 1994 and 1996, and while these albums accounted for five more charted singles, none were as successful.

The remaining four members decided to rotate lead vocal duties amongst themselves instead of hiring a new lead vocalist, as they thought Stewart was the "most conservative" member of the group and that alternating the lead vocal would allow the band to become "more adventurous". In addition, they thought this arrangement was tenable due to their admiration of other bands with more than one lead vocalist, such as the Eagles, Chicago, and the Beatles. They first performed without Stewart at a concert in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in early 1992, followed by a series of dates throughout Canada. To accommodate for Stewart's departure, the other band members assumed the vocal duties when singing their existing singles in concert. Innis sang "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" and "Fast Movin' Train", Dittrich sang "Dancy's Dream" and "Big Dreams in a Small Town", Jennings sang "A Tender Lie", and Gregg sang everything else. The only song omitted from their set lists was "Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)", due to it having a more complex vocal arrangement which they felt could not be achieved with only four voices.

1992–1993: Big Iron Horses
The rotation of lead vocal duties continued on Restless Heart's next album, 1992's Big Iron Horses. Leo once again served as producer and alternated with Bruce Gaitsch as rhythm guitarist on several songs, while Bernie Leadon contributed on banjo. According to the band, Leo encouraged them to write more songs by themselves than on previous efforts, as he thought both this and the absence of Stewart would allow the other members to have more fully realized musical personalities than before. In particular, Jennings thought that Dittrich, being a drummer who also sang, was favorably comparable to Eagles vocalist and drummer Don Henley. One of the tracks with Dittrich on lead vocals, "When She Cries", was the album's first single. It went to number nine on the country charts, number eleven on the Hot 100 (their highest entry on that chart), and number two on the adult contemporary charts. Additionally it accounted for the band's fifth and final Grammy nomination. After it came "We Got the Love" and "Mending Fences", which both fell short of the country top ten. Dittrich also sang the former, while Gregg sang the latter.

Innis also left the band in January 1993, with the other band members citing "erratic behavior" that resulted in the cancellation of five concerts a month prior as the reason behind his departure. Jennings also noted that Innis wanted to "assume a bigger role" after Stewart's departure and that there were unsubstantiated rumors among the other band members that Innis was subject to drug and alcohol abuse. In response to Innis's departure, they hired Dwain Rowe as touring keyboardist and Chris Hicks as touring guitarist. Three months later, the band reached the top of the Billboard adult contemporary charts as guest vocalists on Canadian smooth jazz saxophonist Warren Hill's single "Tell Me What You Dream".

1994–1998: Disbanding and first reunion
The next album, 1994's Matters of the Heart, included only Gregg, Jennings and Dittrich, along with a number of studio musicians. Among these were keyboardists Bill Cuomo, Carl Marsh, and Hawk Wolinski, as well as upright bass player Roy Huskey Jr. and fiddle player Stuart Duncan. The band intentionally sought to make the album more traditionally country than its predecessors due to increasing competition they had faced following the arrival of several new country bands in the early 1990s. Its only single, "Baby Needs New Shoes", fell short of the top 40. Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly rated the album "C", as she thought the tracks "Sweet Whiskey Lies" and "Hometown Boy" were more country-sounding than their previous songs, although she considered the arrangements "by the book". Restless Heart was one of several country music artists to make a cameo in the 1994 Mel Gibson film Maverick. They sang the title track to the movie's soundtrack, which also featured both them and Stewart on a multi-artist collaborative rendition of the hymn "Amazing Grace" credited to "The Maverick Choir".

Due to the commercial failure of Matters of the Heart, Restless Heart was dropped by RCA Nashville at the end of 1994. In response to this, the three remaining band members announced they would go on hiatus in January 1995. Stewart, Jennings, Dittrich, and Gregg reunited for one performance in June 1996 which included acoustic renditions of "Big Dreams in a Small Town", "The Bluest Eyes in Texas", "Fast Movin' Train", and "Amazing Grace". This was not considered a formal reunion, as the band members had done so to honor the wishes of a terminally ill member of their fan club. At the time, Stewart was continuing to record as a solo artist, Jennings had joined Vince Gill's road band, and Gregg was managing a chain of car washes owned by his family.

In late 1996, Dittrich founded another band called the Buffalo Club with guitarist Charlie Kelley and lead vocalist Ron Hemby, a former member of the Imperials. The Buffalo Club recorded one album for Rising Tide Records and charted three singles, including the top ten "If She Don't Love You" in early 1997. This song had previously been offered to Restless Heart by its co-writer Marc Beeson (who also co-wrote "When She Cries"), but they had declined to record it. Dittrich resigned from the Buffalo Club in August 1997, and the other two members separated by year's end. According to a former Rising Tide executive, Dittrich's departure and the Buffalo Club's disbanding were due to Dittrich expressing interest in a Restless Heart reunion tour, which created conflict among him, the other two band members, and label executives.

Stewart, Jennings, Dittrich, and Gregg reunited to record three new tracks for their second greatest-hits compilation in 1998, Greatest Hits. According to Stewart, this reunion and album were done at the request of RCA executives. In addition to their previous hit singles, the album included the new songs "No End to This Road", "For Lack of Better Words", and "Somebody's Gonna Get That Girl", the former two of which were issued as singles. The band promoted this project the same year by touring with Gill before disbanding a second time. Following this second disbanding, Stewart released a fourth solo album for Windham Hill Records in 1999.

2001-2005: Second reunion and Still Restless
Other than Stewart, the individual members of Restless Heart remained largely inactive until August 2001, when Stewart, Gregg, Jennings, Dittrich, and Innis all officially reunited and began rehearsing together. Stewart told CMT journalist Edward Morris that the impetus for their reunion was a telephone call from Hendricks, who was having lunch with Innis at the time. At this point, Stewart and Innis had not talked to each other for a number of years, owing to the disputes that had led to Innis departing the band several years prior. Stewart then chose to call Innis, at which point the two resolved and suggested re-forming Restless Heart. Immediately after their reunion the band resumed touring, with one of their first reunion concerts taking place at the French Lick Resort in French Lick, Indiana, in January 2002. They also released a single titled "Torch of Freedom", which they performed in 2003 at the Larry H. Miller Utah Summer Games.

After they had all reunited, the five members decided to record a new album. As both Hendricks and DuBois were involved in other projects at the time, the band selected a different set of producers. One of the producers was Kyle Lehning, best known for his work with Randy Travis. Lehning shared duties with Mac McAnally, a singer-songwriter and producer who was also a member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. The recordings with Lehning and McAnally became the band's 2004 album Still Restless, released on the Nashville division of Koch Records (now MNRK Music Group). In addition to co-producing, McAnally sang background vocals and played guitar, piano, mandola, and the Papoose, a custom-made guitar created by Tacoma Guitars. He also wrote three of the album's songs including "Down the Road", which was previously a single for him in 1990, and would later be re-released in 2008 as a duet between him and Kenny Chesney. Dittrich sang another one of McAnally's compositions, "Looking Back", as well as a cover of the Beatles's "The Night Before", while Gregg sang "Yesterday's News". Lead single "Feel My Way to You" peaked at number 29 on the country music charts and was the album's only single before Koch Records closed its Nashville division in 2005.

2006-2021: Final years and disbanding
The band released a live album, 25 and Live, in 2007 through their website. This was later reissued in early 2009 as part of a 25th anniversary package which also included Still Restless and a compilation of music videos. Restless Heart continued touring throughout the first decade of the 21st century, including a number of shows for members of the United States Air Force as well as the Blue Suede Dinner and Auction, a charity event held by the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse. By 2011, the band was doing over 100 concerts a year. Restless Heart was still primarily a touring band throughout the 2010s and had not released a new album in several years, although they thought their existing hit singles were "strong" enough to be accepted by younger generations of fans as well. In 2015, both they and Becky Hobbs were inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. One of their few releases in the 2010s was a cover of Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman". According to the band members, they had been encouraged by Campbell to record the song after meeting him thirty years ago, but had not previously found the time to do so.

In 2018, Stewart began recording with the Frontmen, a group which also includes Richie McDonald of Lonestar and Tim Rushlow of Little Texas. Despite the foundation of this group, Stewart continued to tour with Restless Heart at the time. A year later, Restless Heart joined the Triple Threat Tour, which included Blackhawk and Shenandoah. One of this tour's first stops was at MontanaFair in Billings, Montana.

Restless Heart officially retired in 2021, although little announcement was made of this. Stewart said that factors in their retirement included disagreements over a proposed album to honor the band's 35th anniversary, as well as his own commitments to the Frontmen and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following their retirement, Innis moved to Waco, Texas, and began various music projects there. Stewart continued to record with The Frontmen, who signed a recording contract with BBR Music Group in mid-2023.

Musical stylings
DuBois said that he conceived Restless Heart as "a hot, instrumental band that could really play well on stage—that had great harmony" and that he had given them songs that he felt were "natural" but had been rejected by other artists such as Alabama for being "too pop". He noted that during showcases for radio representatives early in the band's career, he was often questioned on the band's ability to "duplicate their records live" due to them having been assembled in a studio setting; however, DuBois felt that live performances were not an issue due to the band having played and sung everything on their debut album without any additional session musicians or studio vocalists. Although many of the band members had experience writing songs, they allowed songs from DuBois or other writers as well; Jennings said in 1992 that "when it comes to choosing tunes, the best song wins."

Restless Heart's sound draws influences from mainstream country music, as well as from pop and rock. Because of the band's layered harmonies, many critics have drawn comparisons to the Eagles. Sterling Whitaker of Taste of Country describes Stewart as having a "clear, strong tenor". Stewart said that his affinity for vocal harmony was influenced by the music he listened to as a child, which included The Jordanaires and various gospel music groups, and that the band cited a variety of musicians from Buck Owens to Eric Clapton as individual influences. He thought that the band members having varied influences outside of country was a factor in their sound. A 1985 article in Billboard wrote that debut single "Let the Heartache Ride" "introduced the band's razor-edged vocal harmonies and scorching instrumentals." Writing for Knight Ridder, James M. Tarbox found the band's vocal harmonies comparable to both the Eagles and to Exile. Colin Larkin in the Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music wrote that the band was "continuing with the soft rock sounds and harmonies" of the Eagles. He thought the track "Wheels" had a similar sound and concept to the Eagles's 1972 debut single "Take It Easy". Mario Tarradell of The Miami News noted the band's ability to record both "rockers" and ballads, contrasting the "heavy guitar and keyboard action" on tracks such as "Jenny Come Back" and "The Storm" and the "up-tempo beat" of "Big Dreams in a Small Town", while noting "tender" vocal delivery on tracks such as "A Tender Lie" and "The Bluest Eyes in Texas". Reviewing their debut album, John Wooley of the Tulsa World thought the band's harmonies and rock influences were comparable to both the Eagles and Poco. He furthered the comparison to the Eagles by noting that both bands performed songs with "bittersweet imagery about quicksilver women".

Because of their pop and rock influences, the band members initially had doubts as to their success at a time when neotraditional country acts such as Randy Travis were beginning to gain in popularity. Stewart later said their doubts about success were assuaged when "That Rock Won't Roll" became a number one single. Joe Edwards of the Associated Press noted that the band initially faced resistance due to the lack of traditional country instrumentation such as fiddle and steel guitar, or typical country lyrical content such as heartbreak or consumption of alcohol. In response to this, Stewart said he considered "lyrics that touch people's heart" more important by comparison. Gregg stated in June 1994 that, due to the crossover success of "When She Cries" and "Tell Me What You Dream" in the early 1990s, some radio station executives in the United States thought the band was attempting to abandon the country format and thus refused to play their later singles.

The band members have noted their influence on subsequent generations of country musicians such as Brad Paisley and Little Big Town, both of whom have covered Restless Heart songs in concert. A cappella country group Home Free has also cited Restless Heart as a major influence on their vocal harmonies, and the group covered "Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)" in 2019.

Discography

 * Albums
 * Restless Heart (1985)
 * Wheels (1986)
 * Big Dreams in a Small Town (1988)
 * Fast Movin' Train (1990)
 * The Best of Restless Heart (1991)
 * Big Iron Horses (1992)
 * Matters of the Heart (1994)
 * Still Restless (2004)

Billboard number-one hits

 * "That Rock Won't Roll" (1 week, 1986)
 * "I'll Still Be Loving You" (1 week, 1986-1987)
 * "Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)" (1 week, 1987)
 * "Wheels" (1 week, 1987-1988)
 * "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" (1 week, 1988)
 * "A Tender Lie" (1 week, 1988)

Grammy Awards

 * 1988
 * "I'll Still Be Loving You"
 * rowspan=5| Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
 * Nominated
 * 1989
 * Big Dreams in a Small Town
 * Nominated
 * 1990
 * "Big Dreams in a Small Town"
 * Nominated
 * 1991
 * "Fast Movin' Train"
 * Nominated
 * 1993
 * "When She Cries"
 * Nominated
 * }
 * 1993
 * "When She Cries"
 * Nominated
 * }
 * }

American Music Awards

 * 1988
 * Restless Heart
 * Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group
 * Nominated
 * }
 * }

Academy of Country Music Awards

 * 1987
 * rowspan=2| Restless Heart
 * rowspan=2| Top Vocal Group of the Year
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=2| 1988
 * Nominated
 * "I'll Still Be Loving You"
 * Single Record of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 1989
 * rowspan=4| Restless Heart
 * rowspan=4| Top Vocal Group of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 1990
 * Won
 * 1991
 * Nominated
 * 1993
 * Nominated
 * }
 * 1991
 * Nominated
 * 1993
 * Nominated
 * }
 * Nominated
 * }

Country Music Association Awards

 * rowspan=2| 1987
 * rowspan=7| Restless Heart
 * Horizon Award
 * Nominated
 * rowspan=6| Vocal Group of the Year
 * Nominated
 * 1988
 * Nominated
 * 1989
 * Nominated
 * 1990
 * Nominated
 * 1991
 * Nominated
 * 1993
 * Nominated
 * }
 * 1991
 * Nominated
 * 1993
 * Nominated
 * }
 * Nominated
 * }

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