These five members were recruited by country music artist Kenny Rogers and talent manager Lou Pearlman, in an attempt to bring the boy band sound to the country music scene.
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Lou Pearlman, the talent manager responsible for the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, teamed up with country music artist Kenny Rogers to create the lineup of Marshall Dyllon as an attempt to bring the then-popular boy band sound to the country music scene.
In the e-mail, O-Town themselves stated that they had disbanded due to the changing climate of the music industry, along with certain financial problems, hinting that Lou Pearlman and his company, Trans Continental Records, may have been involved with these issues.
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The group was originally managed by Lou Pearlman during their first season of Making the Band, but later managed by Mike Morin for their debut album and remaining television seasons.
The band originated in 2005 on the German RTL II television reality show Big in America and debuted in June of the same year on Lou Pearlman’s Transcontinental label.
Lou Reed | Lou Gehrig | Lou Harrison | Lou Rawls | Mary Lou Retton | Lou Grant | Lou Holtz | Lou Donaldson | Lou Piniella | Lou Grant (TV series) | Lou Diamond Phillips | Lou Costello | Lou Savarese | Lou Adler | Lou Barlow | Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song) | Lou Pearlman | Lou Ferrigno | Lou Brock | Sandy Pearlman | Robert Pearlman | Lou Dobbs Tonight | Lou Thesz | Lou Scheimer | Lou Henry Hoover | Mary Lou Lord | Mary Lou Fallis | Lou Nanne | Lou Klimchock | Lou Gramm |
Figures such as Feargal Sharkey, former lead singer of the Undertones and chairman of the UK’s Live Music Forum, Gilberto Gil, world-famous musician and Minister of Culture of Popkomm’s partner country Brazil, Claude Nobs, founder of the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival, and boy group impresario Lou Pearlman were all present at Popkomm 2006.