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SUMMARY:Midnight River Choir at The Armadillo Ranch
DESCRIPTION:The story of Midnight River Choir is proof that sometimes great bands just happen. One night\, four strangers ended up on a late night float trip down the\nGuadalupe River. As they made their way down the river singing songs\, the beautiful harmonies floated into the heads of sleeping campers. The next\nmorning\, the boys overheard a man telling a friend that he was “awakened by a midnight river choir.” That was all it took. The boys realized the magic of their\ncombined talents and began writing and performing together under that River-God given name. The formation of Midnight River Choir was nothing short\nof a force of nature that now translates seamlessly during their live shows. This band needs no labels or comparisons. Their music speaks volumes about who\nand what they are. Their lives have been woven together by a strong thread of raw energy both on and off stage. They believe that what you get is what you\ngive and they give everything they have to their crowds. When that kind of energy lands back at the feet of the boys it is something of supreme intensity.\nAnd no one ever forgets it. \nEric Middleton: Guitar\, Lead Vocals\nBob Driver III: Bass\, Vocals\nBlake Bentley: Piano\, Vocals\nGeorge Talbert: Drums\, Vocals
URL:https://thearmadilloranch.com/event/midnight-river-choir/
LOCATION:The Armadillo Ranch\, 10130 FM 1886\, Azle\, TX\, 76020\, United States
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SUMMARY:Josh & Kristi Grider at The Armadillo Ranch
DESCRIPTION:In the Grider household\, music is at the heart of every decision made.  Josh and Kristi Grider are each performers\, writers\, and artists in their own right\, but they also enjoy working together.  The couple met studying music at Baylor University.  Now married for nearly 20 years\, they have lived in Austin\, Nashville\, and now New Braunfels chasing songs and gigs.  Josh cut his teeth in the honky tonk Texas Country Music circuit and remains an active part of the scene\, not only as a performer but also as a writer and producer.  Kristi grew up singing in Kerrville\, TX\, and has become known as a quintessential harmony vocalist\, but is no stranger to the spotlight either.  Her latest solo EP “Alright” can be found streaming everywhere.  Between all of that the couple is also raising two boys in New Braunfels\, TX\, where Josh has a home studio and Kristi teaches private piano and voice lessons.  It is a musical life indeed\, and Josh and Kristi are proud to be honoring their friend David Lee tonight.
URL:https://thearmadilloranch.com/event/josh-krisit-grider-at-the-armadillo-ranch/
LOCATION:The Armadillo Ranch\, 10130 FM 1886\, Azle\, TX\, 76020\, United States
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SUMMARY:Zane Williams at The Armadillo Ranch
DESCRIPTION:“Bringin’ Country Back” is more than a catchphrase for Zane Williams. It is a rallying cry for a return to authenticity and substance in mainstream country music\, and a fitting title for his sixth\nstudio album. “I think of country music as poetry for the common man\,” he says reflectively.  “The stories that draw you in\, the simple truth stated in a way you wish you could’ve\nsaid…there’s an honesty to country music that totally grabbed me the first time I heard it.” \n  \nThat plain-spoken\, down-home honesty has now become the calling card for Zane’s own\ncareer\, landing him four #1 songs on the Texas radio charts\, opening gigs with heroes like George Jones and Alan Jackson\, and even an invitation to perform at the Grand Ole Opry in\n2015. The genuine quality of his music is no fluke. In a world where most popular music is created by committee\, Zane writes the vast majority of his songs alone\, whenever the\ninspiration strikes. “I get a lot of ideas while I’m busy doing other tasks\,” he says\, “say driving down the road\, or doing dishes\, or mowing the yard. My wife can always tell when I’m working\non a song because my toe is tapping\, my lips are moving\, and I can’t hear a word she’s saying.” \n  \nTaking the reins for the first time as sole producer on this project\, Williams says that being an\nindependent artist has its advantages. “We didn’t have any hoops to jump through for this record\, and no one to please but ourselves. I just went into the studio with my favorite players\,\nmost of whom play with me on the road\, and I did my best to create a record that sounds like the music I love.” For Zane\, that means lots of harmonies\, fiddle\, and steel guitar wrapped around\nsongs that\, while carefully crafted\, lean more toward good-natured showmanship than gloomy introspection. \n  \nUnsurprisingly\, most of the subject matter draws its inspiration from Zane’s current life experiences. He offers the listener some road-tested dancehall advice in the rollicking\n“Honkytonk Situation\,” while “Slow Roller” and “That’s Just Me” celebrate his traditional values against a backdrop of easy-going\, mid-tempo grooves. Only twice on the record does Zane\nbreak from his real life situation to play a character role…first as a cowboy down on love in “I Don’t Have the Heart\,” and second as a recent divorcé in the heartbroken “Goodbye Love.” He\ncloses with an homage to country music legend Willie Nelson\, whose discovery of musical independence in Texas has many parallels with Zane’s own. \nEarly on\, neither Zane nor his family would’ve guessed he one day would become the standard-bearer for traditional country music that he is today. Born in Abilene\, TX\, to a pair of\ncollege professors\, Zane was moved as a child first to Kentucky\, then West Virginia\, and then California as his parents pursued their academic careers. While he enjoyed singing harmony in\nchurch and composing his own instrumental pieces on the family piano\, it wasn’t until he turned sixteen and got the car keys (and control of the radio inside) that he had his first transformative\nexperience with country music. \n  \n“I’m flipping stations and I land on Bob Kingsley’s Country Countdown one Sunday morning after church\, and I hear this guy Garth Brooks singing “The Dance.” I had just broken up with\nmy first girlfriend\, and that song wrecked me; it cut right through me like no song ever had.” Not long after\, his parents bought him a used guitar as a reward for good test scores\, and Zane\nbegan trying his hand at writing his own songs. He was as surprised as anyone to find he had a knack for turning a phrase and telling a story in song. Still\, a career in country music seemed\nfar-fetched\, so he followed his parents’ advice and enrolled as a math major at Abilene Christian University. By the time he walked across the stage four years later to accept his diploma\, his\nhobby had blossomed into a passion\, and he moved to Nashville in 1999 to pursue music full time. \nMusic City\, where co-writing was like shaking hands and pop influences dominated the trends\, proved to be a poor fit for a tradition-loving young man who did his best work\nindependently. In 2006\, Zane released his first studio album Hurry Home\, the title track of which later became a top-20 Billboard hit for then-Sony artist Jason Michael Carroll. Despite this\nsuccess\, his nine years in Nashville left Zane disillusioned with the state of the country music industry and dissatisfied with simply writing songs for other artists. So in 2008 Zane left a staffwriter publishing deal to move back to his wife’s hometown of McKinney\, TX\, start a family\, and start his career over as an independent artist. “I remember turning my office keys in to my\npublisher\, sitting there in the car\, and feeling so frustrated. They liked my music\, but they just didn’t know what to do with it. It felt like I was giving up on my dream.” \n  \nHowever it didn’t take long for that dream to be reborn\, as he quickly found in Texas a welcome home for his brand of honest\, traditional country music. “In Texas\, all the middlemen\nstanding between me and the fans were gone. I could just make records\, play shows\, and be myself. I found out it didn’t have to be complicated.” Four more independent records followed\,\neach attracting a wider audience than the last. When Zane put together his first band at age 33\, he was a decade older than most of the new artists on the scene\, and much more experienced\nas a songwriter\, yet his obvious love of performing and connecting with his fans infused his shows with a youthful passion. Bringin’ Country Back melds that passion with his hard-earned\nexperience as a performer and producer to create his most confident work yet. “I just love country music\, and I don’t want to see it fall by the wayside\,” he says. “I wanted to create a laidback\, old-school country album that folks could listen to on the back porch with the sun going down. It’s nothing fancy\, but it’s real.” And isn’t that what country music should be?
URL:https://thearmadilloranch.com/event/zane-williams-at-the-armadillo-ranch/
LOCATION:The Armadillo Ranch\, 10130 FM 1886\, Azle\, TX\, 76020\, United States
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SUMMARY:Zac Wilkerson at The Armadillo Ranch
DESCRIPTION:  \nZac Wilkerson is a SOUL ROCKER from the COUNTRY. \nPowerful\, soulful vocals and a driving guitar style combine with poignant songwriting to deliver a new take on Americana\, Soul\, Country\, and Rock. \nWilkerson stumbled into a career in music after being tricked into entering\, and eventually winning\, The Blue Light Live Singer Songwriter contest in 2011. The prize was a Solo Acoustic set at the 2012 Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music Festival in Stephenville\, TX. He has since etched out a strong following across the Texas the music scene and beyond\, with his work appearing in Nationally Syndicated and Regional Radio\, and Local and Prime-Time Network TV. \nWilkerson cut his musical teeth in a country church where he started singing at 4. At a young age\, he discovered his parents’ country\, soul\, Motown\, rock\, and folk records\, creating a musical foundation with as much variety as passion.  By 12 he played several instruments\, including piano and guitar\, which led to songwriting that same year. The musical voice that has evolved since is a fresh take on Rock\, Soul\, Country and Americana evoking Aretha Franklin\, Bill Withers\, Bonnie Raitt\, and Levon Helm.
URL:https://thearmadilloranch.com/event/zac-wilkerson/
LOCATION:The Armadillo Ranch\, 10130 FM 1886\, Azle\, TX\, 76020\, United States
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SUMMARY:Courtney Patton at The Armadillo Ranch
DESCRIPTION:  \nInfluence. Webster defines it as the power to have an important effect on someone or something… that if someone influences someone else\, they are changing a person or thing in an indirect but important way forever. With a poet’s heart\, Courtney Patton fuses the power of lyrics\, a healthy dosage of musical influences and narrative to build an incredible set of songs on her 2022 album\, Electrostatic. With one listen\, you will be changed how you think about music. \nTo know Courtney Patton is to know that she can do anything and everything. Patton is a mother\, a producer\, a singer\, a songwriter\, and a musician. When the Covid world as we know it stopped concerts in their tracks in early 2020\, Patton and fellow troubadour\, Jason Eady\, kept the heart of live music alive with a weekly program called Sequestered Songwriters. It included so many of their dearest musical friends\, from Suzy Bogguss to Cody Jinks. The shows were themed in a way to honor influential artists and songwriters. It was over the course of this year\, with weekly and always-beautiful dedications to the likes of Bonnie Raitt\, James Taylor\, Vince Gill\, Eagles and Don Williams\, that Patton- perhaps consciously\, perhaps subconsciously- had her songwriter craft and musical tastes both sharpened and broadened.  The result on Electrostatic is clear. Compared to previous more stripped-down projects\, this new album has more depth musically without losing any of the of the highly personal and open-book songwriting that she’s become so loved for. It feels more soulful\, more full than previous projects. \nEvery piece of the new project has Patton’s fingerprints and influence on it. She co-produced the project with both Eady and the Band of Heathens’ Gordy Quist. Musicians on her latest project include a group of all-star musical talents such as Geoff Queen (Kelly Willis\, Bruce Robison\, Reckless Kelly) on guitar and pedal steel\, Trevor Nealon (Jerry Jeff Walker\, Rodney Crowell\, Jack Ingram) on piano and keyboards\, Heather Stalling (Max Stalling\, Johnny Lee\, The Old 97s) on fiddle\, Richard Millsap (Ray Wylie Hubbard\, George Strait\, John Fogerty) on drums\, Naj Conklin (Guy Forsyth\, Jon Dee Graham\, Jason Eady) on bass\, and half of the acclaimed band The Trishas on backing vocals in Jamie Lin Wilson and Kelley Mickwee. Each bring their own unique influences to the project as well. \nThe project follows previous solo albums\, Triggering a Flood (2013)\, So This Is Life (2015)\, her acoustic collaborative project with her ex-husband Jason Eady\, Something Together\, (2017)\, and Billboard charting project\, What It’s Like To Fly Alone (2018). \n\nDoors open at 6:00 PM\nScott Sean White opening at 6:30 PM\nCourtney Patton at 7:30 PM\nFood Truck: Mission Burgers!\nDrink Service: The Armadillo Ranch!
URL:https://thearmadilloranch.com/event/courtney-patton/
LOCATION:The Armadillo Ranch\, 10130 FM 1886\, Azle\, TX\, 76020\, United States
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SUMMARY:John Baumann at The Armadillo Ranch
DESCRIPTION:  \nJohn Baumann has established himself as equal parts brilliant songwriter and captivating entertainer. He’s released several solo releases\, while honing his songwriting skills and landing cuts with other artists – from Kenny Chesney to the Randy Rogers band\, he is not short on innate talent and storytelling. He is also a member of the acclaimed group\, The Panhandlers\, along with Josh Abbott\, William Clark Green and Cleto Cordero (of Flatland Cavalry). He is always writing\, working on songs\, and in the words of Cormac McCarthy – trying to “be one of the good guys; carrying the fire.” \n\nDoors at 6:00 PM\nMike Graham opening at 6:30 PM\nJohn Baumann at 7:30 PM
URL:https://thearmadilloranch.com/event/john-baumann/
LOCATION:The Armadillo Ranch\, 10130 FM 1886\, Azle\, TX\, 76020\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brandon Rhyder at The Armadillo Ranch - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin us for An Evening With Brandon Rhyder at the Armadillo Ranch! \nJoin us for an unforgettable night of music with Brandon Rhyder\, one of Texas country’s most soulful and powerful singer-songwriters. With lyrics that speak straight to the heart\, Brandon has built a reputation as a master storyteller\, crafting songs that capture life’s most meaningful moments.From fan-favorite hits like “Freeze Frame Time” to the feel-good anthem “Let the Good Times Roll\,” this intimate performance at The Armadillo Ranch will be an up-close experience like no other. Our cozy listening room setting transforms for one night only\, creating the perfect atmosphere for hearing the stories behind the songs and feeling every note in its purest form.Don’t miss this rare opportunity to experience Brandon Rhyder’s music the way it was meant to be heard—raw\, real\, and right in the heart of Texas. Grab your tickets now and be part of a night that will stay with you long after the last song fades. \n\nDoors @ 6:00 PM\nAaron Loy @ 6:30 PM\nBrandon Rhyder @ 7:30 PM
URL:https://thearmadilloranch.com/event/brandon-rhyder-at-the-armadillo-ranch/
LOCATION:The Armadillo Ranch\, 10130 FM 1886\, Azle\, TX\, 76020\, United States
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SUMMARY:Crow & Gazelle Mike McClure & Chrislyn Rose
DESCRIPTION:Mike and Chrislyn met nearly two decades ago\, lifetimes in some ways\, and then reconnected in 2018 when they were both in the midst of personal reckonings and changes. They didn’t fall in love\, they rose up to meet each other there. \nCrow and Gazelle\, the name and banner for the musical partnership of Mike McClure and Chrislyn Rose\, is a hymnodic\, moving collaboration borne out of the connection between two people healing\, loving\, and growing together. Their songs—built around their entangled close harmonies and sparse\, reverent acoustic instrumentation—are wrought out of the love they have come to find for themselves and for each other. Their debut outing\, As Above Now So Below\, which will be released on April 26\, 2024\, is an album centered on acceptance and growth in the face of pain… and on embracing the sacred nature within each and every one of us. \nFrom the Oklahoma hills and the plains of West Texas it’s the whole linear circle coming back around to lean in and breathe deeper. \nThrough music\, Crow and Gazelle explore deeply personal and universal truths like grief\, the healing power of love\, anxiety\, addiction\, and religious trauma. in each song\, and throughout their live shows\, the artists reach deep inside to feel and share pathways to a better understanding of being alive.
URL:https://thearmadilloranch.com/event/crow-gazelle-mike-mcclure-chrislyn-rose/
LOCATION:The Armadillo Ranch\, 10130 FM 1886\, Azle\, TX\, 76020\, United States
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