Wade Bowen is an American Texas Country/Red Dirt singer from Waco, Texas. Bowen was a member of the band West 84 with friend Matt Miller until 2001 when he left the group to pursue a solo career. He released his first album in 2002, Try Not To Listen, which became a regional hit in Texas. He released his first live album in 2003, followed by studio albums Lost Hotel in 2006 and If We Ever Make It Home in 2008. On November 21, 2009 Bowen recorded his second live album at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth.

Whiskey Myers is an American Southern rock/Red Dirt/Country group from Palestine, Texas composed of Cody Cannon (lead vocals and acoustic guitar), Cody Tate (lead and rhythm guitar), John Jeffers (lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Jeff Hogg (drums) and Jamey Gleaves (bass). In 2008, they signed with Smith Entertainment and released their debut album, Road of Life. Their second album, Firewater, was released by Wiggy Thump in 2011 and debuted in the Top 30 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, largely thanks to the single "Ballad of a Southern Man". On February 4, 2014, the album, Early Morning Shakes, was relea