Moonshine Bandits

Moonshine Bandits
Origin Los Banos, California, United States
Genres Country rap
Years active 2003–present
Labels Suburban Noize, Backroad Records
Associated acts Colt Ford, The Lacs, Big B, Kottonmouth Kings
Website moonshinebandits.com
Members Dusty "Tex" Dahlgren
Brett "Bird" Brooks

Moonshine Bandits is an American country rap duo composed of Tex and Bird.[1] The duo formed in California in 2003 and has released a number of albums, the most recent being Baptized in Bourbon released in March 2017.

Music career

The duo was formed in California in 2003 and released their debut album, Soggy Crackerz.[1] They met up with Ty Weathers who is the founder of Burn County Music, which has continued to work closely in assisting majority of the Moonshine Bandits Blue Core/Dirt Rock sound. Soggy Crackerz was followed by Prohibition in 2006 and Divebars and Truckstops in 2010.[1]

Moonshine Bandits signed with Suburban_Noize_Records for the release of their fourth album, Whiskey and Women, in 2011.[2] The music video for "My Kind of Country" premiered on CMT Pure Country in February 2012. With a special appearance by Mike Allsup (The Beard Guy playing the guitar). From Modesto, California. [3]

In 2014, they partnered with Average Joes Entertainment for their fifth album, Calicountry.[4] Calicountry sold 3,000 copies in its first week of release, debuting at number 22 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 126 on the Billboard 200.[5]

Their sixth album, Blacked Out, was released in July 2015, and it debuted at No.158 on the Billboard 200 and No. 13 on the Top Country Albums chart, No. 10 on the Top Rap Albums chart, selling 4,000 copies in its debut week.[6]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US Country
[7]		 US
[8]		 US
Heat
[9]		 US
Indie
[10]		 US
Rap
[11]
Soggy Crackerz
  • Release date: October 21, 2003
  • Label: JLM Entertainment
 — — — — —
Prohibition
  • Release date: June 27, 2006
  • Label: IMN Records
 — — — — —
Divebars and Truckstops
  • Release date: February 2, 2010
  • Label: MSB Entertainment
 — — — — —
Whiskey and Women 65 — — — —
Calicountry 22 126 2 27 10
Blacked Out
  • Release date: July 17, 2015
  • Label: Backroad Records
 13 158 3 13 11
Baptized in Bourbon
  • Release date: March 3, 2017
  • Label: Backroad Records
 19 111 1 9 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country
[7]		 US
Heat
[9]
Rebels on the Run
  • Release date: September 30, 2014
  • Label: Backroad Records
 49 35


Singles

Year Single Album
2014 "Throwdown"(with The Lacs) Calicountry
2015 "Outback"(with The Lacs & Durwood Black) Blacked Out
2017 "Take This Job" (with David Allan Coe) Baptized in Bourbon

Music videos

Year Video Director Music Producer
2011 "Get Loose" Burn County Music
"For the Outlawz"
(with Colt Ford and Big B)		 Burn County Music
2012 "My Kind of Country"[13] Scott Hansen Burn County Music
"Super Goggles"[14] Paul Cain Burn County Music
"Dive Bar Beauty Queen" Scott Hansen Burn County Music
2014 "California Country" Average Joes Entertainment
"Throwdown" (with The Lacs) Burn County Music
"We All Country" (with Colt Ford,
Sarah Ross and Demun Jones)		 Daniel Henry Average Joes Entertainment
2015 "Outback (Extended Remix)" (with Durwood Black, Redneck Souljers, Bubba Sparxxx, Demun Jones, The Lacs, D. Thrash, Moccasin Creek and Lenny Cooper) Ed Pryor Burn County Music
2016 "Dead Man's Hand" Ken Madson Burn County Music
2017 "Take This Job" (feat. David Allan Coe) Average Joes Entertainment
"I'm A HellRazor" Burn County Music

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jeffries, David. "Moonshine Bandits | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Moonshine Bandits Sign A Record Deal". Skope Magazine. December 8, 2010. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Los Banos' Moonshine Bandits premier new video, 'My Kind of Country'". Merced Sun-Star. February 21, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ Conaway, Alanna (September 5, 2013). "The Moonshine Bandits to Release New Album Through Average Joes Entertainment". Roughstock. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (February 12, 2014). "Country Album Chart News: The Week of February 12, 2014: Florida Georgia Line #1, Eric Paslay Debuts Top 5; Whiskey Myers, Moonshine Bandits, Scotty McCreery". Roughstock. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (July 28, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report for July 28, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
  7. 1 2 "Moonshine Bandits Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Moonshine Bandits Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Moonshine Bandits Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Moonshine Bandits Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Moonshine Bandits Album & Song Chart History - Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  12. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (March 13, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: March 13, 2017". Roughstock.
  13. ↑ "CMT : Videos : Moonshine Bandits : My Kind of Country". Country Music Television. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  14. ↑ "CMT : Videos : Moonshine Bandits : Super Goggles". Country Music Television. Retrieved September 4, 2014.


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