Due West (band)

Due West
Due West
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres	Country
Years active	2004-present
Labels	Bigger Than Me,; Black River, ; Sovereign 3 Records
Members	Tim Gates; Brad Hull; Matt Lopez
Website	www.duewest.com

Last updated May 18, 2024

Due West is an American country music group composed of Matt Lopez, Tim Gates, and Brad Hull.^[1] Due West was founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 2004, and was almost signed to a contract with RCA Records Nashville in 2006, but lost the deal due to the merger of Sony Music and BMG. By 2009, the band self-released its debut single "I Get That All the Time,"^[2] which was also made into a music video, which has aired on Great American Country. In 2011 their second single, "When the Smoke Clears," was released as a music video, Roman White was the producer. Both "I Get That All the Time" and "When the Smoke Clears" made it into Great American Country's top 20. The trio also released a self-titled album on April 27, 2010. A second album, Forget the Miles, followed in 2011.

After parting ways with their label in 2013, they headed to popular crowd sourcing platform Kickstarter to raise funds to record and release a new album independently. They raised more than 150% of their goal (over $30,000). They entered the studio, this time with a new producer, Brandon Metcalf, who was previously a Seattle-based rock producer and new to Nashville, to create what they have said are the "best songs we've ever recorded."^[3] Together, they crafted the Move Like That EP, which is their highest-charting album to date. The title track was co-penned by hit songwriter Jimmy Robbins. The lead off single, "Slide On Over", was written by Erin Enderlin, Dylan Scott and Will Bowen.

Due West entered the studio with Metcalf again in August 2013 to record a Christmas album, released on November 26, 2013.^[4]

After a few year pause, Matt, Tim and Brad reunited in 2019 to play some shows. Then a year later, they reconnected with their long-time buddy, songwriting icon Dean Dillon. Dean encouraged them to finish writing and recording an album that they had started together in 2016 with Dillon at the producing helm. They went to Key West in early 2022 and wrote 7 songs in three days and then went into Ocean Way studios to record the songs in June of the same year. After a year of putting finishing touches on those songs and the ones they had started in 2016, they were finally ready to press and release the album entitled UNBROKEN, which was released February 23, 2024 on Dillon's start-up label Unwound Records, whose namesake pays homage a song he wrote which would become George Strait's first single on MCA Records in the early 1980s.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	US Country	US Heat
Due West	Release date: April 27, 2010 Label: Bigger Than Me	—	—
Forget the Miles	Release date: February 15, 2011 Label: Black River Entertainment	—	—
Our Time^[5]	Release date: 2012 Label: Black River/Due West, LLC	—	—
Move Like That	Release date: August 27, 2013 Label: Sovereign 3 Records	38	13
I Hear Christmas	Release date: November 26, 2013 Label: Refinement Records	—	—
UNBROKEN	Release date: February 23, 2024 Label: Unwound Records	_	_
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	US Country	Album
2009	"I Get That All the Time"	—	Due West
2010	"The Bible and the Belt"	—	Due West
2011	"When the Smoke Clears"	—	Forget the Miles
2012	"Things You Can't Do in a Car"	47	Our Time
2013	"Slide On Over"	—	Move Like That
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2009	"I Get That All the Time"	Glenn Sweitzer
2011	"When the Smoke Clears"	Roman White
2012	"Things You Can't Do in a Car"	Robert Chavers

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References

↑ "Artists A to Z: Due West". Great American Country . Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
↑ Dauphin, Chuck (11 April 2011). "New Artist Spotlight: Rising Stars Due West Are In Perfect Harmony". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
↑ McBride, Erin Ann (2 Aug 2013). "Due West Does Country Music Right". Meridian Magazine. Retrieved 18 Oct 2013.
↑ Lopez, Matt Ann (4 Oct 2013). "CHRISTMAS ALBUM & TOUR - 2013". Facebook. Retrieved 18 Oct 2013.
↑ ""Our Time" CD | Due West Online Store". Due-west-merchandise.myshopify.com. 2016-05-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-06-16.

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[1] "Artists A to Z: Due West". Great American Country . Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2011.

[2] Dauphin, Chuck (11 April 2011). "New Artist Spotlight: Rising Stars Due West Are In Perfect Harmony". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

[3] McBride, Erin Ann (2 Aug 2013). "Due West Does Country Music Right". Meridian Magazine. Retrieved 18 Oct 2013.

[4] Lopez, Matt Ann (4 Oct 2013). "CHRISTMAS ALBUM & TOUR - 2013". Facebook. Retrieved 18 Oct 2013.

[5] ""Our Time" CD | Due West Online Store". Due-west-merchandise.myshopify.com. 2016-05-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-06-16.

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