Moonshine Bandits

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Moonshine Bandits
Origin Los Banos, California, United States
Genres Country rap Nu Metal
Years active2003–present
Labels
MembersDusty "Tex" Dahlgren
Brett "Bird" Brooks
Website moonshinebandits.com

Moonshine Bandits is an American country rap group composed of Dusty "Tex" Dahlgren and Brett "Bird" Brooks. [1] The duo formed in California in 2003 and has released a number of albums, the most recent being The Whiskey Never Dries released in August 2019.

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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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
[7]
US
Heat.

[8]
US
Indie

[9]
US
Rap

[10]
US Country
[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 Women65
Calicountry 1262271022
Blacked Out
  • Release date: July 17, 2015
  • Label: Backroad Records
1613131013
Baptized in Bourbon
  • Release date: March 3, 2017
  • Label: Backroad Records
1111919
Gold Rush
  • Release date: October 5, 2018
  • Label: MSB Entertainment
624
Fire
  • Release date: September 18, 2020
  • Label: MSB Enetertainment
Pour Decisions
  • Release date: July 14, 2023
  • Label: MSB Entertainment

Extended plays

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
Heat.

[8]
US Country
[11]
Rebels on the Run3549
The Whiskey Never Dries
  • Release date: August 2, 2019
  • Label: MSB Entertainment
1029

Singles

YearSingleAlbum
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
2023"Wild" (with Buckcherry)Pour Decisions

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
2011"Get Loose"
"For the Outlawz"
(with Colt Ford and Big B)
2012"My Kind of Country" [14] Scott Hansen
"Super Goggles" [15] Paul Cain
"Dive Bar Beauty Queen"Scott Hansen
2014"California Country"
"Throwdown" (with The Lacs)
"We All Country" (with Colt Ford,
Sarah Ross and Demun Jones)
Daniel Henry
2015"Outback (Extended Remix)" (with Durwood Black, Redneck Souljers, Bubba Sparxxx, Demun Jones, The Lacs, D. Thrash, Moccasin Creek and Lenny Cooper) Ed Pryor
2016"Dead Man's Hand"Ken Madson
2017"Take This Job" (with David Allan Coe)
"I'm A HellRazor"
2018"Buried As An Outlaw"
"Rebel Red Hot"
2019"Do It Again"Josh Fields
2020"Red, White and Boozed"
"I'm On Fire"@Kreatewithkvnvas
"Watchya Got"Josh Fields
2021"Live the Madness"
"American Summer"
2022"Like 'Em Wild"
2023"I'm a Rebel"
"I'm a Problem"
"Wild"

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