Moonshine Bandits | |
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Origin | Los Banos, California, United States |
Genres | Country rap Rap Rock |
Years active | 2003–present |
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Members | Dusty "Tex" Dahlgren Brett "Bird" Brooks |
Website | moonshinebandits |
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.
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 Bearded 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]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||
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US [7] | US Heat. [8] | US Indie [9] | US Rap [10] | US Country [11] | |||
Soggy Crackerz |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Prohibition |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Divebars and Truckstops |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Whiskey and Women |
| — | — | — | — | 65 | |
Calicountry |
| 126 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 22 | |
Blacked Out |
| 161 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | |
Baptized in Bourbon |
| 111 | 1 | 9 | — | 19 |
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Gold Rush |
| — | 6 | 24 | — | — |
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Fire |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Pour Decisions |
| — | — | — | — | — |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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US Heat. [8] | US Country [11] | ||
Rebels on the Run |
| 35 | 49 |
The Whiskey Never Dries |
| 10 | 29 |
Year | Single | Album |
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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 |
Year | Video | Director |
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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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