Moonshine Bandits is an American

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group composed of Dusty "Tex" Dahlgren and Brett "Bird" Brooks. The duo formed in

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in 2003 and has released a number of albums, the most recent being ''The Whiskey Never Dries'' released in August 2019.

Music career

The duo was formed in

in 2003 and released their debut album, ''Soggy Crackerz''. 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. Moonshine Bandits signed with

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for the release of their fourth album, ''Whiskey and Women'', in 2011. The music video for "My Kind of Country" premiered on

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in February 2012 with a special appearance by Mike Allsup (The Beard Guy playing the guitar) from

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. In 2014, they partnered with

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for their fifth album '' Calicountry''. ''Calicountry'' sold 3,000 copies in its first week of release, debuting at number 22 on the ''

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chart and number 126 on the ''Billboard'' 200. 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. Sales figure give
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Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

* Country music groups from California Average Joes Entertainment artists Country music duos Country rap musicians Musical groups established in 2003 Suburban Noize Records artists People from Los Banos, California {{US-country-band-stub