By BENJAMIN KLIEWER, Senior Reporter
Three red dirt country music acts will perform at the Stables Arena in Freedom on April 23.
Stoney Larue, Cody Canada & The Departed and Micky and the Motorcars will be the stars of the Red Dirt Roadshow.
Dan Baus, senior producer of JNP Productions, said the show is attracting national attention because the three headlining bands haven’t been touring together.
Larue has sold more than 1 million albums and singles in his nearly 20-year career.
“Stoney Larue has a very wide and diverse audience, and so it’s going to appeal to college kids, and it’s going to appeal to people who have graduated,” Baus said. “It’s kind of crossover country music. So, there’s a lot of rock vibe. There’s a lot of country-western vibe. There’s a lot of blues vibe.”
The Departed, led by Canada, focuses on his country-rock roots. Canada’s previous band, Cross Canadian Ragweed, sold more than a million albums from 1998 to its dissolution in 2010.
Micky and Gary Braun founded Micky and the Motorcars, focusing on low-key rock-and-roll rapture built on grooves and the Brauns’ signature harmonies.
The show will open at 6 p.m. on April 23 at the Frontier Rodeo Company Stables Arena, 216872 State Highway 50A in Freedom. Tickets are on sale at www.reddirtroadshow.com.
