I dont mean any offense. Evangelism did some damage to my beliefs though. Honestly in the past w years I have really been getting into Buddhism and finding peace there. Can I still enjoy outlaw country and be a proud redneck?

TLDR version : spent $75 for a preshow meet and greet with him (plus $40 GA ticket to an outdoor music festival in DFW last Friday) only for there to be no confirmation or "envelope" waiting for me at Will Call, and once that mess finally got fixed, he couldn't have cared less.. he barely mumbled while we briskly walked from his tour bus to the stage, which took all of about 90 seconds..

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He's always been one of my (53m) favorite performers, and I've seen him a handful of times over the years, and I know the words to pretty much all of his songs.

I went to watch him play at the annual Wildflower Music Festival this past weekend in Richardson, TX (north of Dallas).. the show itself was good, but the experience of paying $75 for a meet-and-greet with him prior to the show was a total letdown.

First of all, the confirmation email from his website basically just said "you'll need a separate ticket to get into the festival, but show up at Will Call when the doors open and you'll get an envelope with further instruction for the meet-and-greet".

That all made sense, so I also purchased a $40 GA ticket to get into the festival grounds.

Of course when I show up to Will Call, none of the people working there have an "envelope" with my name on it, and they're telling me that all of that isn't handled through the Wildflower Festival, but rather through "the band", so they were as nice as could be, but all they could do is shrug their shoulders and scan my GA ticket to let me in.

(No one who I dealt with at Will Call even knew who "Justin Moore" was, and I think they kept looking for an envelope with that name written on it, as if that were MY name 🤣).

With my meet-and-greet confirmation email there was an email address and phone number to reach out to if there were any issues or questions. Once I got into the grounds I sent an email and text to both, letting them know what a clusterfuck this was and I never did (and still haven't) received a reply from either one.

At the end of my rope, and getting ready to go the $75 credit card chargeback route (which I've never done one of those), something inspired me to ask the young guy working at the Justin Moore T-shirt booth (who looked like he was doing hardly any business) if he was "connected to the band" at all.

He took down my information and started making a couple of calls and thankfully got a hold of somebody who said for me to be hanging out at the left side of the stage at 8:30 "and someone will come meet you, since you're the only one who signed up for the meet-and-greet" (Justin Moore was scheduled to take the stage at 9:30).

Sure enough, one of his road crew guys came and met me a little bit after 8:30, and told me to hang out there for a little while longer. Around 9:00 he came back and walked me backstage.

Interestingly enough, if you're familiar with the area, his tour bus "backstage" was parked in an area that wasn't at all "hidden from the public" and was just adjacent to our Galatyn Park light rail station.

The same light rail that I had hopped off a couple of hours beforehand, where people were just coming and going for the 15 minutes they had me standing there, waiting for him to exit his tour bus.

When he came out, he was now in a hurry to get to the stage and after taking maybe five seconds to shake my hand, he and I and a couple of his road crew guys were in a dead sprint "walk" to the stage.

I was asking him a couple of dumbass questions about his career, writing his own songs, etc, but he didn't seem interested in chatting at all.

I'm sure it looked like when you see a politician walking fast to get away from someone interviewing him, with no interest in answering the interviewer's questions.

One of his road crew guys offered to take a quick photo using my phone, and so he stopped for about 10 seconds to do that, and then I was ushered back to the front of the stage for the show.

Total ripoff for $75 (and the mess of just trying to figure out "who I was supposed to check in with from the beginning") definitely left a bad taste in my mouth after the show was over.

His songs are complete trash and don’t even sound good. The words in all these new “country”songs have no meaning at all unlike all the old ones. It’s just about breaking up getting drunk and fuckin. How do people enjoy this crap I think he’s only up there cuz he looks good. Same with all the other mainstream country seems like a bunch of gay dudes putting on a front

We recently adopted a sweet girl who came to us with the name Camila, but we'd love to give her a fresh start with a new name. She's a white cattle dog/pit mix.

A little background: she was found in Texas, and we're big country music fans, so we're drawn to names with a Southern or country music vibe — whether that's inspired by artists, songs, or just that classic Southern charm.

It has to be a girl name and our other pup is named Moxie, so it can't be anything that ends in the "ee" sound as we want the names to sound distinct when we're calling them.

Does anyone have any ideas?

I watched his new documentary A Cowboy in London on YouTube last week and was looking forward to listening to the new record. They are now nowhere to be found. What’s going on? I know he had released all of that on his own. Did the record company make him delete them?

I'd really love to know if there are any current country artists that sound more traditional. I have no idea if it has a sub-genre name. I enjoy songs with steel guitar, storytelling, heartbreak, forgiveness, etc. Some songs and artists I enjoy are Drinkin Problem - Midland, John Pardi, Choosin Texas - Ella Langley, Talladega - Eric Church, Watermelon Moonshine - Lainey Wilson, early Eagles music. Thanks!

I’ve been listening to her for almost 2 years. Her latest song Boston is a Noah Kahan rip off.

I love all country. Pop outlaw alternative even offshoots like folk and bluegrass. Frankly though I just have the radio on when I'm driving.

I googled it to see the number of how many total amount of streams his music has gotten in his entire career to side-by-side compare it to Michael Jackson. Morgan’s in total streams is 29B, and Michael’s is 22B. Morgan Wallen already has been, and is a huge influence in country music, and that’s of course gonna continue on for decades/for generations

Has anyone checked out Caroline Jones? She’s part of Zac Brown Band but she’s done a lot of solo work. She’s got some good songs like “Rise (Sing it Loud)”, “Bare Feet”, and “All The Things” and a very nice voice. Any opinions on her?

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Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentleman - They Call Us The Lucky Ones

Release Date: May 15th, 2026

Label: The Bingham Recording Co.

Producer: Ryan Bingham and Grant Wilborn

(songwriters in parenthesis)

1. The Lucky Ones - (William Huggins)
2. Let the Big Dog Eat - (Ryan Bingham)
3. I Got a Feelin' - (Ryan Bingham)
4. Twist the Knife - (Ryan Bingham)
5. Americana - (Ryan Bingham)
6. Cocaine Charlie - (Ryan Bingham)
7. Blue Skies - (Ryan Bingham)
8. Relevance - (Ryan Bingham)
9. Ballad of The Texas Gentlemen - (Ryan Bingham)
10. I'm a Goin' Nowhere - (Ryan Bingham)

Leave your thoughts below. Do you like it? Do you hate it? Favorite songs? Least favorite songs? All thoughts welcome

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Release Date: May 15th, 2026

Label: Warner Records Nashville

Producer: Alex Torrez and David Dorn

(songwriters in parenthesis)

1. Real Damn Deal
2. I Ain't Tryin' - (Brice Long; Carson Peters; Will Jones)
3. Mrs. Green - (Bob Minner; Jim Lauderdale)
4. That's How Hearts Get Broken - (Chris Stapleton; Liz Rose; Morgane Stapleton)
5. I Dreamed You Dreamed of Me - (Braxton Keith; Brice Long; Dan Isbell)
6. White Walls - (Braxton Keith; John Pierce)
7. Always Leaving Something - (Clint Daniels; James Melton; Jessie Jo Dillon)
8. Hurt By Heart feat. Mae Estes - (Braxton Keith; Scotty Emerick; Trent Tomlinson)
9. Don't No More - (Braxton Keith; Liz Rose; John Pierce)
10. Little Bit By Little Bit - (Braxton Keith; Liz Rose; Phil O'Donnell)
11. Am I All Alone - (Roger Miller)
12. I Own This Bar - (Braxton Keith; Liz Rose; Phil O'Donnell)
13. Wind Blows - (Braxton Keith; Brice Long; Tony Lane)
14. Prescription - (Braxton Keith; John Pierce; Randy Montana)
15. Baby You Do - (Brandon Kinney; Braxton Keith; Josh Thompson; Wynn Varble)

Leave your thoughts below. Do you like it? Do you hate it? Favorite songs? Least favorite songs? All thoughts welcome

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49 Winchester - Change Of Plans

Release Date: May 15th, 2026

Label: New West Records

Producer: Dave Cobb

(songwriters in parenthesis)

1. The Window - (Isaac Gibson; Matt Koziol)
2. Bluebird - (Isaac Gibson; Matt Koziol)
3. Changes - (Frank Iommi; Josh Osbourne; Terence Butler; William Ward)
4. All Around Me - (Isaac Gibson)
5. Slowly - (Chris Tompkins; Isaac Gibson; Jessie Jo Dillon)
6. All Over Again - (Isaac Gibson)
7. Oh Savannah - (Chris Tompkins; Isaac Gibson; Jessie Jo Dillon)
8. Bringin' Home The Bacon - (Aaron Raitiere; Isaac Gibson)
9. Pardon Me - (Isaac Gibson)
10. Heavy Chevy - (Isaac Gibson)

If you have about 20 minutes, I highly recommend you take the time to watch Eric Church’s speech to the UNC graduating class from earlier this week. If you like him, or country music, or commencement speeches in general, this was a great one.