Moonshine Bandits is an American country rap duo composed of Dusty "Tex" Dahlgren and Brett "Bird" Brooks. The duo formed in Los Banos, California in 2003 and has released a number of albums, the most recent being The Whiskey Never Dries released on August 2019.
Music career The duo was formed in Los Banos, California 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 Suburban Noize Records for the release of their fourth album, Whiskey and Women, in 2011. 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.
In 2014, they partnered with Average Joes Entertainment for their fifth album Calicountry. 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.
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 given here
Discography Albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales US USHeat. USIndie USRap US Country 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 Women Release date: May 10, 2011 Label: Suburban Noize Records — — — — 65 Calicountry Release date: February 4, 2014 Label: Backroad Records, Suburban Noize Records 126 2 27 10 22 Blacked Out Release date: July 17, 2015 Label: Backroad Records 161 3 13 10 13 Baptized in Bourbon Release date: March 3, 2017 Label: Backroad Records 111 1 9 — 19US: 5,600 Gold Rush Release date: October 5, 2018 Label: MSB Entertainment — 6 24 — —US: 1,700 Fire Release date: September 18, 2020 Label: MSB Enetertainment — — — — — Pour Decisions Release date: July 14, 2023 Label: MSB Entertainment — — — — —
Extended plays Title Album detailsPeak chart positionsUSHeat. US Country Rebels on the Run Release date: September 30, 2014 Label: Backroad Records 35 49 The Whiskey Never Dries Release date: August 2, 2019 Label: MSB Entertainment 10 29
Singles Year Single Album 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 Year Video DirectorProducer 2011 "Get Loose" Burn County "For the Outlawz"(with Colt Ford and Big B) Burn County 2012 "My Kind of Country" Scott HansenBurn County "Super Goggles" Paul CainBurn County "Dive Bar Beauty Queen" Scott HansenBurn County 2014 "California Country"Phivestarr "Throwdown" (with The Lacs)Burn County "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 PryorBurn County 2016 "Dead Man's Hand"Ken MadsonBurn County 2017 "Take This Job" (with David Allan Coe) "I'm A HellRazor" Burn County 2018 "Buried As An Outlaw" "Rebel Red Hot"Burn County 2019 "Do It Again" Josh FieldsPhivestarr 2020 "Red, White and Boozed"Phivestarr "I'm On Fire" @KreatewithkvnvasBurn County "Watchya Got" Josh Fields 2021 "Live the Madness"Burn County "American Summer"Burn County 2022 "Like 'Em Wild"Brad Cox/Burn County 2023 "I'm a Rebel"Burn County "I'm a Problem"Brad Cox/Burn County "Wild"Brad Cox/Burn County "Outta Towners" Hatch 86 FilmsBrad Cox/Burn County "Chasing Ghosts"Brad Cox/Burn County 2024 "Party Cove" Josh FieldsPhivestarr "Boots on Bars" Hatch 86 FilmsBrad Cox/Burn County
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