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Midland is an American country music group formed in 2014 in Dripping Springs, Texas. The band members are Mark Wystrach (lead vocals, guitar), Jess Carson (guitar, vocals), and Cameron Duddy (bass guitar, vocals). Through Big Machine Records, the band has released two EPs, their self-titled EP and The Last Resort. They have released three studio albums, On the Rocks and Let It Roll, which have accounted for five charted singles on the Billboard country chart: "Drinkin' Problem", "Make a Little", "Burn Out", "Mr. Lonely", and "Cheatin' Songs". Midland's musical styles are Texas country and Neotraditional country.

Midland
Midland at the New York State Fair in 2019
Background information
Origin	Dripping Springs, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Neotraditional country[1] Texas country[2]
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Big Machine
Members	Mark Wystrach Jess Carson Cameron Duddy
Website	midlandofficial.com

History

The band Midland was formed in Dripping Springs, Texas. The trio met separately around Los Angeles, where Jess Carson and Cameron Duddy were in a number of bands through a number of years.[3] After Carson left L.A., Duddy and Mark Wystrach met and formed a country-rock band called The Young Whiskey.[4] The trio met up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for Duddy's wedding in August 2013; both Wystrach and Carson acted as groomsmen.[5] As Duddy recalls the story, Carson and Wystrach arrived in Jackson Hole for the wedding a week early. After playing songs together on the front porch of Carson's cabin, they proposed starting a project together. Six months later, in January 2014, Duddy called Carson and Wystrach to suggest that they record some songs,[4] and they went to the Sonic Ranch recording studio in El Paso, TX to record for 10 days. As stated by Wystrach, "when we went to the Sonic Ranch, we became a band. We walked away believing in what had happened."[6][7] Wystrach and Duddy both moved with their families to Texas where Carson lived.[8] They named the band after a Dwight Yoakam song that was called "Fair to Midland".[9]

Mark Wystrach grew up surrounded by music as his parents were both fans of live music. His parents owned a country music venue where he was exposed to music. He was also an actor and model.[5][10]

Jess Carson grew up on a farm in Oregon where the main genre was country music. His sister and father were both musicians, so he started playing guitar.[11][10]

Cameron Duddy started playing music after a difficult situation in his family; he found that music helped to lessen the tension, saying, "Sometimes you don't get to talk about all the things that you maybe want to talk about and the ice breaker started to be music." He got his first guitar from his father; it helped him find his identity.[10]

Duddy is also a music video director; he won an MTV Video Music Award for the video "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars.[12]

Midland's first song, "Fourteen Gears", was around 2015. The song, according to Duddy, was "another one of the early moments that defined and solidified the band."[13][14]

2016–present

On March 9, 2016, the trio signed to Big Machine Records and released the Midland EP featuring a debut single, "Drinkin' Problem", which charted on Billboard's Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay. The band wrote the song with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, the former of whom also produced it.[15] Duddy directed the song's music video.[16] Their debut album On the Rocks was released in September 22, 2017, produced by Dann Huff, Josh Osborne, Shane McAnally. Midland released "Make a Little" as the second single.[17] "Burn Out" was the third single, it was released in late 2018.[18]

Midland was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2018: Grammy Award for Best Country Song and Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, both for "Drinkin’ Problem".[19] Midland won at the 2018 ACM Awards for best New Vocal Group of the year. Midland released the single "Mr. Lonely" in February 2019 as the leadoff single to their second album.[20] Midland released "Cheatin' Songs" in August of 2019 as the second single to the album. The album, Let It Roll, was released on August 23, 2019.[21] The band began a tour in June in support of the album.[22] In February of 2020 Midland launched three expressions of their own brand of tequila, called "insõlito".[23]

In March 2021, Midland released an album titled The Sonic Ranch, which served as the soundtrack for a documentary film on their origin story, focusing on their first recording session at The Sonic Ranch in 2014.[24][25] On July 16, 2021, Midland released their latest EP, The Last Resort, which hit Number 47 on the Billboard Album Sales Chart.[26] The band followed the EP with their third studio album titled The Last Resort: Greetings From, released on May 6, 2022.[27] They released "Sunrise Tells the Story" as the first single, and the second single was released in late 2022 titled "Longneck Way to Go", with Jon Pardi.

Band members

• Mark Wystrach - lead vocals, guitar
• Jess Carson - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Cameron Duddy - bass guitar, vocals

Tour members

• Luke Cutchen - lead guitar
• Phillip Sterk - steel guitar
• Robbie Crowell - drums, percussion
• Jeff Adamczyk - piano, organ

Style and influences

Rolling Stone said that "the Texas-based band blend their voices to produce country music that recalls a mix of George Strait, Urban Cowboy and Seventies yacht rock."[28] Billboard describes the band's sound as "a definite George Strait '80s New Traditionalist feel to it, combined with the rich California harmonies that made The Eagles legendary."[1] Midland also is known for their unique dressing style, similar to the original "Nudie suits" designed by Nudie Cohn.[29] Vogue called Midland both heartthrobs and fashion risk takers."[30]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Sales	Certifications
		US [31]	US Country [32]	AUS [33]	CAN [34][35]	UK [36]
On the Rocks	Release date: September 22, 2017 Label: Big Machine	20	2	—	45	—	US: 112,500[37]	RIAA: Gold[38]
Let It Roll	Release date: August 23, 2019 Label: Big Machine	16	1	72	37	75	US: 41,300[39]
The Last Resort: Greetings From[40]	Release date: May 6, 2022 Label: Big Machine	—	37	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details
Live from the Palomino[41]	Release date: February 28, 2020 Label: Big Machine

Soundtrack albums

Title	Album details
The Sonic Ranch	Release date: March 19, 2021[42] Label: Big Machine

Extended plays

Title	EP details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		US Country [32]	US Heat [43]
Midland	Release date: October 28, 2016 Label: Big Machine	38	18	US: 19,500[44]
The Last Resort	Release date: July 16, 2021 Label: Big Machine	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Sales	Certifications	Album
		US [45]	US Country [46]	US Country Airplay [47]	CAN [48]	CAN Country [49]
2017	"Drinkin' Problem"	45	4	3	98	1	US: 452,000[50]	RIAA: 3× Platinum[51]	On the Rocks
	"Make a Little"	—[upper-alpha 1]	23	15	—	12
2018	"Burn Out"	63	11	3	—	29	US: 82,000[50]	RIAA: Platinum[53]
2019	"Mr. Lonely"	—	31	23	—	32			Let It Roll
2020	"Cheatin' Songs"	—	41	26	—	48
2021	"Sunrise Tells the Story"	—	—	42	—	—			The Last Resort: Greetings From
2022	"Longneck Way to Go"[54] (with Jon Pardi)	—	—	55	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2017	"Drinkin' Problem"[16]	Cameron Duddy
	"Make a Little"[55]
2018	"Burn Out"[56]	TK McKamy
2019	"Mr. Lonely"[57]	Cameron Duddy

Other appearances

Year	Song	Artist	Album
2019	"Boot Scootin' Boogie"	Brooks & Dunn	Reboot[58]
2020	"Redneck Girl"	Tim McGraw	McGraw Machine Hits: 2013-2019[59]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient/Work	Result	Ref
2017	CMT Music Awards	Group Video of the Year	"Drinkin’ Problem"	Nominated	[60][61]
2018	Country Music Association Awards	New Artist of the Year	Midland	Nominated	[62]
		Vocal Group of the Year		Nominated
		Single of the Year	"Drinkin' Problem"	Nominated
	Grammy Awards	Best Country Duo/Group Performance		Nominated	[19]
		Best Country Song		Nominated	[19]
	ACM Awards	New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year	Midland	Won	[63]
		Vocal Group of the Year	Midland	Nominated
		Single Record of the Year	"Drinkin' Problem"	Nominated
2019	CMT Music Awards	Group Video of the Year	"Burn Out"	Nominated	[64]
	Country Music Association Awards	New Artist of the Year	Midland	Nominated	[62]
		Vocal Group of the Year		Nominated
2020				Nominated

References

External links

• Official website

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