Drumright, OK (April 9, 2014) – Country band LiveWire has spent the better part of the past two weeks crisscrossing Texas and Oklahoma combining concert appearances with a radio tour to promote the band’s forthcoming Way Out West Records’ single “Drivin’ You Outta My Mind,” slated for digital release to Texas/Red Dirt radio programmers via CD Tex on Monday, April 14.
Releases for other Country music charts and an iTunes on-sale date will follow. The song can be streamed at this link: https://soundcloud.com/way-out-west-records/drivin-you-outta-my-mind/s-6VMKp
On the multi-state promotional blitz, LiveWire thrilled influential radio programmers, listeners and airplay chart managers from Stillwater, Oklahoma to Houston, Texas and all points in between. A longtime staple of the Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas music scenes, the group performed their first concerts in the Lone Star state, converting new fans with high-energy shows in the Ft. Worth market at Red’s Roadhouse in Kennedale and at the White Elephant Saloon in the historic Stockyards district. They also performed acoustic shows at 106.9 The Ranch “Ranch Roadhouse” radio show broadcast live from The Rockett Café and Club in Waxahachie, Texas, and at an “Open House” event at Dangerous Motors in Cushing, Oklahoma, where a 1967 GTO owned by LiveWire’s lead singer Andy Eutsler is currently being restored for a “starring role” in the music video to be filmed in the coming weeks. While in Texas, LiveWire performed for Texas Music Chart executive editor, Katie Key, which was videotaped for their “Cluttered Corner” concert series, and met with Texas Regional Radio Report chart owner and editor, Dave Smith, who was a special guest at one of the band’s shows.
“We had a blast on this tour,” states Eutsler, who is also one of the song’s principal writers. “Folks in Texas and Oklahoma love their Country music, and since we have been a honky tonk band for over a decade, we gave ’em what they wanted because our shows include some real cool country classics by Haggard, Jones and Hank Jr. sprinkled in with our original songs. They made us feel right at home!”
“Drivin’ You Outta My Mind” was co-produced by Paul Carabello, Justin Woods and Clif Doyal. The song features LiveWire members Eutsler on vocals/acoustic guitar; Bobby DeGonia on electric guitars; Cory Shultz on fiddle and Brad Allen on drums. They were joined in the studio by pedal steel guitarist Scott Kwapiszeski and bassist Paul Carabello, who are also part of the group’s touring band.
“Drivin’ You Outta My Mind” is the band’s follow-up to its successful 2013 single release “Whiskey Sunday” which had an impressive run on the Texas and MusicRow radio charts. It spawned a music video which debuted on CMT.com, and is still receiving airplay on ZUUS Country, The Nashville Network and Yallwire, where it was the #1 most-watched Country video for two consecutive weeks last October. In addition, the song helped LiveWire earn a 2014 nomination for top “New Duo/Band/Group of the Year” from the Texas Regional Radio Music Awards (TRRMA).
Texas/Red Dirt radio promotion for LiveWire is handled by The Spacek Company and Dave Smith Promotions.
ABOUT LIVEWIRE:
Edgy, honest and passionate, LiveWire’s unique sound blends elements of working man’s Country and rootsy Southern Rock. The band’s music has found success at Country radio, both in the U.S. and in Europe, and its videos have received airplay on CMT Pure, ZUUS Country, The Nashville Network and Yallwire. Major media outlets including Billboard, the Texas Music Chart, Maverick and MusicRow magazine have all touted LiveWire’s talents. Since forming in the mid-’90s, the group’s reputation as a top-shelf live act has been honed by years of opening for, and performing on the same bill with, Toby Keith, LeAnn Rimes, Mark Chesnutt, Kix Brooks and Texas/Red Dirt artists Casey Donahew Band, Kyle Park and Bo Phillips, among many others. The sextet has performed across America and on the hallowed stage of The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville as national finalists in the 2009 Colgate Country Showdown. LiveWire released a self-titled EP in 2011 which included its debut radio hit single, “Tater Fed.” After signing with Way Out West Records, LiveWire released a video for “Tater Fed” and a single and video of “Miracle Of The Human Spirit,” which benefited the group’s storm-ravaged hometown of Joplin, Mo., struck by an EF-5 tornado in the spring of 2011. LiveWire released its debut album LIVIN’ on Way Out West in late 2012. The critically-acclaimed album produced the singles “Lies” and “Whiskey Sunday.” For more information about LiveWire visit their website at: www.livewirecountry.com.
ABOUT WAY OUT WEST RECORDS:
Way Out West Records is an independent record label which maintains offices in Nashville and Oklahoma. Since its founding in 2008, Way Out West has placed singles by LiveWire and label co-founder Shawna Russell on the Texas music charts, MusicRow, Billboard “New and Active” and European Hotdisc charts. For more information, click here: www.wayoutwestrecords.net.
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