Midland | Photo Credit: Harper Smith
GRAMMY-nominated, neotraditional country trio Midland turns up the heat today with their take on the timeless boot-stomping track “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey,” dropping you straight into a smoky dive bar where the drinks are flowing, lips are loosening, and the truth feels like a distant memory. Listen HERE.
Written by The SteelDrivers bandmates Chris Stapleton and the late Mike Henderson, “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey” is a quintessential dance hall jaunt. Grounded by Midland’s signature harmonies and rooted in their honky tonk tendencies, the shameless Saturday night anthem is equal parts confession and caution.
“‘Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey’ is a seminal honky tonk up tempo classic that Stapleton wrote and fine artists like Gary Allan and The SteelDrivers have cut and performed,” frontman Mark Wystrach shares. “We liked the song as it provided us with an opportunity to do a bluegrass arrangement on the chorus that really soars! It’s catchy as hell, up tempo and a lot of fun to play and sing.”
Listen to “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey” HERE and watch the official lyric video HERE.
On tour this spring and summer, Midland will bring “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey,” January release “Marlboro Man,” more new music, and their catalog of fan-favorite hits to crowds around the world, headlining stateside and throughout Europe. Tonight, they headline in Santa Fe, NM, before performing at The American Rodeo Semi-Finals at Globe Life Field next month. Full list of tour dates below, tickets available HERE.
MIDLAND 2026 TOUR DATES
4/17: Santa Fe, NM – Buffalo Thunder Resort Casino
5/22: Arlington, TX – Globe Life Field
6/13: Driggs, ID – Ridgeview Pro Rodeo
6/19: Grolloo, NLD – Holland International Blues Festival 2026
6/20: Copenhagen, Dk –Tivoli Gardens
6/24: Paris, FR – Alhambra
6/26: Arendel, Norway – Taste of Country
6/27: Interlaken, CH – Trucker & Country Festival 2026
7/16: Bakersfield, CA – Dignity Health Theater
7/17: Costa Mesa, CA – The Pacific Amphitheatre
7/18: Cabazon, CA – Morongo Casino Resort and Spa
7/21: Sacramento, CA – Cal Expo
7/24: Cardwell, MT – Headwaters Country Jam 2026
7/25: Sundance, UT – Sundance Mountain Resort
8/1: Sidney, MT – Richland County Fair & Rodeo
8/6: Sandpoint, ID – Festival at Sandpoint
ABOUT MIDLAND
GRAMMY® nominated traditional country revivalists Midland are the sound of the Southwest, a torchbearing Texas trio at the modern forefront of a post-Urban Cowboy country subgenre that continues spreading in popularity like wildfire. Front man Mark Wystrach, bassist / vocalist Cameron Duddy and guitarist / vocalist Jess Carson carve a singular lane with a relaxed, throwback sound that’s bred breakout hits like 5X Platinum “Drinkin’ Problem,” Platinum-certified “Burn Out,” and Gold-certified hits “Cheatin’ Songs,” “Make A Little,” and “On The Rocks.” Critically acclaimed albums like 2017 debut On The Rocks, Billboard chart-topping sophomore effort Let It Roll, 2022’s The Last Resort, and latest Barely Blue united fans of classic country music and critics alike, with rousing endorsements from Entertainment Weekly, GQ, The Washington Post, Vogue, Esquire, Variety, Rolling Stone and NPR.
Born of Dripping Springs, Texas, the trio of artist-writer disciples of Tornillo, Texas’ storied Sonic Ranch have “never met an audience they couldn’t conquer” (Rolling Stone), building a following that’s sold out the Houston Rodeo and Livestock Show, packed out multi-night stands at Ft. Worth’s iconic Billy Bob’s and re-opened North Hollywood’s legendary Palomino Club for one night only. Bringing listeners a resurgence of rich harmonies, sad melodies, tart, cheeky lyrics and steel guitar-dressed records, the retro-Nuevo trio has grown from bar band to an in-demand headliner. Midland is finalizing their next chapter of music now, previewed by their latest releases, “Marlboro Man” and “Drinkin’ Dark Whiskey.”
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