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This is Midland’s first RodeoHouston performance

Named after the Dwight Yoakam song “Fair to Midland”, the band was founded in Dripping Springs, Texas. The trio met separately around Los Angeles, where Carson and Duddy had formed an earlier band. Duddy and Wystrach met and formed a band after Carson left L.A., but the trio met up in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for Duddy’s wedding in August 2013. Both Wystrach and Carson acted as groomsmen. 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 and at the dinner rehearsal, they decided to form the band. After Duddy’s honeymoon, they went to Sonic Ranch in El Paso, TX; as stated by Wystrach, “When we went to the Sonic Ranch, we became a band. We walked away believing in what had happened”. The band later decided to rebase in Texas.