Moonshine Bandits is an American country rap duo composed of Tex and Bird.[1] The duo formed in California in 2003 and has released a number of albums, the most recent being Baptized in Bourbon released in March 2017.

Contents 1 Music career 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Extended plays 2.3 Singles 2.4 Music videos 3 References 4 External links Music career

The duo was formed in California in 2003 and released their debut album, Soggy Crackerz.[1] 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.[1]

Moonshine Bandits signed with Suburban_Noize_Records for the release of their fourth album, Whiskey and Women, in 2011.[2] The music video for "My Kind of Country" premiered on CMT Pure Country in February 2012. With a special appearance by Mike Allsup (The Beard Guy playing the guitar). From Modesto, California. [3]

In 2014, they partnered with Average Joes Entertainment for their fifth album, Calicountry.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Discography Albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales US Country[7] US[8] USHeat[9] USIndie[10] USRap[11] 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 22 126 2 27 10 Blacked Out Release date: July 17, 2015 Label: Backroad Records 13 158 3 13 11 Baptized in Bourbon Release date: March 3, 2017 Label: Backroad Records 19 111 1 9 — US: 5,600[12] "—" denotes releases that did not chart