Midland’s debut single, “Drinkin’ Problem,” has struck a chord with people who love their late 70’s /early 80’s country throwback sound, and the guys think it’s because they’ve found a musical lane where not a lot of new music is being made. Bassist Cameron Duddy says, “What’s interesting about country radio across the board is that they’ll play what’s current now. Sam Hunt’ll play and then the next song is Brooks and Dunn. So there’s still a voracious appetite for that stuff and there hasn’t been a lot of new creation in that lane and I think that’s why people are hungry for it. There hasn’t been a lot of artists making that kind of music.”
The guys didn’t set out to fill a void in country music. Cameron says, “That’s just the music that we like and that’s what we’re playing and we’re just happy that people like it. If this was two years ago I don’t know if we’d be having this conversation. So it just happens to be the right place at the right time and we put in our 10,000 hours and we’re ready to do it.”
Midland will be putting in a ton of hours this week in Nashville for the CMA Music Fesitval with performances and multiple autograph signings. You can keep up with them @MidlandOfficial on Twitter and Instagram, or on their web site, midlandofficial.com.
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Cameron Duddy – “Well, what’s interesting about country radio across the board is that they’ll play what’s current now. Sam Hunt’ll play and then the next song is Brooks and Dunn. So there’s still a voracious appetite for that stuff and there hasn’t been a lot of new creation in that lane and I think that’s why people are hungry for it. There hasn’t been a lot of artists making that kind of music. So yeah I think that we’re just hitting a lane, I guess, that people aren’t getting enough new creation of as far as the sound goes, but that’s just the music that we like and that’s what we’re playing and we’re just happy that people like it. If this was two years ago I don’t know if we’d be having this conversation. So it just happens to be the right place at the right time and we put in our 10,000 hours and we’re ready to do it.”