Cameron Duddy of Midland has the distinction of being the only artist to perform on the Ryman stage with no pants on … we think. It happened when the group played the iconic venue back in May. According to Mark Wystrach, “Cameron jumped up as he does. He’s very explosive at times and very animated on stage. And he got this really cool vintage mariachi outfit and he jumped up and did a big kick at the end of Mr. Lonely or ‘Make a Little’ or ‘Whatever It Was.’”
Cameron picks up the story from there and says, “It was in the middle of [their current single] ‘Mr. Lonely,’ actually. So I had to play the rest of the song with the split in my pants, and it went from crotch to all the way to the butt. So I went offstage and then I came back on. I just thought it’d be funny go out there in my underwear for a second.”
Cameron eventually put some pants back on to finish the show, but Mark admits, “At the time I was actually kind of pissed off. Just, I think, because I was so focused and just whatever it was. And then I laughed my ass off like once we got done with the show.”
Fortunately, the audience seemed to get a good laugh out of Cameron’s pants-less performance as well.
Midland – Cam in underwear Ryman :40
Mark Wystrach – “Cameron jumped up as he does. He’s very explosive at times and very animated on stage. And he got this really cool vintage mariachi outfit and he jumped up and did a big kick at the end of Mr. Lonely or ‘Make a Little’ or ‘Whatever It Was.’
Cameron Duddy – It was in the middle of ‘Mr. Lonely,’ actually. So I had to play the rest of the song with the split in my pants, and it went from crotch to all the way to the butt. So I went offstage and then I came back on. I just thought it’d be funny go out there in my underwear for a second.”
Mark – “At the time I was actually kind of pissed off. Just, I think, because I was so focused and just whatever it was. And then I laughed my ass off like once we got done with the show.”