When Midland chose the name of their band, they were inspired by the Dwight Yoakam song, “Fair to Midland.”  Lead singer Mark Wystrach (WHY-strack) explains the reason that song resonated so much with them is because, “that the song is about a guy that loses what was most pure, most honest and was true love. And he lost it in the pursuit of something that was glittering and something was gold. And the song is about if you could go back in time he would go for what’s true. And it was important, I think, when the three of us came together it was three very strong personas and different perspectives musically and Midland itself, it encaptured that idea because it was a reference from that song.”

The guys also felt like Midland sounded like a place the three of them would live.  Mark says, “It also was kind of symbolic of a place where the three of us come together and the rest of the world is, it’s different when the three of us are together.  It is this place, it’s almost like a place that we live, Midland.”

Then they realized Midland is a real city in Texas, where they currently live, just outside of Austin, and it seemed even more perfect.  Midland is currently living in the top 20 on the charts with their debut single, “Drinkin’ Problem,” although at the rate it’s been moving up, they’ll soon be moving into the top 15.

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Mark Wystrach – “The name Midland was inspired by the Dwight Yoakam song ‘Fair to Midland.’ And the reason why that was important was that the song is about a guy that loses what was most pure, most honest and was true love. And he lost it in the pursuit of something that was glittering and something was gold. And the song is about if you could go back in time he would go for what’s true. And it was important, I think, when the three of us came together it was three very strong personas and different perspectives musically and Midland itself, it encaptured that idea because it was a reference from that song. And it also was kind of symbolic of a place where the three of us come together and the rest of the world is, it’s different when the three of us are together.  It is this place, it’s almost like a place that we live, Midland.  And then we found out that it’s actually a real city in Texas.”