Midland’s spotlight and their recognizability among country music fans has grown exponentially, and Mark Wystrach vividly remembers a moment where he felt the shift in energy last year. “I think going to the CMT Awards. I don’t think any of us really expected just the size of what a spectacle that is, to see just thousands and thousands of screaming fans. And every time we get up to go to the bar you have just hundreds of people pointing at you, taking photos yelling, and screaming at you.”
For Cameron Duddy, that night was memorable because he says, “Coolest thing is just hanging backstage with our contemporaries, which seems far out to say that, people that are mega stars that are our buddies. And I met Doug the Pug.”
Never ones to miss a chance to make people laugh, Jess Carson pointed out that Cam also met Mason Ramsey, aka the yodeling Walmart kid, that same night.
Cam says, “Well, Mason, he’s a very cute kid, but he’s got nothing on Doug the Pug. There I said it. That was the headline.”
Besides making jokes, Midland also makes great music, like their latest single, “Burn Out,” and they’re working on their sophomore album, which will be released later this year.
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Mark Wystrach – “I think going to the CMT Awards – I don’t think any of us really expected just the size of what a spectacle that is, to see just thousands and thousands of screaming fans. And every time we get up to go to the bar you have just hundreds of people pointing at you, taking photos yelling, and screaming at you.”
Cam Duddy – “Coolest thing is just hanging backstage with our contemporaries, which seems far out to say that, people that are mega stars that are our buddies and it’s just …”
Mark – “Pretty surreal.”
Cameron – “And I met Doug the Pug.”
Jess Carson – “And Mason Ramsey.”
Cam – “Well, Mason, he’s a very cute kid, but he’s got nothing on Doug the Pug. There I said it. That was the headline.”