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Midland's Mark Wystrach, Cam Duddy, and Jess Carson like their music straight-up. Hardcore country, the kind you find in forgotten bars in Arizona, New Mexico, parts of Texas, Bakersfield, Reno, wherever the neon’s buzzing, but not quite dead. The Grammy®-nominated trio brings a resurgence of their thick harmonies, sad melodies, tart lyrics and steel guitar with The Last Resort! When “Drinkin' Problem” hit, time melted. With an unapologetic profession of bar-fly reality, the steel wells up, Wystrach’s voice lags as he walks listeners through the dissolving world of “living on the rocks.” Reality was not one, but two Grammy® nominations for the unlikely trio who got together at a mutual friend’s Montana wedding. Their vocal chemistry and overlapping musical influences forged an alliance that’s created an oasis of Wurlitzer country for icehouses, taverns, beer joints, out of the way honky-tonks and other hole in the walls. Strung out on Gary Stewart, Midland represented a time in country music marked by the Dukes of Hazard, Clint Eastwood, Smokey & the Bandit, Trans-Ams, 18-wheelers, oil rigs, two lane highways, cheap cigarettes, mezcal worms and falling in love for the night. Not much has changed as the trio has changed 21st Century country for the post-Urban Cowboy set.. It’s not fancy, but it’s got style. Cool, kicked back, chilled out, real without trying, they understand it’s now or never for this kind of country. So, this is The Last Resort, a place that never forgets. Pour yourself a tall one, crack a longneck and settle in. It’s one of those kinds of nights... or mornings after.