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Date Event Location
You Aint Heard Nothin' Yet Concert Series Garland, TX Garland, TX
Counterfeit Cowboy Flying Saucer, Fort Worth Flying Saucer, Fort Worth
Counterfeit Cowboy alongside Willy and The Wildcards Ruins , Dallas Ruins , Dallas
The Rustic Dallas, TX Dallas, TX
Wilkinsons Fine Leather Goods - Acoustic Set Denton, TX Denton, TX
Counterfeit Cowboy Adair's Saloon, Dallas, TX Adair's Saloon, Dallas, TX
Counterfeit Cowboy The Rustic, Dallas TX The Rustic, Dallas TX
Second Rodeo Brewing - Stockyards Fort Worth, TX Fort Worth, TX
Counterfeit Cowboy Craft and Growler Craft and Growler
Counterfeit Cowboy Sagebrush, Austin TX Sagebrush, Austin TX
Counterfeit Cowboy Hole in The Wall, Austin TX Hole in The Wall, Austin TX
Counterfeit Cowboy Adair's Saloon, Dallas, TX Adair's Saloon, Dallas, TX
Counterfeit Cowboy Jack's Tavern, Denton. TX Jack's Tavern, Denton. TX
SXSW The White Buffalo Room, Austin, TX The White Buffalo Room, Austin, TX
Counterfeit Cowboy Adair's Saloon, Dallas Adair's Saloon, Dallas

About

FIVE SOUTHERN BOYS Making a joyous noise

 

Counterfeit Cowboy was ecstatic to share their debut single ‘Praying on a Song’, recorded at Modern Electric Sound Recorders in Dallas with iconic producer Beau Bedford   (Paul Cauthen, Orville Peck, Wyatt Flores, Texas Gentlemen).   Now, after three subsequent single releases, another song captured at MESR is ready to tug at heartstrings around the world.

Sylvie streaming everywhere now!



 



 

BIOS

Counterfeit Cowboy’s is the combined force of 5 lifelong musicians and longtime friends

Ben Brittian, BA Classical Piano Performance, MBA (University of North Texas), keys, guitar, vocals

Carson Taylor, BS Computer Science, Philosophy, MBA (University of Alabama), bass

John Waterworth, BS Mechanical Engineering (Texas A&M),  MS M.E. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), drums

Preston Hall, Poet, Mobile AL, guitar, vocals

Tyler Friedman, Eagle Scout, Grapevine TX, pedal steel, guitar

Together, they piece together a collection of shared life experience that is synonymous with modern day brotherhood. Their adventures that began paddling up the local creek in a canoe have grown to span oceans, deserts, mountains and cities.  From organ music in the empty cathedrals of Paris, to Lynyrd Skynyrd on packed game-days in Tuscaloosa, from the silence of Rocky Mountain nights around the campfire, to the rhythm of two stepping in noisy Texas dance halls, the boys have been working on the sound through it all.   

Now they have shaped their life experiences and relationships into a sound that is inspired by all kinds of music, from the Muscle Shoals sound to Jim Croce, from Beethoven to George Jones, and more recent groups like the Texas Gentlemen or Khruangbin. The boys draw from a wide array of influence when composing their original tunes, and the result is a unique sound - old country roots with a modern twist. Whether they are writing about the Gen-Z experience of heartache and independence, or merely the urge to drink 20 ice cold beers, Counterfeit Cowboy presents familiar instruments in novel ways, creating danceable grooves and spacious soundscapes to accompany memorable melodies and honest lyrics.

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