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Mattress Firm Music Fest at Cotton Bowl® Stadium during State Fair of Texas® in Dallas, Texas

Randy Rogers Band, Josh Abbott Band, Easton Corbin, Jerrod Niemann
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Mattress Firm Music Fest at Cotton Bowl® Stadium during State Fair of Texas® in Dallas, Texas

Mattress Firm Music Fest at Cotton Bowl® Stadium during State Fair of Texas® in Dallas, Texas

DATE:
Saturday, October 18, 2014
TIME:
Doors | 4:00 PM
Showtime 5:00 PM
LOCATION:
Cotton Bowl® Stadium during State Fair of Texas®
Cotton Bowl Stadium
3750 The Midway
Dallas, Texas 75215
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About this Event:
For the first time in more than a decade there will be concert activity at Cotton Bowl Stadium during the State Fair of Texas in the inaugural Mattress Firm Music Fest.

The stacked line-up for the party will include headline performances by Texas country music sensations Randy Rogers Band and the Josh Abbott Band, along with Mercury artist and 2010 ACA’s Break Through Artist of the year Easton Corbin, and Sea Gayle Records nine-time award nominated hit maker, Jerrod Niemann.

The event will take place in the infield of the Cotton Bowl. All ticket prices include your $17 admission into the State Fair when purchased in advance. On the day of the event, to collect your Fair admission ticket you must check-in with your Outhouse event ticket at the Mattress Firm Music Fest tables located outside each Fair entrance gate. Fair gates open at 10:00am and Cotton Bowl gates open at 4:00pm, with music beginning at 5:00pm.

Price: $0.00 - $45.00
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RANDY ROGERS BAND
Authenticity isn’t something that can be manufactured in a studio. It’s not a craft that can be learned or artfully practiced. It comes from living life. It’s the byproduct of blood, sweat and tears and as the foundation for music, it elevates mere entertainment to compelling art. Every note, every word on the Randy Rogers Band’s new album Nothing Shines Like Neon rings with authenticity that makes each song linger with the listener long after the music fades.

“You’ve just got to be true to yourself and you can’t fool anybody,” Rogers states matter of factly of the band’s philosophy. “As a whole, our body of work is pretty consistent to our live show and the band that plays on the record is the band that you go see.”

The same line up has been performing together since 2002 and the music has evolved as they’ve soaked up life experience. “As men we’ve all matured and lived a lot of life together,” Rogers says. “We’ve had a few breakups happen to us. We’ve had babies. We’ve had life changes. We’ve been on the road 200 shows a year. I’ve been in this band 15 years so a lot has changed. I still listen to Merle Haggard every night. I mean that hasn’t changed, but a lot has changed for us musically and privately. We all are in a good spot and we all are just as good friends as when we started.”

Camaraderie and creativity have made Rogers and bandmates Geoffrey Hill (guitar), Johnny “Chops” Richardson (bass guitar), Brady Black (fiddle), Les Lawless (drums) and Todd Stewart (utility player) one of the top bands on the competitive Texas music scene. Nothing Shines Like Neon continues the momentum established by the band’s four previous albums—Randy Rogers Band, Burning the Day, Trouble and Homemade Tamales, each of which went to No. 1 on iTunes. Earlier in 2015, Rogers joined friend Wade Bowen to record the critically acclaimed album Hold My Beer Vol. 1.

Produced by Nashville legend Buddy Cannon (Willie/Merle) at Cedar Creek in Austin, RRB’s news album Nothing Shines Like Neon showcases the band’s taut musicianship as well as Rogers’ earnest vocals and insightful songwriting on such instant classics as the groove laden “Rain and the Radio,” the heartbreak anthem “Neon Blues” and the playful “Actin’ Crazy,” a duet with Jamey Johnson. “Jamey and I wrote that song together,” Rogers notes. “I met a movie star a few days before Jamey and I were going to write. I was in LA playing at the House of Blues and he came out to the show. I was thinking about him …and thinking about being a struggling actor living in LA and having to put up with all the bullshit that LA is. I just wrote that song about him.”