# Moonshine Bandits

Moonshine Bandits is an American country rap group composed of Dusty "Tex" Dahlgren and Brett "Bird" Brooks. The duo formed in California in 2003 and has released a number of albums, the most recent being The Whiskey Never Dries released in August 2019.

## Music career

The duo was formed in California in 2003 and released their debut album, Soggy Crackerz. They met up with Ty Weathers who is the founder of Burn County Music, which has continued to work closely in assisting majority of the Moonshine Bandits Blue Core/Dirt Rock sound. Soggy Crackerz was followed by Prohibition in 2006 and Divebars and Truckstops in 2010.
Moonshine Bandits signed with Suburban Noize Records for the release of their fourth album, Whiskey and Women, in 2011. The music video for "My Kind of Country" premiered on CMT Pure Country in February 2012 with a special appearance by Mike Allsup (The Bearded Guy playing the guitar) from Modesto, California.
In 2014, they partnered with Average Joes Entertainment for their fifth album Calicountry. Calicountry sold 3,000 copies in its first week of release, debuting at number 22 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 126 on the Billboard 200.
Their sixth album, Blacked Out, was released in July 2015, and it debuted at No.158 on the Billboard 200 and No. 13 on the Top Country Albums chart, No. 10 on the Top Rap Albums chart, selling 4,000 copies in its debut week.

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Album details | US | US Heat. | US Indie | US Rap | US Country | Sales |
| Soggy Crackerz | Release date: October 21, 2003 Label: JLM Entertainment | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Prohibition | Release date: June 27, 2006 Label: IMN Records | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Divebars and Truckstops | Release date: February 2, 2010 Label: MSB Entertainment | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whiskey and Women | Release date: May 10, 2011 Label: Suburban Noize Records | — | — | — | — | 65 | |
| Calicountry | Release date: February 4, 2014 Label: Backroad Records, Suburban Noize Records | 126 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 22 | |
| Blacked Out | Release date: July 17, 2015 Label: Backroad Records | 161 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | |
| Baptized in Bourbon | Release date: March 3, 2017 Label: Backroad Records | 111 | 1 | 9 | — | 19 | US: 5,600 |
| Gold Rush | Release date: October 5, 2018 Label: MSB Entertainment | — | 6 | 24 | — | — | US: 1,700 |
| Fire | Release date: September 18, 2020 Label: MSB Enetertainment | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pour Decisions | Release date: July 14, 2023 Label: MSB Entertainment | — | — | — | — | — | |

### Extended plays

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Heat. | US Country |
| Rebels on the Run | Release date: September 30, 2014 Label: Backroad Records | 35 | 49 |
| The Whiskey Never Dries | Release date: August 2, 2019 Label: MSB Entertainment | 10 | 29 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Album |
| 2014 | "Throwdown" (with The Lacs) | Calicountry |
| 2015 | "Outback" (with The Lacs & Durwood Black) | Blacked Out |
| 2017 | "Take This Job" (with David Allan Coe) | Baptized in Bourbon |
| 2023 | "Wild" (with Buckcherry) | Pour Decisions |

### Music videos

| Year | Video | Director | Producer |
| 2011 | "Get Loose" | | Burn County |
| 2011 | "For the Outlawz" (with Colt Ford and Big B) | | Burn County |
| 2012 | "My Kind of Country" | Scott Hansen | Burn County |
| 2012 | "Super Goggles" | Paul Cain | Burn County |
| 2012 | "Dive Bar Beauty Queen" | Scott Hansen | Burn County |
| 2014 | "California Country" | Scott Hansen | Phivestarr |
| 2014 | "Throwdown" (with The Lacs) | Scott Hansen | Burn County |
| 2014 | "We All Country" (with Colt Ford, Sarah Ross and Demun Jones) | Daniel Henry | |
| 2015 | "Outback (Extended Remix)" (with Durwood Black, Redneck Souljers, Bubba Sparxxx, Demun Jones, The Lacs, D. Thrash, Moccasin Creek and Lenny Cooper) | Ed Pryor | Burn County |
| 2016 | "Dead Man's Hand" | Ken Madson | Burn County |
| 2017 | "Take This Job" (with David Allan Coe) | Ken Madson | |
| 2017 | "I'm A HellRazor" | Ken Madson | Burn County |
| 2018 | "Buried As An Outlaw" | | |
| 2018 | "Rebel Red Hot" | | Burn County |
| 2019 | "Do It Again" | Josh Fields | Phivestarr |
| 2020 | "Red, White and Boozed" | Josh Fields | Phivestarr |
| 2020 | "I'm On Fire" | @Kreatewithkvnvas | Burn County |
| 2020 | "Watchya Got" | Josh Fields | |
| 2021 | "Live the Madness" | Josh Fields | Burn County |
| 2021 | "American Summer" | Josh Fields | Burn County |
| 2022 | "Like 'Em Wild" | Josh Fields | Brad Cox/Burn County |
| 2023 | "I'm a Rebel" | Josh Fields | Burn County |
| 2023 | "I'm a Problem" | Josh Fields | Brad Cox/Burn County |
| 2023 | "Wild" | Josh Fields | Brad Cox/Burn County |
| 2023 | "Outta Towners" | Hatch 86 Films | Brad Cox/Burn County |
| 2023 | "Chasing Ghosts" | Hatch 86 Films | Brad Cox/Burn County |
| 2024 | "Party Cove" | Josh Fields | Phivestarr |
| 2024 | "Boots on Bars" | Hatch 86 Films | Brad Cox/Burn County |