These last couple of efforts really put us back in the creative process. We probably chased our tails a little bit for a while.

Shad Powers is a columnist for The Desert Sun.NASHVILLE Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks veered down a Red Dirt Road two years ago and never looked back.The duos new album, Hillbilly Deluxe, is a twangy rock n roll record with some soulful ballads and rowdy honky-tonk thrown in much closer in spirit and sound to Red Dirt Road than to the good-time party tunes of their early years.We kind of discovered a sound we really liked and felt we were at home with, Dunn said recently from what he calls his barn actually a rustic retreat where he does some of his recording.There was a time when we were literally instructed, or advised, to write good time honky-tonk songs that somehow leave a positive note on the table, and we chased that for a long time.Were probably as guilty as anybody you get so shocked at having success of wanting to recreate some of that, Brooks chimes in. They should be invited to play Stagecoach again in the future if they are still performing. The set got better as it went along and Dunn, in particular, sounded beautiful singing 'My Maria,' hitting the high notes and piercing through the blowing sand.īrooks & Dunn are a country legacy act, there's no doubt. They also played in what was becoming a brisk wind and Dunn mentioned that it was having an effect out there, but they powered through. There weren't a lot of theatrics or magical video screen moments.

Sunday's performance was solid, if not spectacular. They've performed together ever since and released the album 'Reboot' in 2019. They both performed as solo artists for five years before reuniting in 2015. The 2010 performance was part of their 'Last Rodeo' Tour as they announced that they would stop performing together in 2009 after they finished one more tour. The iconic duo played the very first Stagecoach in 2007 and came back in 2010. This was not Brooks & Dunn's first Stagecoach performance but it's been a while. Brooks & Dunn perform on the Mane Stage during Stagecoach at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., Sunday, April 30, 2023.

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