Dustin Evans grew up in Wessington Springs, SD , a town of about 1,000 people, where his father Kyle Evans was already well-known for his cowboy and rodeo music.
Dustin got involved in music at a very young age, influenced mainly by his father. Dustin learned most of his dad's songs and was singing them with true pitch at the age of three. As a teen, he taught himself to play guitar, drums, bass, and piano, and began writing his own songs.
After High School, Dustin started a band called the Outriders, and later joined Good Times , an already popular South Dakota act. Good Times is comprised of extremely talented musicians with a wide range of influences and experience.
Award-winning talent buyer Gil Cunningham took a liking to Dustin and the band and booked them for several major festivals over the next few years. Corporate sponsorships with companies like U.S. Smokeless Tobacco and Roper Apparel and Footwear soon followed. They were playing bigger shows, performing original material, and further expanding their fan-base as a result.
The group's talent and likeability has spawned friendships with some of the biggest names in country music, which makes them very popular as an opening act for such artists.
"Dustin Evans and Good Times" has gone on to gain outstanding regional popularity, and Dustin has since relocated to Nashville, TN, where he hopes to further the band's success, as well as his own songwriting abilities.
He has recorded four albums in Nashville. He also released a CD single of an original song called "If I Die Before You Wake" that has become very popular among our armed forces and their families.
After the untimely death of country legend Chris LeDoux , Dustin was asked to join LeDoux's band, Western Undergound , to do a series of concerts. The band brought some of Chris's music back to his fans, and gradually began to incorporate new material. They recently released their first album project, Unbridled .
Each band is doing well, and Dustin plans to stay involved with both, as long as the schedules permit.
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Unbridled
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