2016 Red Dirt on The Range featuring Cody Canada & The Departed

Red Dirt on the Range: Cody Canada & The Departed along with Mike McClure Band to Headline Music/Golf Event in Big Timber

The Overland Golf Course, along with VI Productions, are proud to announce Cody Canada & The Departed’s return to Montana as the Saturday night headliner for the Red Dirt on the Range golf and music event on September 3, 2016 at the Overland Golf Course in Big Timber, MT.

Join us on Saturday, September 3, for the second annual Red Dirt on the Range Golf Scramble followed by a public concert on the golf course! For tournament details, call 406-930-1670.

After the golf scramble, we invite you to join us at the golf course for an evening of great live music!

Cody Canada & The Departed

The latest, tight incarnation of the Cody Canada-led group The Departed isn’t a reinvention of the group’s sound, or a reimagining of Canada’s musical perspective – it’s a reunion. As with any reunion, the passing years have provided the involved parties with new and unique perspectives, breathing vibrant excitement into their streamlined new environment.

In the wake of Ragweed’s 2010 dissolution, most fans likely expected – and few would’ve blamed – Canada for adhering to the heart-sleeved, Okie-rocker recipe that propelled Canada into a true Rock

Star realm. Bolstering his bad-ass bona-fides even more, however, was his decision to choose the dirt road less traveled. By finally partnering up with Seth James, a long-time friend universally admired for his soulful skills, Canada’s words had a different backdrop that certainly represented commercial risk, but offered an unusually fresh outlet where the iconic songs of his past, for a while, stayed in the past. For three years, Canada became a side-man for sections of each concert as the Departed quickly built a reputation as a crack band focused on packing as much expertly-curated song-craft into each show as possible, eschewing the demands for “more Ragweed!”

This is a rock and roll renewal only an artist with Canada’s strength of will and determined vision is capable of. He’s making great use of a rare chance few artists ever receive. He now knows what he only started to understand many years ago, and his words are all the more impactful as a result.

Mike McClure Band

Mike McClure got his start in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and would hang out and play music at the notorious "Farm" with other Red Dirt artists such as Bob Childers, Tom Skinner, and Scott Evans. After forming The Great Divide in 1992 and contributing to six studio albums and one live two-part album, McClure set out to do his own thing.

As a songwriter and producer, McClure has collaborated with many other Red Dirt artists. He has become the permanent producer for Cross Canadian Ragweed. Usually contributing also as a songwriter, he has produced five of their seven studio albums. McClure has also produced albums by other artists around the scene such as Stoney LaRue, Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Scott Copeland, Johnny Cooper, Whiskey Myers, and the Turnpike Troubadours.

Concert tickets are $15 in advance/$20 at the gate. They are available online, at the Overland Golf Course, and Teri’s Gift Shop. Gates will open at 6pm with music starting at 7pm. The Overland Golf Course is located at 338 Big Timber Loop Rd in Big Timber.

VIP Pre-Party at The Timber Bar with Cody Canada & Mike McClure | Friday, September 2

Private Acoustic, VIP Pre-Party with Cody Canada & Mike McClure at the Timber Bar on Friday, September 2 at 9PM. Only 100 tickets available. Buy yours today on this page, at The Timber Bar in Big Timber or Teri's Gift Shop in Big Timber. $15 each. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-red-dirt-on-the-range-featuring-cody-canada-the-departed-tickets-27319032963

Visit www.viproductionsmt.com for more details