Born in Nashville, TN, Teddy and The Rough Riders have created a unique, genre bending version of Country Rock. Songs focus on close-harmony influences, soaring pedal steel, and grooving rhythms, modernizing the sounds of Little Feat, The Band, or Flying Burrito Bros, and always tending towards Country artists like The Louvin Bros, Buck Owens, and Billy Joe Shaver. Cutting their teeth in the hometown Honky-Tonk scene, as well as the garage/punk rock clubs throughout the south, TRR plays modern country rock that has seen them opening for such bands as Margo Price and Soccer Mommy. With a scheduled 2019 single release on Third Man Records, full LP release in the wings, and a full US tour, 2019 will be the year of the Rough Riders.

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