Author: KHYI 95.3

Competing Week 2, August 14th Hat Tricks (Lewisville) Band: Blacktop Outlaw Band Members: Lucas Pittman – Bass Guitar/ Center Vocal Cody Pope – Lead Guitar/ Vocal Dallas Durham – Rhythm Acoustic Guitar/ Vocal Ryan Brown – Rhythm/Lead Guitar Steve Howell – Drums Band Bio: Exploding onto the Texas country seen in 2012, Blacktop Outlaw is […]

Last night we had three awesome bands come out to Love and War in Texas (Plano) and give it their best shot at the 2014 Shiner Rising Star competition! The numbers were close but Parallel Play and their folk crew came out on top and will be advancing to Round 2! Thank you, Lager and […]

Competing: Week 1, August 7th Love and War in Texas (Plano) Band Name: Parallel Play Band Members: Jeremy Drake: lead vocals, 5-string acoustic guitar, lyricist Jason Miears: tenor banjo and harmony Erin Gayden: upright bass and harmony Pappy McCall: percussion Band Bio: Bluegrass instrumentation in a rock band formation. The members of Parallel Play grew up as alternative […]

Competing: Week 1, August 7th Love and War in Texas (Plano) Band Name: Ole G and the Crew Band Members: Grant “Ole G” Braudrick – Guitar/vocals Matt McCllelan – Bass Mark Kafel – Drums Tommy Pyland – Guitar Haylie Brevig – Vocals Band Bio: Singer, Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist, Ole G, has been wowing crowds in the DFW […]

Competing: Week 1, August 7th Love and War in Texas (Plano) Band Name: Lager and the Fatties Band Members: Ryan J Edwards: Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar Cody “C.M.” Myers: Lead Guitar Kyle O’neal: Bass, Guitar & Backup Drums Taylor Fontenot: Drums Kyle “Keys” Davis: Keyboard Band Bio: Since starting up in 2006 in Lubbock, Tx, Lager […]

Here is the schedule for the first round of the 2014 Shiner Rising Star Competition. We hope to see y’all checking out these top 24 bands that made it into the competition with us! We have a few TBA locations that will be updated as soon as the venues are confirmed! 2014 SRS ROUND 1 […]

Don’t miss this Shiner Sunday with Bob Schneider! We’ve got Scott Sean White opening up at 4pm and Bob Schneider at 5pm. As always, we’ll be hanging out on the porch at Love and War in Texas (Plano) and cover is only $15! See y’all tomorrow!

The 2014 Shiner Rising Star Competition is ONE WEEK from TODAY!! Join us as we kick off Round 1 with Parallel Play, Lager & the Fatties and Ole G and the Crew! Week 1 will be at Love and War in Texas (Plano) and the judges will be Brett Dillon Khyi, Deryl Dodd and Tip […]

Practically growing up at a radio station, I have had the honor of meeting some of the greatest people in music; Willie, Pride, Haggard and one of the best singers Ray Price. When music and radio became a passion, I started interning at the age of 15.  I answered phones, took out trash and was […]

KHYI and Shiner Beer’s Shiner Rising Star competition is back! We’ve got 24 great bands battling it out for a recording contract with Shiner Records (up to $10,000 spent on the recording process with a name brand producer such as Gurf Morlix, Lloyd Maines, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Dan Baird, Jonathan Tyler and others) and a […]