$10 Day of Show. Come early. It's going to be a popular show!
Cody Canada and Mike McClure
Cody Canada, frontman for The Departed (and formerly Cross Canadian Ragweed), and Mike McClure of The Great Divide put on one heck of a show every time they play together at Blaine's Pub.
As a songwriter and producer, McClure has collaborated with many other Red Dirt artists including serving as the permanent producer for Cody's Cross Canadian Ragweed. Usually contributing also as a songwriter, he has produced five of their seven studio albums, jokingly earning him the title of "prodouchebag." 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.
In 2011 McClure Produced and Recorded with The Damn Quails, releasing "Down the Hatch" in October 2011.
In 2014, McClure produced and recorded The Chris Brazeal Band, releasing their 3rd album "A Heart Like Yours" in September 2014. He appears on their cover of Hal Ketchum's "Small Town Saturday Night".
Canada fronted Cross Canadian Ragweed, and with McClure's help, was instrumental in defining the Red Dirt sound. He's touring as the frontman of The Departed today.
This duo just recorded a record together. On November 13, 2015, Canada released a two-disc, 35-track album with McClure, Chip and Ray, Together Again for the First Time. The album was recorded in Port Aransas, and features songs they worked on or recorded together.
But you can come watch them together on this evening. It'll be a great show and many people will turn out because it is a classic Blaine's style show. So you don't want to miss it!