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Born on the Texas-Louisiana border the members of American Sons have been life long friends. Raised in the towns of Beaumont/Port Arthur, made famous by the likes of Tracy Byrd, Mark Chestnutt, Clay Walker and Janis Joplin just to name a few.. these guys have been no strangers to hard work and hard times. Growing up in an oil refining hot spot on the gulf coast meant you grew up with a shovel or a hammer in your hand. However, in the deep south, when you work hard you play even harder! No stranger to hauling hay or skinning a deer, Shane Droddy (vocals) grew up being a huge fan of classic country music. Listening to the likes of Don Williams, George Jones, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Jr. , and George Strait. While Droddy was cutting his teeth on the classic country gold, Jason Touchette (lead guitar/vocals) was discovering bands like KISS, Bad Company, AC/DC and still jamming to the classic soul tunes of Stevie Wonder...basically whatever he could get his hands on. Enter the 90's.. Touchette soon decided to hit the road with his rock band PoDunk and had major Billboard success sharing the stage with rock legends like Buck Cherry, Motley Crew, Peter Frampton, Saliva and Alice in Chains... while Droddy put his efforts into football and a tour in the US Air force. When they finally re-united in the summer of 2012 at Gruene Hall in historic Gruene Texas, they came to the conclusion it was time to finally do what they had talked about all these years...and hence American Sons was born. They brought the idea to another life long friend Producer Paul Soroski in Austin Tx and entered the studio just knowing they wanted to make a fun loving, hard rocking country record. That's when the magic happened. Mixing Touchettes southern, in your face, flying guitar riffs with Droddys subtle country twang combined with a party spirit that any true red blooded American can appreciate, American Sons delivers a raw Nashville sound with a Texas Red Dirt feel. These boys are slinging it like only country boys can.