Hometown: Republic, MO
Label: Burndt Donut Records
Management: JC Davis
Website: www.facebook.com
Sounds Like: Laura Ashley Music, Stoney LaRue, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Cody Canada, Ryan Collins
Genre: Country
Rusty Rose, Red Dirt Band from Southwest Missouri. The band began in 2004 as a country band in Branson, Mo. Roots from Oklahoma and California Country-Rock led listeners to begin defining them as having a "Red Dirt" sound. The band consists of JC Davis, Johnny Freas, Danny Hauer, David Cantrell and Danny Hairell. RR has opened for Cody Johnson and Craig Wayne Boyd and Barret Baber. They have performed throughout Southwest Missouri as well as Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.