Red Dirt Unplugged: Wyatt Flores Artist's Edition

This edition will remain on sale through December 31, 2024. All orders ship in real time, subject to inventory.

This is the ultimate book for fans of Wyatt Flores (which should cast a really wide net here). This book takes the original release of Red Dirt Unplugged and tacks on 20 more pages dedicated to Flores's unprecedented rise from Payne County to the center of nearly every discussion about the future of country music. You'll get a healthy dose of behind-the-music, with Flores weighing in on the songs that put him on the map. You'll get reviews of multiple concerts in 2024, including his Cain's Ballroom debut and the subsequent comeback show at Wooly's in Des Moines, Iowa, that followed his mental health break — which also gets explored even further in this bonus chapter. If Wyatt Flores's story and his music has moved you, then you will not want to pass on this edition.

All Artist's Editions feature a back cover photo of the artist, and a dedication from the artist. A portion of all proceeds from Artist's Editions benefits the artist directly.

About the book

Singers, Songs and Stories Shining a Spotlight on Heartland Roots Music

Red Dirt Unplugged is the view from the wings as the Red Dirt music scene reaches heights never-before thought possible. At the crossroads of country, roots rock, and Americana, artists in the scene are enjoying sustained worldwide attention at a large scale for the first time in history. Wyatt Flores, Kaitlin Butts, Southall, Josh Meloy and more are walking through the doors opened by The Turnpike Troubadours and all the artists before them who first put the cracks in those same doors. As Red Dirt became less of an Oklahoma-centric scene and more of a catchall term for original, from-the-heart songwriting, harmonies and melodies, artists like Dylan Gossett, Vincent Neil Emerson, Courtney Patton, Bri Bagwell, Them Dirty Roses, and Vandoliers have been made welcome into the same fold, and find themselves thriving. Meanwhile, Red Dirt's oldest guard — The Great Divide — is in the midst of the finest moment of its three-decade career. Over time, John Moreland and John Calvin Abney only found a stronger grip on heartstrings. Even Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, themselves torchbearers for Arizona's roots rock scene, have made themselves inseparable from the musicians who claim Red Dirt. Venues like Tulsa's Mercury Lounge and Cain's Ballroom have combined history and swagger to become must-visit showrooms for artists and fans alike.

Red Dirt Unplugged gets into all of this. Structured around The Great Divide's 2023 homecoming concert at the Tumbleweed Dancehall in Stillwater, Oklahoma, it seamlessly connects the young artists in the midst of "blowups" like never before to the tradition, history, and confident arrogance that built Red Dirt. Author and journalist Josh Crutchmer had a front row seat to it all, and shares his perspective through an endless stream of artist interviews, side-stage musings, and thoughtful, old-fashioned concert reviews.

The natural sequel to Crutchmer's 2020 debut book, Red Dirt, this one is a can't miss for diehard fans and casual observers of this red-hot music scene.

The book is 294 pages, including 20 pages of photography featuring the artists showcased in Red Dirt Unplugged.

Early E-book Access: You will get access to the complete e-book version of Red Dirt Unplugged on November 13, 2024, one month before the book hits stores. (Epub and PDF formats).

We'll throw in both Red Dirt Unplugged stickers as well.

With this edition, you have the option to add a $10 donation to the Red Dirt Relief Fund, the nonprofit which provides assistance to Oklahoma musicians in need, to any order. You'll get a special commemorative sticker for your donation if you do.

This book will ship via USPS Priority Mail or the equivalent.