Eight years ago, “Drinking Problem” had dropped seemingly out of nowhere and the smooth vocal trio Midland were riding a growing wave of a country music resurgence . One night around that same time, I was on the patio of Justine’s French brasserie in Austin, Texas, talking with one of my favorite photographers, Linda Beecroft, when a very wild-eyed and heated Mark Wystrach, Midland’s singer, ran up saying he needed to talk to me immediately . Back then I wasn’t yet a full-time musician , nor had I even started my photo journey, but this night helped change all that.

“JT!” he fumed. “They fucking threw me out of the White Horse for some bullshit and I’m about to go back there and bust the door guy’s head.”

I walked Mark over to the bar and ordered us a round of tequila shooters an

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