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Saturday 30 July 2022 5:09

Updated Saturday 30 July 2022 5:09

Logan Mize and his country band rocked the Montezuma County Fairgrounds Friday night. (Jim Mimiaga/The Journal)

Bands performed for hours on Friday night to a festive crowd

More than 1,000 tickets were sold for an outdoor country concert that kicked off the Montezuma County Fair Friday night.

Young and old gathered at the outdoor arena in light rain to hear opening band Tim Montana and headliner Logan Mize perform.

The muddy, wet conditions dampen the crowd’s enthusiasm.

Savannah Story of Cortez belted out the national anthem and the covered stands kept the crowd dry.

The more hardy ones stood in light rain and mud and kids raced around and fought.

The rain stopped as Tim Montana and his band took the stage.

The long-bearded cowboy rose from poverty growing up in Montana and landed his first record deal after fan Charlie Sheen funded his first music video.

“We crashed the car, and the video went viral,” Montana said.

His upbeat original songs got the crowd’s attention and he peppered his set with songs from Kid Rock, Eminem and ZZ Top.

“I’m definitely a new fan,” said one man in the audience.

Tim Montana and his band performed an energetic show for the crowd at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds on Friday night. (Jim Mimiaga/The Journal)

No one minded the mud and light rain for the country music concert that kicked off the Montezuma County Fair Friday night. (Jim Mimiaga/The Journal)

Savannah Story sings the national anthem to set the stage for the country music concert Friday night at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds. (Jim Mimiaga/The Journal)

Logan Mize and his band went out with a polished and powerful country sound.

Before the show, he ran the trail at Phil’s World, got a little lost and got caught in a lightning storm.

“I slipped and slipped, and thought I might perish here in Montezuma County, but I got back!” he said.

Mize’s straight country rock style is inspired by his small town lifestyle growing up in Kansas and has echoes of John Mellencamp and Tom Petty.

His upbringing and his lyrics parallel the rural, agricultural roots of Montezuma County.

“There are so many characters out here that you meet, and they’re all pretty stoic and quiet,” Mize says in a biography of small-town America. “But if you follow along long enough, there’s always a story you’ll pick up. And those stories can be across the spectrum, from light to dark.”

After living in Nashville where he recorded his fifth album “Welcome to Prairieville”, Mize moved back to his Midwestern roots in Kansas to a family farm where he finds inspiration for music and songwriting.

“I think moving back to Kansas gave me perspective. Once I got out here, and I’m actually immersed in this lifestyle, I found it a lot easier to be myself, to be the rock guy singing these songs,” he says in a biography. “I farm up here. It’s all more believable. You listen to it and I live that lifestyle. I think it’s easier to sell to people and it’s easier for me to sell it because it’s real .”

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