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Katy, Texas born and bred, Will Carter and his band launch their electric live show to national stages as they continue to herd accolades across the Lone Star State for Will’s songwriting and for the band’s live performance. This country artist has landed over a dozen singles on the Texas music charts with three crossing over to Nashville’s Music Row Chart. Carter’s appetite for storytelling and engaging sets have earned a 2022 “Band Of The Year” nomination and four nominations for “Male Artist of the Year,” including one for 2023, at the annual Texas Country Music Awards.

Carter accredits his hard-won success to his tight-knit family. Between homeschooling, breaking horses, milking goats and tending crops, young Will had to carve out time between his chores to hone in on his songwriting and guitar skills. From his family scrapbooks, Will took his first stage at age three and picked up the guitar at age 10.

When Carter was a teenager, his father became severely ill. Like so many of us, he created a playlist of his father’s favorite songs to share with his dad in hopes of providing some comfort and an escape for his dad. Seeing the initial impact from the music, Will recorded these songs and sold CDs to help raise money for his family. This creative and active way of assisting his family landed him on the Debra Duncan television show when he was just 13. Those songs were played for his father every day until he passed. The peace, comfort, and inspiration of that period would serve as the catalyst for Carter’s songwriting and performance career.

Carter bravely pursued his passions kickstarting his professional career in 2016 after a stint with Texas dance hall headliners The Emotions. His debut album, Good Bad Idea, in 2019, laid the foundation for his sound paving a lane on the sonic highway blazed by headliners Mark Chesnutt, Jack Ingram & Easton Corbin. Since then, Carter has been actively touring with his band, performing 150-200 shows each year. Will’s confident, high-energy performances are a country music tour de force appealing to music fans of all ages and putting industry eyes on this remarkable emerging talent.

The Will Carter Band has opened for Cody Johnson, Randy Rogers, Bart Crow, Jack Ingram, Larry Gatlin, Saints Eleven, Josh Ward, Cody Canada, and played SXSW. Carter and his music have been featured on podcasts such as The Troubadour, The Sports Guys, and Scenes Live. Their releases can also be heard on radio stations nationally with particularly heavy airplay in Texas and surrounding states.

Will’s sound has also won over coveted industry reviewers:

“Carter’s crystal-clear vocals are backed by slick, Red Dirt country filled with fiddles and pedal steel.” -Texas Music

“Inspired by Mark Chesnutt, John, Michael Montgomery and Garth Brooks. You can hear it in his rich, supple voice.”-Houston Chronicle

“He became a singer-songwriter who explores the commonalities and concerns of small-town America.” -Cowboys & Indians

There are few artists today who can match Carter’s blend of native talent, determination, and drive. Audiences find his lyrics compelling and his live shows invigorating.

Band Members:

Will Carter (Lead Vocals and Guitar)

Dillan Dostal (Lead Guitar, Vocals)

Bino (Fiddle)

Bobby Tapia (Bass, Vocals) Jacob Lee (Drums, Vocals)

Links To:

Sway (Official Live Performance Video): https://youtu.be/rQDk8S5NRIU

Website: www.WillCarterBand.com

YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCPNUrXzZlp7xYwQrygEUI8Q

Facebook: www.facebook.com/WillCarterOfficial

Instagram: www.instagram.com/WillCarterBand/

Bandsintown: www.bandsintown.com/a/11364590-will-carter-band/

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Followers:

Instagram – 9,384 YouTube – 443 TikTok – 538 Facebook – 7,421 Spotify – 518 Bandsintown – 640 Twitter – 1,561

Radio Airplay:

Will Carter has had 14 charting singles on Texas country radio, with “You Feel Like Home” breaking the Top 10 coming in at #8 on the Texas Regional Radio Report

Nominations:

Male Vocalist of the Year at the Texas Country Music Association Awards – 2018

Male Vocalist of the Year at the Texas Country Music Association Awards – 2019

Male Vocalist of the Year at the Texas Country Music Association Awards – 2020/2021 Country Band of the Year at the Texas Country Music Association Awards – 2022

Bassist of the Year (Bobby Tapia) at the Texas Country Music Association Awards – 2022 Male Vocalist of the Year at the Texas Country Music Association Awards – 2023

Awards:

Songwriter of the Year at the Texas Country Music Association Awards – 2018

Songwriter of the Year at the Texas Country Music Association Awards – 2019

Songwriter of the Year at the Texas Country Music Association Awards – 2020/2021

Appearances:

Performed for the Texas Regional Radio Awards Future Faces show 2019

Performed for the Texas Regional Radio 10th Anniversary Music Awards Show After Party – 2020

Performed for Houston’s H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade – 2018

Chosen to compete in Larry Joe Taylor Songwriting Competition – 2020

Performed for the Texas Country Music Awards 2020

Performed for the Texas Country Music Awards 2021 Performed for the Texas Regional Radio 10th Anniversary Music Awards Show After Party

Headlined four nights at Fiesta San Antonio’s 73rd Annual Night In Old San Antonio – 2022

Performing for the Texas Country Music Awards – November 2022

Charity Events:

Texas Children’s Hospital – AmpUrRoom

AVM Research Foundation

Helping Hands Foundation

JJ Watt Foundation

Guitars and Cars – US Vets

Venues Played:

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Tulsa, OK

Twin Sisters Dance Hall – Blanco, TX

Rattlesnake Ballroom – Walnut Springs, TX

Texas Thunder Radio Showcase – Shiner, TX

Dosey Doe Big Barn – The Woodlands, TX

Texas Fairs and Events Convention – Galveston, TX

Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo BBQ Cook-off – Houston, TX

SWSW – Austin, TX

Mainstreet Fest – Grapevine, TX

Texas Music City Grill – Lindale, TX Schroeder Hall – Goliad, TX

The Rustic – Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, TX

Fiesta San Antonio’s NIOSA – San Antonio, TX

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