Where:
Old Saloon
210 Railroad Lane Emigrant, MT
Description:
Born and raised in Wyoming, Kalyn Beasley is the product of rural upbringing that included rodeo, horses, hunting, fishing, and wide, wide open spaces. “You don’t get any more rural than Wyoming, if that’s what you mean by country”, says Beasley. While attending Montana State University, “on a recreational basis” as he likes to tell it, he found his passion in music and a gift for songwriting. He formed his first band with rodeo teammates and began writing and playing around Montana and Wyoming. A move to Austin to explore a larger music scene ultimately resulted in the breakup of the band and Kalyn began writing more extensively and playing solo and songwriter shows.
Kalyn Beasley now performs both solo and with his band, “The Honky Tonk Arcade” across the upper Mountain west. He’s opened for Chase Rice, Chancey Williams and Josh Turner and shared the stage with songwriting legends Kostas, Skip Ewing, and James Dean Hicks. His tour schedule includes appearances at both songwriter shows and larger regional festivals such as Red Ants Pants, Forget Me Knot and Harlow Music Fest.
Kalyn is set to release the first single off his fourth studio album, both titled ‘Ranchin’ Rich’, recorded early in 2025 in Austin and produced by Cody Braun of Reckless Kelly. “It was an absolute dream to work with Cody Braun and have some of the Reckless guys play on the record, I’ve been a huge fan of that band for a long time” says Beasley. Reckless Kelly has served as an influence for Beasley’s music not only in their unique adaptation of country and rock, but the very place they hail from, eastern Idaho, is not far from where Beasley lives.
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