Cheers!
Midland’s The Last Resort Cruise kicked off with a tequila toast (the band partners with the Insolito brand) and a sail-away performance by the group: bassist Cameron Duddy, guitarist Jess Carson, and singer Mark Wystrach.
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Holiday in the Sun
Image Credit: Will Byington Midland bassist Cameron Duddy took the pool-deck stage with a T-shirt tied around his head and an open Hawaiian shirt revealing a day of too much fun in the sun.
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The Real Masked Singer
Image Credit: Will Byington Orville Peck, the masked country crooner, delivered his own mesmerizing performances and also joined Midland to debut a new collaboration: “The Hurting Kind,” off Peck’s upcoming album.
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All Duded Up
Image Credit: Will Byington Wherever he went on the Norwegian Pearl, Orville Peck was wearing one of his signature masks. At a welcome party on Day 1, it was a tan covering; photographed backstage here, he sports a Lone Ranger style black mask.
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Midland: Through the Years
Image Credit: Will Byington Midland marked their 10-year anniversary as a band — formed in 2014 at Cam Duddy’s wedding in Jackson Hole, Wyoming — with a panel discussion hosted by Rolling Stone.
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Feelin’ Good
Image Credit: Will Byington Jaime Wyatt played songs off her latest album ‘Feel Good,’ a mix of acoustic guitar numbers and moody keyboard compositions that had fans swaying from the music (not the waves).
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Captain & Crew
Image Credit: Will Byington All three members of Midland were ubiquitous aboard the ship, especially Mark Wystrach, who mingled with fans, crashed the stages of other artists, and, according to him, lost $1,200 on a single hand of blackjack in the casino.
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Crashlanded
Image Credit: Will Byington Madeline Edwards set sail just days before her birthday and garnered a navy’s worth of new fans who were wowed by her huge voice and the songs off her latest album, ‘Crashlanded.’
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Drink Up
Image Credit: Will Byington Midland’s Mark Wystrach — inexplicably shirtelss — and an Urban Cowboy-styling Cameron Duddy faced off with fans in a game of flip cup on the main deck.
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Pretty in Pink
Image Credit: Will Byington Kaitlin Butts was dazzling in a sparkly, beaded dress during her pool-deck performance, a rousing set that included songs like “Marfa Lights” and covers of Kesha’s “Hunt You Down” and the Chicks’ “Sin Wagon.”
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Son of Dad
Stephen Wilson Jr. played songs off his heralded double album ‘Son of Dad’ in the ship’s Stardust Theater. Among the highlights: the autobiographical “My Father’s Son.”
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Shipping Lanes
Image Credit: Will Byington Nikki Lane hosted “Nikki Lanes,” a night of bowling in the ship’s alley, and rolled a strike with her own ferocious live set backed by the Texas Gentlemen.
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Backslidin’ Again
Image Credit: Will Byington Silverada — the Texas band formerly known as Mike and the Moonpies — debuted songs from their upcoming self-titled album in a high-energy show that found singer Mike Harmeier getting back-to-back with bassist Omar Oyoque.
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Capt. Cleto
Image Credit: Will Byington Cleto Cordero led his band Flatland Cavalry (recently nominated for their first ACM Award) through a series of songs off their latest album, ‘Wandering Star,’ during their “High Seas Jamboree.”
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Orville, Who?
Image Credit: Will Byington Midland’s guitarist (and game-for-anything straight man) Luke Cutchen cut holes in a bandanna and masked up to sit in with Jonathan Terrell, whose daily shows at Magnum’s were some of the most freewheeling of the cruise.
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Sunset Tells the Story
Image Credit: Will Byington Midland’s The Last Resort Cruise sailed from Miami to Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas.