Logan Mize

Saturday, February 15, 2020Doors 7 PMShow 8 PM$20 Advance Kelowna Tickets$25 @ DoorLogan Mize’s life story has more twists and turns than therural Kansas backroads he grew up travelingTrying to get all of Logan Mize’s backstory straight is a little bit like herding cats. Butit makes for some great songwriting material.It involves stories about him living in his Suburban, Justin Timberlake being a fan, hisgreat uncle discovering Buck Owens back in Bakersfield, selling out 2,000-seat venueswith no record label behind him, driving a dump truck, wooing his now wife with sushiand a bucket of chicken wings, filming a commercial with Hayden Panettiere, gettinga smile and a nod from Merle Haggard during a performance and being named thetourism ambassador by the Governor of the state of Kansas.All true stories. And thereare more where those came from.There was that show he booked before any of his records came out. He and his bandsold out a 600-person capacity club. “We tried out all the songs,” Mize remembers.“They sold out of beer three times that night and they didn’t pay us much of anythingbecause I didn’t even know you had contracts for that sort of thing. That was mycrash course in touring and playing clubs. All my old friends, teachers, all the peoplewho laughed at me for going to Nashville–all of a sudden, we held their attention.For three hours. That night I was like ‘this might actually work.’”But before any of the musical momentum, a young Mize would sing Elton John songson a karaoke machine in his bedroom, but refused to sing in front of anyone. But aftera Kenny Chesney concert in Wichita, the course of this 16-year-old kid’s life wasforever changed.“I have gone through waves of what I want to happen with my career,” Mize says.“Sometimes I forget about the 16-year-old kid who wanted to be Kenny Chesney. Butultimately at the end of the day I am still that kid sitting in the nose-bleed sectionseeing all the semis parked out front of the arena. I wish I could say I’m just happy tobe in the game, but that’s not true. If we aren’t going to shootfor the biggestoutcome possible, why do anything?”That’s precisely why Logan Mize hasn’t let any of the pitfalls that have been sprinkledthroughout his musical journey slow him down. And why his new record,Come BackRoad, is his best one to date. Hehas endured bands breaking up. Drummers movingaway. Recording projects with big names going unfinished. He’s been homeless, he’sbeen turned down multiple times up and down Music Row, and he’s come out on topwith a project chock full of great songs thatis already generating more great storiesto add to the story that is his life.“This record has modern feels to it, but sounds a bit more Midwestern,” he said.“There are a lot of ethereal sounds that represent that open prairie to me. It’s more