Cimarron 615 with Mary Scholz
CIMARRON 615 Featuring Members of the Legendary POCO in a Special Tuesday Night Concert in the Grand Ballroom! Please come and give a huge Fort Worth Welcome to this stellar band on their way to SXSW! Vibrant New Country Rock with Deep Genre Roots
Doors at 6:30pm
Mary Scholz at 7:15pm
Cimarron 615 at 8:00pm
BYOB with some complimentary beverages and snacks while they last. Complimentary setups also available.
On their debut album Brand New Distance, Cimarron 615 announce themselves as a vibrant new voice with rich Nashville roots. The 10-song record channels a collective heritage that includes Poco, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Loretta Lynn into a refreshingly contemporary take on harmony-laden, narrative country rock.
Marrying bluegrass instrumentation (banjo, mandolin, Dobro) to breezy California country rock, gritty blues, and pop sensibilities, Cimarron 615 effortlessly traverses everything from stripped-down acoustic arrangements to full-on three-guitar rock.
Cimarron 615’s story goes back to country-rock legends Poco and their late frontman Rusty Young, with whom all five members have musical history. When Young passed in 2021, Blue Élan Records head Kirk Pasich organized a tribute concert and album featuring the musicians who would become Cimarron 615 as the house band. The chemistry between the quintet was so palpable that Pasich offered them a record deal as a standalone touring act.
“They’ve got a history and a legacy but, make no mistake, they’re a new band,” said Pasich. “Every song on the album could be a single – it’s that strong.”
Named for the Poco classic “Rose of Cimarron” and Nashville’s 615 area code, every member of Cimarron 615 is a respected songwriter, accomplished singer, and virtuosic instrumentalist. The band features Tom Hampton (Marshall Tucker Band, Idlewheel) on guitars, mandolin, banjo, and vocals; Bill Lloyd (Foster & Lloyd, Buck Owens) on guitar and vocals; drummer/percussionist and vocalist Rick Lonow (Loretta Lynn, Flying Burrito Brothers); Jack Sundrud (Vince Gill, Great Plains) on bass and vocals; and Michael Webb (Hank Williams Jr., John Fogerty) covering a variety of keyboards, plus mandolin and vocals.