Texas quintet The Wilder Blue draw deserved comparisons to Eagles and Alabama for their quick-to-please country-rock melodies and tight vocal harmonies. With songs like "Palomino Gold," "Dixie Darlin'," and a cover of Eagles' "Seven Bridges Road" with country A-lister and fan Luke Combs, they're poised to make a mark on the genre in ways that bands like this rarely do in the early 21st century.
The group's growing popularity is the result of years of hard work paying off for frontman Zane Williams, a native of Abilene, Texas born in 1977. A fan of both hell-raising honky-tonk...