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The Turnpike Troubadours are a red dirt country band from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, founded in 2005 by Evan Felker and R.C. Edwards. They recorded their debut, Bossier City, a month after forming so they would have something to sell at shows, and they started their own label, Bossier City Records. Goodbye Normal Street (2012) was their first big success, their self-titled 2015 album reached No. 17 on the Billboard 200, and A Long Way from Your Heart (2017) hit No. 3 on the country albums chart. The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2019 while Felker dealt with his drinking, then announced a reunion in January 2022 and returned to the stage that April at Cain’s Ballroom. Since then they have released A Cat in the Rain (2023) and the surprise album The Price of Admission (2025). The lineup is Felker, Edwards, guitarist Ryan Engleman, fiddler Kyle Nix, drummer Gabriel Pearson and Hank Early on pedal steel and keys. They guest on “Plainsman,” from Zach Bryan’s Young Manhood & Other Donatable Organs.