Country rock Texans Whiskey Myers‘ current tour consists of only seven full-band acoustic shows in specifically selected historic theaters across the Northeast. So the show at Albany’s Palace Theatre correctly came across as something special. The pair of songwriters, Bones Owens and Rob Leines, opened the show together with a compelling set of their own.

Review and Photos by Pat Rogers for NYS Music

Cody Cannon of Whiskey Myers at the Palace Theatre in Albany, N.Y. (December 12, 2025) – photo by Pat Rogers for NYS Music

Whiskey Myers didn’t ease into their set. Opening with “Die Rockin” in an acoustic format was a bold, almost confrontational decision. That song is born of rebellious grit and volume, but here it was stripped to the bone and made alarmingly different. The three-woman choir tattooed themselves into it, the harmonica’s harmony sliced through the quiet, the solo swelling lush and unprotected. It worked. It stunned.

– Pat Rogers for NYS Music