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Everyone’s favorite, unofficial country music holiday… and a reason to dress up for a meet and greet? One of the more infamous days of Koe Wetzel’s life will forever be remembered thanks to the song that he penned titled “February 28, 2016.” The track, which is now certified-gold, details the events of… you guessed it, February 28, 2016 – the day that Wetzel was arrested for public intoxication. The hit song was included on Koe’s 2016 album Noise Complaint, and it seems like the hype around the day grows bigger and bigger with each passing year. Many country fans always joke (?) on the February 28 anniversary that they are going to get trashed, go to Taco Bell and try to get a public intoxication charge in honor of Koe Wetzel. And now, thanks to a video that the country artist shared just a couple of days ago, there are some more details that fans can try to copy on the holiday. Koe Wetzel finally sat down ahead of the event’s 10 year anniversary and provided some more insight into what happened on February 28, 2016 and shared it with this fanbase: “I was in Stephensville, Texas. I wasn’t going to school. I think I was working at the baseball fields. I don’t know what it was; I was working a sh***y job. [I] went to my buddy’s house one Friday night, and we drank all night long. I didn’t have a lot of money, but I had a bottle of White Wolf vodka. My buddy, he’s not with us anymore, he passed away, but he told me after I got out of jail. He was like, ‘Yeah, you left, and then you came back, and then we drank for another two or three hours. Then you kept talking about Taco Bell and how you wanted some food. So we tried to stop you from leaving, but you just said f*** this and you left.’ Then I woke up in jail. My truck was about five blocks from his house, out of gas. The hood was popped, and my front doors were swung open. I was laying face down in the middle of a soccer field. The cop said he thought I was dead whenever he walked up on me. But yeah, so I got arrested. In a sense, I guess you could say that February 28, 2016, kind of helped me get to where I am today. Here we are, 10 years later, and it’s crazy that people are still jiving with the song. And i’s become this holiday in Texas, I guess, unbeknownst to me. Yeah, I don’t know if I’m ready for the 10-year anniversary.” View this post on Instagram What a wild, song-worthy story. “February 28, 2016” provides a lot of characters as well, and some young fans decided to dress up and play out some of the song’s roles when they met Koe during a meet and greet. A family that goes by the “Rachal Fam” on social media went out of their way to dress up as all of the characters of the song when they met Wetzel a couple of years ago. One kid was dressed up as a Taco Bell worker, one was dressed up as a police officer, and the other was dressed up as Wetzel himself. It sure looked like the country music singer appreciated the effort when they all got to meet and take a picture together: @rachalfam Happy @Koe Wetzel day! It’s February 28 a special day for all koe fans #babykoe #koewetzel #february28 ♬ February 28, 2016 – Koe Wetzel Hilarious. I hope those kiddos celebrate Koe Wetzel accordingly (and responsibly)… maybe just with a Taco Bell run? Clearly the track continues to reach all demographics, and it’s crazy to think that we’ve already reached the decade anniversary of the wild event that inspired the hit song. “February 28, 2016” by Koe Wetzel The post Koe Wetzel Was Nothing But Smiles When Kids Dressed Up As “February 28, 2016” Characters At His Meet & Greet first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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The collab I’ve been waiting for since last year. Last July, Stephen Wilson Jr. opened up for Eric Church during his 3 night run at Red Rocks. And every night, I kept waiting for SWJ to appear during Church’s set. The combination of the two makes too much sense: They’re both trailblazers who are unapologetically themselves, with their own sound that pushes the boundaries and sets the standard when it comes to both songwriting and musicianship. Of course Church has a two decade head start on Stephen Wilson Jr., who was previously a food scientist for Mars before making the jump to music. But if there were ever two kindred spirits on their own respective musical journeys, it’s EFC and SWJ. Unfortunately the collab at Red Rocks never came. But luckily, they delivered tonight in Texas – and Whiskey Riff was there to witness it. Stephen Wilson Jr. is one of an all-star cast of openers that Church selected for his Free The Machine tour. And during their stop at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, Church welcomed the relative newcomer to the stage for a collaboration that not only paid tribute to some country music legends, but proved that country music is in good hands with artists like Stephen Wilson Jr. primed to pick up the mantle. Midway through his own set, Church welcomed his opener back onstage, much to the delight of the capacity crowd in Fort Worth. And first up, they delivered a show-stopping performance of the Guy Clark-penned hit “Desperados Waiting For A Train.” The song has been recorded by a number of country legends over the years, from David Allan Coe to The Highwaymen, but Church and Wilson Jr. managed to not only pay tribute to the past but breathe new life into the country music classic: (If you can’t see the video, you may need to disable your adblocker and refresh). But that wasn’t all: They followed it up with a duet of one of the greatest country songs ever written (and I will fight anybody who disagrees), with their version of the Willie Nelson and Ray Charles collab “Seven Spanish Angels.” Church’s tour has been full of magical moments, from trombone solos from band member Roy Agee and powerhouse performances from Joanna Cotten, to his openers like Ella Langley and Charles Wesley Godwin joining Church on stage for all-time collabs. But the performance with Stephen Wilson Jr. was something special. These two are clearly kindred spirits, artists who blazed (or are blazing) their own trail and making country music better for it along the way. It’s not often that you get two artists like this at the same concert, much less on the same stage together, and everybody who was in Fort Worth to witness it knew exactly how special it was. I was waiting for it to happen at Red Rocks, but I’m just thankful I was in Texas to finally see it happen. Now, if they want to run it back in Austin tonight, I definitely wouldn’t be mad about it…the more we can see of these two together, the better country music will be for it. (I’m also still trying to get Church to run back his Whiskey Riff-inspired “New Old Me,” which he debuted at Red Rocks. Maybe one of these days). “New Old Me”@ericchurch https://t.co/2N2KCwaITt pic.twitter.com/id7YPeWIgF — Whiskey Riff (@WhiskeyRiff) July 17, 2025 The post Eric Church & Stephen Wilson Jr. Team Up For Show-Stopping Collab Of Guy Clark & Willie Nelson Hits During Fort Worth Concert first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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