You LOVE to see it. For all intents and purposes, Whiskey Myers has become one of the quintessential bands in today’s new crop of country-rock bands. While the likes of Koe Wetzel, Treaty Oak Revival, The Red Clay Strays, 49 Winchester and more have all experienced a whole lot of success the last few years, the East Texas band somewhat laid the blueprint for them. Beginning all the way back in 2011 with their debut album, Firewater, which features their smash hit, “Broken Window Serenade,” as well as other career staples such as “Ballad Of A Southern Man” and “Virginia.” In the years following, they’ve continually one-upped themselves. Whether it’s their stellar release from last year, Whomp Wach Thunder, 2016’s Mud, which featured the 2x platinum “Stone,” 2019’s self-titled record, which contains the platinum “Bury My Bones” or 2014’s underrated Early Morning Shakes, Whiskey Myers has proven time and time again why they’re one of the best in the business. With all of that being said, however, they’ve still flown under the radar from a broad perspective. Despite all the success in alternative country circles and fans like ours here at Whiskey Riff, Whiskey Myers have constantly been snubbed by the likes of the ACMs, CMAs and even the Grammys. While they have definitely received some love thanks to their strong streaming numbers from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), receiving 10 gold and platinum certifications to date, it still feels like they’ve never truly gotten the love they deserve. One song that has undoubtedly received love, though, is none other than the aforementioned “Broken Window Serenade.” Undoubtedly being their signature song at this point, it’s been nothing but a juggernaut for them. In addition to its monster 451 million streams on Spotify alone and 2x platinum status, it’s also been a continually viral track for the band over the years. On TikTok alone, it’s been used a staggering 4.5 million times, with many of these posts racking up millions of views and likes. Its nearly unprecedented longevity and success on streaming allowed it to debut for the first time on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart back in April, slotting in at #50. Just three months later, they’ve received another incredible chart placement, this time on Spotify. @whiskeyriff @whiskeymyers #whiskeyriff #brokenwindowseranade ♬ original sound – Whiskey Riff As of today (July 14th), “Broken Window Serenade” has officially entered the Top 20 on Spotify’s all-genre Top 50 – USA chart, a staggering 15 years after its release. And while the fact that it’s charting that high is already impressive enough, when you take a look at the songs it’s above, it becomes even more incredible. Currently, Whiskey Myers is sitting above the likes of Morgan Wallen’s “I Got Better,” Ella Langley and Wallen’s “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” Taylor Swift’s all-genre #1 hit, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” Noah Kahan’s “Orbiter” and Olivia Rodrigo’s “expectations” — all of which have been dropped recently and have been massive hits upon their release. It’s one thing for a song to receive this much love more than a decade and a half later; it’s another thing to see it dominating recent releases from massive artists such as Wallen, Kahan and others. The fact that a song released 15 years ago is still doing this well streaming-wise should not go unnoticed. And as mentioned previously, if there’s a band that deserves it, it’s undoubtedly Whiskey Myers. “Broken Window Serenade” Whiskey Myers 2026 Solo Dates July 26 – Wichita, Kansas – Wave – with Southall July 31 – Council Bluffs, Iowa – Harrah’s Council Bluffs Hotel & Casino with Southall August 14 – Las Vegas, Nevada – PH Live at Planet Hollywood with Southall August 21 – Friant, California – Table Mountain Casino with Southall August 22 – Reno, Nevada – Grand Sierra Resort with Southall August 23 – Jacksonville, Oregon – Britt Festival Pavilion with Southall August 24 – Toppenish, Washington – Legends Casino Hotel September 10 – Little Rock, Arkansas – First Security Amphitheater with The Record Company September 11 – Camdenton, Missouri – Ozarks Amphitheater with The Record CompanyThe post Whiskey Myers’ “Broken Window Serenade” Enters The Top 20 On Spotify… 15 Years After Its Release first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

Garth claiming another victim? It was revealed yesterday that comedian Tom Segura and his wife, Christina Pazsitzky, have reportedly separated after 18 years of marriage. According to TMZ, the co-hosts of the Your Mom’s House podcast split within the last couple of months and the separation is “amicable.” The couple have two sons, and co-founded their YMH Studios podcast network together back in 2012. They’re reportedly planning to continue their podcast together despite the separation. Well immediately after the news went viral, jokes began popping up blaming…country music superstar Garth Brooks for the divorce. According to one comment on Facebook: “Somehow this is Garth Brooks fault.” Now, what does the “Friends in Low Places” singer have to do with any of this? Well Segura is, of course, the entire reason that Garth has to lock his Instagram comments now, after the comedian started an insanely viral internet meme that the country singer is actually a serial killer with bodies buried in his backyard. In case you’re not familiar with the joke’s origin, here’s a quick summary: Back in 2018, Segura and Christina began discussing Brooks’ announcement of his upcoming stadium tour at the time and his admittedly weird Facebook posts. After watching a clip of Brooks discussing the tour and pondering what was going through his head, Segura dropped the line that forever changed comment sections while discussing the “Callin’ Baton Rouge” singer: “What he’s thinking about is all the bodies he’s got stacked in graves in his yard, for sure… He’s probably killed 200-300 people in his life.” It all started back in 2018 when Segura and his wife, fellow comedian Christina Pazsitzky, hosts of the Your Mom’s House podcast, stumbled upon the downright hysterical announcement video for Garth’s Stadium Tour. It’s the creepy one where he said he wanted to “get physical playing music” and how much he “likes that.” Yeah, that one. Thanks to that video, Tom and Christina P came to the (inevitable, really) conclusion that Garth must be a serial killer with somewhere in the neighborhood of 200-300 bodies buried in his yard: “What he’s thinking about is all the bodies he’s got stacked in graves in his yard, for sure… He’s probably killed 200-300 people in his life.” And the rest was history. Thanks to an internet joke, Garth Brooks, the Country Music Hall of Famer, one of the greatest live acts in country music history, selling out professional football stadium after professional football stadium, had his entire comment section on Instagram and Twitter hijacked by the rabid following of two hilarious comedians. And it’s gone on for YEARS. Not only are the comments on all of Garth’s posts, but any post that mentions him is inevitably flooded by jokes begging Garth to give the families closure and finally reveal the location of the bodies that he has buried in his backyard. And it’s pretty much been confirmed that Garth isn’t a fan of Segura or the jokes, after the comedian revealed that Garth blocked him on Instagram: “First I got word about a year ago from a 100% reliable source… I was like, ‘Does he know?’ And they’re like ‘Oh yeah, yeah. He knows.’ And I was like, ‘Is he upset?’ And they’re like, ‘He just doesn’t get it. Doesn’t know why you’re talking about him. I was like, ‘Okay.’ And then recently… he just blocked me on Instagram. And I was like, oh, he finally blocked me.” But that’s not all: Segura has also been told that any time somebody brings it up, Garth will pull out the famous video of Segura taking a nasty fall playing basketball and tell them it’s “karma” for everything Tom has said about him. It kinda feels a little bit out of character for Garth, who always comes across super likable and kind, but apparently the jokes are getting to him: “And another person told me, this person said to me that they heard from a reliable source that when my name comes up to him, that he on his phone shows the video of me playing basketball and falling, and he goes, ‘Karma.’ I was like, that’s f—in’, pretty amazing. That a serial killer is finding it in their heart to say ‘Karma’ to the other person. This man has, I mean, people are saying this man is responsible for hundreds of missing people and he’s gonna say that it’s karma?” You’ve gotta admit, that’s pretty funny. But naturally, as soon as the news of the split between Segura and his wife became public, the Garth Brooks jokes started flying on Twitter and Facebook: Garth Brooks has the opportunity to do the funniest thing https://t.co/F5jy3ybBqw — Ana Mostarac (@anammostarac) July 14, 2026 He won https://t.co/9xrDmLOTGt pic.twitter.com/0unugwmxjG — Layney

Clearing the air on the controversy. At this point, I’m sure you’ve already heard about Charley Crockett’s most recent controversy regarding satanism (of all things). In case you haven’t, let me catch you up to speed. Back in March, the “Jamestown Ferry” singer announced his sprawling, 49-show Age of the Ram Tour that began back in April and will conclude in early October. Unsurprisingly, Crockett grabbed a ton of openers, employing the likes of Nat Myers and Durand Jones & The Indicators as primary openers during a majority of the tour. Additionally, he called upon the likes of Kashus Culpepper, Sierra Hull, Margo Price, Lee Fields, Honky Tonkin’ Queens, Wild Horses, Pony Bradshaw and Twin Temple as support on select dates. If you’re familiar with the alternative/independent country scene, a majority of these names are sure to ring a bell. With that being said, however, there was one major outlier, at least aesthetically: Twin Temple. Taking to Instagram last Wednesday, Twin Temple announced that Crockett and Co. have removed them from their upcoming shows that were slated for this week (July 14th and 18th) due to their satanic imagery. The duo would apologize to fans and express how grateful they are for their support, finishing the post by hailing Satan. “Today we were informed that Charley Crockett has decided to remove Twin Temple has decided to remove Twin Temple from his upcoming shows next week due to our Satanic imagery. Unfortunately, that means we will not be able to perform for you next week as planned. We are really disappointed as we were looking forward to getting back out and seeing you, and also what it means as far as bringing different types of people and music lovers together. We are sorry to everyone who was planning to see us. We’re grateful for your support, not only of Twin Temple, but more importantly of artistic freedom. HAIL SATAN! 93/93″ View this post on Instagram In response, Crockett would go on a bit of a social media tirade (which has all been wiped on Instagram as of writing). First, he’d take to Instagram to upload a photo of Johnny Cash posing in front of a church, along with Kris Kristofferson’s “To Beat The Devil” playing in the background. In the caption, he’d simply write: “If they did it to Jesus, imagine what they’ll do to you.” A day later, he’d post a fairly standard photo of himself. Here, he’d not only take aim at satanism itself but also President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in the caption in an admittedly strange response. “F*CK TRUMP F*CK EPSTEIN BUT HAIL SATAN? NOT ME JACK” He’d follow that up with yet another post on Instagram Friday night, saying he is “not sorry” for canceling them as openers, clarifying that he is not politically aligned on the left or the right, adding that “God is the fabric that ties all of life together.” He also explained how he feels about the entertainment industry, summing it up by saying there are many involved who he believes would “kill a relative” to get famous or make it, seemingly implying that Twin Temple are nothing more than soulless shock rockers. But throughout this entire saga, Twin Temple had not commented on the whole situation outside of the initial announcement. That, however, changed today. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the husband and wife duo would confirm that the removal came from Crockett himself, with Alexandrea noting that they got a call from the “Jamestown Ferry” singer’s agent. “Our former agent got a call from Charley’s agent, and he just said, ‘Charley made the decision to remove you due to satanic imagery.’ We just recently started working with a new agent, and we asked them to call Charley’s agent again to confirm, and that’s what they said.” On the topic of artistic freedom, Alexandrea would express that she was disappointed, explaining that she thought it could bring different types of people together. Additionally, she’d say that she thinks they share a lot of similarities at the core of their music. “Artistic freedom isn’t guaranteed, so that’s something that we don’t take for granted. But I felt like it would have been a really cool statement on Charley’s part about music being able to bring people from different backgrounds together. I feel like music is maybe the hands-down most beautiful and powerful art form to bring people together. The reason why we were so excited about these shows was to build some of these bridges. Charley is a really talented artist, and I think we share so much musical DNA: our love of everything from Roy Orbison to Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Burrito Brothers, the blues. So, we’re a little sad. It felt like maybe it’s reinforcing a divide between artists.” I think they might overestimate how many people actually want to “build some of these bridges” with people who openly hail Satan… performative or otherwise. Zachary would also add that Crockett ultimately had the right to make the call since it is his show, and that they hold no ill will towards him. When asked directly if there’s a feud with Crockett, both Zachary and Alexandrea would shoot down the notion, with Alexandrea explaining that they still have a lot of respect for what he’s doing in the Americana scene. “We still like his records, and we still respect what he’s doing for American music.” Clearing the air, Zachary would also add that the point of the initial post wasn’t to call the Texas native out, but instead to notify fans about the cancelled dates. For all intents and purposes, Twin Temple handled the entire situation incredibly well, better than Crockett, admittedly. You can have your qualms about the fact that they’re satanists; however, this was a beyond respectful response that quite easily could have been handled with much more anger towards the Texas troubadour. Gotta give credit where credit is due. They duo also announced their next album today. Titled Doomed Lovers, the album is produced by none other than Charley Crockett’s own most recent producer, Shooter Jennings. Are you starting to understand how they got booked in the first place? Seems like Shooter may have made the connection or the recommendation, and Charley and/or someone from his team didn’t dig into it at all. Doomed Lovers is out October 9th… if you’re interested in “satanic doo wop.” Age of the Ram Tour Dates July 14 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield with Twin Temple July 15 – Spokane, WA – BECU Live at Northern Quest Resort & Casino with Sierra Hull July 16 – Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater with Margo Price July 18 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amphitheatre with Twin Temple July 27 – Goshen, IN – Elkhart County 4-H Fair Aug 27 – Canyon, TX – The Lumberyard Canyon with The Weary Boys Aug 28 – Fort Worth, TX – Billy Bob’s Texas with The Weary Boys Aug 29 – Fort Worth, TX – Billy Bob’s Texas with Jake Penrod Aug 30 – Helotes, TX – Floore’s Country Store with Jake Penrod Sept 01 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre with Pony Bradshaw Sept 02 – Dothan, AL – The Plant with Pony Bradshaw Sept 04 – Savannah, GA – Johnny Mercer Theatre with Pony Bradshaw Sept 05 – Charlottesville, VA – Ting Pavilion with Nat Myers Sept 09 – Orlando, FL – Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts with Nat Myers  Sept 10 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with Nat Myers Sept 12 – Robinsonville, MS – Horseshoe Casino’s Bluesville – Bluesville with Nat Myers Sept 14 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! with Nat Myers Sept 15 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee with Nat Myers Sept 16 – Maryland Heights, MO – Saint Louis Music Park with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 17 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 19 – Youngstown, OH – Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 21 – Wilmington, NC – Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 22 – North Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 24 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 25 – Atlanta, GA – Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park with Durand Jones & The Indications Sept 26 – Louisville, KY – Bourbon & Beyond Festival Sept 29 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Mainstage Theater with Durand Jones & The Indications Oct 01 – New York, NY – SummerStage in Central Park with Durand Jones & The Indications Oct 02 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage with Durand Jones & The IndicationsThe post “We Still Like His Records”: Twin Temple Clears The Air On Charley Crockett Firing, Announces New Shooter Jennings-Produced Album first appeared on Whiskey Riff.