FRIDAY AUGUST 25, 8:00 pm to Midnight
COBY CARTER
Twenty one year old Coby Carter, was born in Lubbock, TX but grew up in Roosevelt County. He is a junior at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, NM working on his Ag Business Degree. In 2013 he won the Rising Star Award from the Cowtown Society of Western Music. He is the 2014 and 2015 Academy of Western Artists Western Swing Male Vocalist of the Year. He and his band 5 Miles West were named Western Swing Duo/Group for 2015. Also, he was honored to be a top five finalist for Male Vocalist of the Year for the 2015 Ameripolitan Awards in Austin.
Coby has had the privilege of performing at the Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium for the past 11 years. He and his band are also honored to be a part of the San Angelo Cowboy Gathering in September of 2015 and 2016. They will also be playing in Canton at the Honky Tonk Halloween Festival in October 2016. They are also honored to be a part of the first and second annual Goodnight Under the Stars in 2015 and 2016 to benefit the Charles Goodnight Foundation.
Coby had the great opportunity to record his first CD “Legends” with Grammy Award Winner Bobby Flores producing it featured duets with such greats as Bobby Flores, Jake Hooker, Leon Rausch, and Jody Nix. The album was nominated for Western Swing Album of the Year, and Pure Country Album of the year for the 2014 AWAs. 21 year old Coby Carter has been playing the fiddle since he was 6 years old and he and his band, 5 Miles West, play a mixture of western swing, Texas country, and traditional country.
Coby’s 1st CD, LEGENDS was a top 5 AWA Finalist for Western Swing Song of the Year, Country Song of the Year, and Album of the Year.
