2025 Kerens Cotton Harvest Festival Entertainers

The Chaser Crouch Band

Chaser Crouch is a Corsicana native not only making a name for himself in the Rodeo and Cutting Horse world but also in Texas Country Music. Chaser started playing guitar at age 10 performing at local horse shows and church events. After graduating high school he focused on his music and began performing open-mic nights and doing gigs as a solo artist. As his fan base grew a band was created. The band started performing locally and across Texas. While on the road Chaser continued to hon his song writing skills, writing original music with two songs being released to radio in 2023 debuting on the Texas Country Music Charts and named “Song of the Week”.  and his most recent song “Talk to Me Texas” being released to radio in the Spring of 2025.

In 2023 Chaser was selected for the Future Faces of Texas Radio Showcase and performed at the Texas Country Music Awards Show After-Party.  In 2024 Chaser was a finalist for The New Male Vocalist of the Year with Texas Regional Radio and nominated for “Emerging Artist of the Year” at the 2024 Texas Country Music Awards. He shared the stage with established musical artist Radney Foster, Brandon Rhyder and Rich O’Tool.

Chaser’s blend of Texas Country, New Country, Red Dirt and Country Classics reaches all generations!

www.chasercrouchmusic.com

 

Dempsey Crenshaw and Danny Banda

Dempsey Crenshaw and Danny Banda will be heading up a five- piece band starting at Noon and performing until 2:00. The legendary Dempsey Crenshaw is a skilled writer of music, a skilled Harp man and a vocalist with an emotional grit that is synonymous with the blues. Danny Banda is an accomplished guitar player with experience in Blues, R and B, Soul, Motown and Funk, an accomplished music arranger and accomplished producer.

As stated, Dempsey is a legend in the Blues world and began performing at a very young age and formed his first band in his teenage years. Through the years he has performed with many Blues and R and B greats including Albert King, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Etta James, Jimmy Reed, Marvin Gaye, Rufus Thomas, just name a few. Dempsey continues to perform his Bluesman style at Festivals and Clubs in the DFW area.

Danny Banda, an Oak Cliff native, began playing guitar at age 10 and began performing, at age 15, with bands in the Dallas area including five years as Dempsey Crenshaw’s sideman in the band Shame.  Danny formed The Catdaddy’s in 1994 and performed steadily around the DFW area until 2001.

A short time later Dempsey and Danny reunited in to form DC and the Capitols sharing frontman duties during live performances. Their reuniting led to the collaboration of a CD-All Night Long in 2005. This CD featured music written by Dempsey and arranged and produced by Danny. DC and Capitals came to an end in 2010 but the union between Dempsey and Danny was not over. They continued to collaborate and released a new CD in 2024 called The Blues Brought Me Through It with all original music written by Dempsey and Danny. And as you might guess Danny played all guitars in the production and Dempsey wailed on the Harp as well as sharing vocals.

Danny Banda also works as a solo artist in the North Texas area and pleases audiences with his mix of Blues, R and B, Soul, Motown and Funk and other dance music. Check these guys out at

www.musiciansdfw.org/dempsey-crenshaw/

www.trinityriverblues.org/musicians-corner-feature-danny-banda/

Byron Haynie Music

Byron Haynie is a local favorite singer, songwriter from Corsicana Texas.  Byron not only performs locally but travels to Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and of course all over the DFW area. With his silky smooth voice he captures the audience singing Americana music which is a blend of country, rock, blues and timeless classics.  Byron is as comfortable in a small acoustic set venue as with a full band performing on a larger stage.  He has performed at Billy Bob’s Fort Worth, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Eddie Deen’s The Ranch, Bluebird Café, Sagebrush Inn Taos NM, Strater Hotel Durango CO, Cork House Winery Waxahachie TX and, for large corporations such as the Ross Perot Foundation, Holiday Inn Corporation, Marriot at Horseshoe Bay, Dallas Athletic Club and Safari Club International. These are only a few of the clients and venues where Byron performs. He will be performing his  new single “Florida Sky, Key Lime Pie and You’.   Check Byron out at jbhcountry.com