Americana / Alt-Country • West Texas • 2021–Present
ROAD DUST & GHOSTS
EAST TEXAS – 2021

Road Dust & Ghosts (2025)

Americana born in the dust, raised in dive bars. Raw vocals, dusty guitars, fiddle that cries and bites, and rhythms built for long drives and big-sky nights.

Beau Riker & The Dustwalkers

Who They Are

Beau Riker & The Dustwalkers is a road-worn Americana / alt-country band built on second chances, late nights, and songs that actually mean something.

The sound lives where outlaw country, desert rock, and barroom ballads overlap. Story-driven lyrics, big shout-along choruses, fiddle lines that can either cut or comfort, dirt-under-the-nails guitars, and pedal steel that hangs in the air like smoke.

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Road Dust & Ghosts (2025)

A survival-and-redemption record. Songs about survival, regret, and the weird hope that shows up when you're sure you're out. Running Toward the Light, Rust & Rhythm, Long Night, Good Company, and more.

This is the record that came from years of rebuilding—made by people who've lived some life.

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East Texas Road
Dive Bar

West Texas Dive Bars, 2021

The band came together in small West Texas bars, where Beau was playing solo sets while recovering from injury and painkiller abuse. He wasn't chasing a band—he was just trying to stay alive and stay honest.

What to Expect

Dusty boots. Low light. Honesty you can taste. Songs that feel like you're driving through the desert at midnight with the windows down, wondering what comes next.

  • Story-driven lyrics and big, shout-along choruses
  • Fiddle lines that can either cut or comfort
  • Dirt-under-the-nails guitars and pedal steel
  • Tempos that swing between slow-burn confessionals and stomp-your-boots anthems

They're not polished. They don't want to be. They're the band you hear in a half-forgotten town and think, these folks have lived some life.

On the Road

Live vibe: Loud, honest, zero pretense. Laughs between songs, truth during them. Music for backroads, small towns, and anyone who's had to rebuild from scratch.

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