Will Banister - Rockport Center for the Arts

Rockport Center for the Arts presents an evening of country music with New Mexico native, Will Banister. Will’s music will have you reminiscing about the days of country radio in the 1990’s. Performing Friday, May 10th, at 7:30pm in the Randall Ewing Kemper Hall at the ROCC. Buy your tickets now at https://www.rockportartcenter.com/music/willbanister or call 361-729-5519.

COUNTRY MUSIC

That’s the first thing you need to know about Will Banister. From the state of New Mexico, raised about 20 miles from the Texas line, Will grew up with the sounds of Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, George Strait, and Brooks and Dunn blaring through the speakers of his dad’s pickup. This made a huge impact in shaping the sound of Banister’s songs. The lyrics along with the fiddle and steel in Will’s music will have you reminiscing about the days of country radio in the 1990’s, while still sounding fresh with today’s sounds. Will has performed all over the country, in addition to multiple tours in the U.K. and Europe. His latest album “Everything Burns” consists of 11 songs, 10 of which were either written or co-written by Banister, received a 5 star review, and was announced as album of the month in the March of 2020 edition of the U.K. publication Country Music People Magazine. On September 17th, Clint Eastwood's film "Cry Macho" was released to theaters as well as on HBO Max, in which Will performed the opening song entitled "Find A New Home". Find A New Home, which was written by Grammy award winner Mark Mancina, appeared at #2 on the Shazam Discovery chart. On January 27th of 2023, his brand new son "Right Where We Belong" (which was co-written by Roger Springer,J eff Hyde, and Banister) was released. Will has accumulated a social media following consisting of 104k followers on TikTok, 35k on Instagram, over 141k followers on Facebook, and those numbers continue to grow rapidly.

Artist Website: willbanister.com