Trent Willmon,
singer, songwriter, and CMA award-winning producer, has been named one of the featured musical acts for the 101st Motley-Dickens Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo, which will take place August 22-24 in Roaring Springs.
Willmon has written many songs cut by top recording artists, such as Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Cody Johnson, Little Big Town, Randy Houser, Blake Shelton, Wade Hayes, Kevin Fowler, Maddie & Tae, Roger Creager, Merle Haggard and more.
Several of his co-written songs have topped the Billboard charts, and he has collaborated on more than 25 songs that have reached the #1 spot on the Texas Regional Radio Report.
Willmon continues to perform but has also made a name for himself as an outstanding producer, winning Single of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards, for Cody Johnson’s “’Til You Can’t”, the most-streamed country song in 2022. The song was also nominated for a Grammy in 2023 for Song of the Year.
He will appear the evening of Saturday, Aug. 24 at the Old Settlers Reunion and Rodeo.
Willmon spent much of his youth in Matador and Afton.
Jake Hooker and the Outsiders, a Western Swing band that plays up to 180 gigs a year, will headline Friday night’s show at the Old Settlers. Hooker’s band is always popular with crowds that like to dance.
Hooker stands out from the western swing crowd as that guy who fronts a sixpiece band while playing upright bass.
He is a 2024 Inductee to the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame, with a Star of Texas Award and is featured at Western Swing events throughout the country.
Friday and Saturday’s Old Timers dances will feature Chad Maines and Friends.
