- For years Cactus Lee has quietly made records at a relentless pace, plugging along and playingout at local honky tonks in and around his hometown of Austin, Texas.What began as a home recording project for songwriter Kevin Dehan in 2019 quickly became agroup with rotating members and pick-up bands along the way. The project has played NewYork and Los Angeles multiple times, as well as a Chicago residency as part of the CosmicCountry showcase.The new album,Lee’s Dreamwill be released on vinyl February 21 with a special album releaseshow in London, UK at The Lexington. A digital and retail release will follow on April 10, 2026.The album, his second for Western Vinyl, was conceived while on a monthlong solo tour. Hestopped at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, where he saw a replica of Guy Clark’sbasement room.“This was the place where he smoked cigarettes, repaired guitars, and recorded songs. There’sa wall of cassettes on one side and on the other a guitar hangs with a piece of paper taped onthat says ‘EASY MONEY.’ That stuck out to me as I continued on my travels and became thefirst song I wrote for this record.”The shows on that tour saw Dehan playing to new faces every night in small cities in theMidwest and the South, writing songs in the van en route to the next one.“When I got back things in my home life with my family started to get turbulent. It caused me toseriously question whether or not I should be out on the road as much.”“I took a little time off. I was able to write, which helped me cope with some serious life events.Music is very important to me, but my family will always come first. My wife and daughter.”Dehan took those songs to Billy Horton’sFort Horton Studios in Wyldwood, Texas to record.Similar to his work with Charley Crockett and Theo Lawrence, Horton pushed Dehan towardclassic country songs and production choices.“Billy has been making classic records out at his studio for a long time,” shares Dehan. “I wentin and he started giving me lists of artists who either I reminded him of or who he thought Ishould push toward in the process of making this album. John D. Loudermilk, George HamiltonIV, Glen Campbell and early Gordon Lightfoot were artists that Billy put on a playlist for me tolisten to.”Horton’s nostalgic taste leans heavily on the Sun Records era of recording. He pushed Dehanto think as a solo artist bringing songs into the studio for a band to pick up and flesh out, athought not wholly unfamiliar to his home recording roots. Dehan took those initial recordingsessions with Horton home to put the finishing touches on, with bass and piano being recordedMozé & the Shitkickers blend old-school outlaw country/western with high octane honky tonk and bar room ballads. Inspired by artists including David Allan Coe, Turnpike Troubadours, and John Prine, they bring a variety of upbeat Americana and raw, salt-of-the-earth storytelling. Between classic country songs and unapologetic originals based on bad choices, broken hearts, and wild times, it’s not recommended for law-abiding citizens. Wear your shitkickers & scoot them boots.