The Band

Michael Shane Borden, veteran lead guitarist and singer, has also established himself as a solid songwriter. Having gained the attention of publishers and artists in Nashville and around the country, Michael's music has been featured on HBO's Sex and the City", VH1's "Fabulous Life of Country Superstars", A & E's "Rollergirls" as well as shows on CMT, Animal Planet, AMN, and TNN. This troubadour has shared the stage with the likes of Pat Green, Max Stalling, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Johnny Bush, Guy Clark, Charlie Robison, David Allen Coe, …just to name a few. He has played venues such as the now legendary Three Teardrops Tavern, Adairs, and Dallas' Sons of Hermann Hall as well as the Austin’s Broken Spoke, Jovita's, The Continental Club, Ego’s, Ginny's Little Longhorn, Threadgill’s, and every juke-joint in between. Features include Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music Festival, Willie Nelson’s Pickin’ and Puttin,’ KHYI’s Texas Music Revolution, and Luckenbach’s Waylon Jennings Tribute.

Chad Heilman is a seasoned drummer who started out in Metal. Playing for Kevin Fowler, he found out he had a knack for Country drumming when Fowler gave up Metal and formed a Country band. He was later recruited by Texas Outlaw, Jackson Taylor, and toured extensively for a year before signing up with the Diesel Kings. Heilman currently resides in Pflugerville, Texas.

Dave Dilling hails from South Austin. A former paramedic, Dilling diescovered that he had a knack for music the first time he picked up a bass guitar. Soon therafter, he was picked up by the John Deery Band and enjoyed a lengthy career with the group before joining the Diesel Kings.

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