Brent Giddens
Brent Giddens teaches school by day and plays music at night, and he takes both seriously.
Few voices stop the room the way Brent’s does. Warm, honeyed, and powerful, that baritone feels like comfort food, familiar before he’s even through the first song. Brent started out as an Elvis tribute artist, and that chapter gave him a stage presence most performers spend years chasing. He’s long since carved out his own sound, but the ability to hold a crowd, that stayed.
His songwriting comes from real life, heartbreak, hard-earned perspective, and it shows. He won the 2023 Jimmy LaFave Songwriting Contest, a title that carries real weight in Oklahoma songwriting circles. While often associated with Red Dirt, Giddens and his band have shaped something broader, blending Country, Southern Rock, Rockabilly, and Blues into a sound that feels rooted but not confined.
You’ll find him performing solo and with the Brent Giddens Band, a tight five-piece with Terry Day on pedal steel, Jeff Howell on bass, Michael Thompson on guitar and fiddle, and Chris Hempfling on drums, a group that knows how to meet a room where it is and bring it with them.
His new album, Between Barstools and Back Pews, is out now. Come hear a set that feels like home.
