The album was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016 In August 2015 , at the Gympie Music Muster Adam Brand was joined onstage by Drew McAlister , Travis Collins , Matt Cornell and Mike Carr and called themselves '' ' Adam Brand and the Outlaws ' '' . The " Outlaw " being a reference to Willie Nelson , Waylon Jennings , Johnny Paycheck and Johnny Cash all of which Brand calls " outlaws in their time " . Brand said “ When it came to putting a list together of people that would suit this Outlaw band , it did n't take very long . These guys are all great mates , have amazing talent and occasionally cross the line — perfect ! ” Brand said “ We were so excited , like a bunch of kids on graduation day . Put together , we 've all , done thousands of gigs but that one , you could have thought it was our first time on stage . We were so pumped and it was really nice . It was a great feeling to be that excited as a group of guys to be hitting the stage . ” Shortly after , the newly formed group recorded and album and announced an Australian tour
ARIA Music Awards of 2016
ARIA Music Awards of 2016
Adam Brand and the Outlaws