Stephen Wilson Jr. made his CMA Fest premiere 6/9, performing at the Maui Jim Reverb Stage.

Wilson dropped his debut, the EP bon aqua, on Big Loud Records earlier this year and made his Grand Ole Opry and Stagecoach bows during a tour supporting The Lone Bellow.

In the next few months, he's set to join Drake White, Charley Crockett, 49 Winchester and Joss Stone on the road and make his Red Rocks debut, supporting Midland, on 10/14.

Seen just before taking a party bike to the nearest honky-tonk are (l-r) top row: Big Loud’s Candice Watkins, UTA’s Brian Hill, Scott Clayton and Brett Saliba, Range Media’s Jordy Dettmer, Wilson, ALJ MGMT’s Alicia Jones, Range’s Matt Graham, BMG Publishing’s Chris Oglesby, UTA’s Holly Hunter, Missing Piece Group’s Bobby Crane, Big Loud’s Sarah Knabe; bottom row: Range’s Shawn McSpadden, UTA’s Bryan Vastano and Jaime Roberts, SESAC’s Lydia Schultz, UTA’s Elisa Vazzana, Beth Morton, Taylor Krebs and Lolo McClusky and Big Loud’s Seth England.