Artie Rodriguez is a native of the beautiful panhandle of Florida. He gets a lot of his musical influences from living in San Antonio & San Marcos, Texas for several years. His father's side of the family is from San Antonio and he has always been asked was he related to Texas & Grand Ole Opry star Johnny Rodriguez. Artie is not related to Johnny but loves to keep Johnny's songs alive in all his performances. Staying true to his country roots, Artie loves to entertain audiences by performing traditional country music. Audiences & crowds all over love the way Artie inserts Spanish lyrics into his heart felt country songs. Just recently Artie was honored by Country Music People Magazine UK on his latest album review which received 4 ½ out of 5 stars. Artie was then selected to be on the front cover of May 2014’s issue along with a 5 page featured article as an upcoming artist keeping traditional country music alive today in era of “Pop Country”. Artie recently performed on the Shotgun Red Show in Nashville, Tennessee at the Texas Troubadour Theater. His performance was televised to over 2 million viewers on RFD-TV. As an independent country artist, Artie is drawing the attention of country music fans in the United States and overseas. Artie has performed with several traditional country artists such as Leona Williams, Clinton Gregory and Mark Chestnutt, Stonewall Jackson and several more. Artie has recently been chosen to perform on Clinton Gregory’s latest duet album out of Nashville in 2014 along with other artists such as Colin Raye, Leona Williams and John Anderson. Texas artist, phenomenal George Strait stated “It’s great to hear that there’s someone who still wears a cowboy hat performing real country and keeping it alive…” After watching a YouTube video of Artie performing “For The Good Times”, Grand Ole Opry star Ray Price sent word to Artie a few months before he passed away stating “it makes me feel so good to know that the younger generation of County Music Singers are helping keep my music alive, Thank You, Artie Rodriguez”……..Ray Price While opening a few concerts for Grand Ole Opry star Leona Williams, she stated “Artie is such a great entertainer and singer. I love to see he's continuing to keep traditional country music alive.”