Like many musicians aspiring to make it big, early in his career Tyler Rich had a side gig - in his case, it was at Red Robin. And fortunately, the restaurant was very supportive of his ultimate career goals - putting their money where their mouth is.
"At one point, one of my bands was going to go on a winter Midwest tour, 'cause at some point we felt like that was the idea in a van and a trailer," Tyler recalls in a statement from his label. "And we went and played this corporate show for Red Robin, and I believe it was the vice president or the president of the West Coast - they had come up and like, 'Hey, we love what you're doing. Thanks for playing our event.'
"And they basically bought us the best all-weather tires that you can buy for our van and our trailer, because we were gonna be going through ice and the winter, the Midwest. And they gave us a gift card that was unlimited. So anytime we found a Red Robin on the road all six/seven of us could eat for free. So sometimes we'd drive 20, 30 miles out of the way just to go eat at a Red Robin because we were broke, poor musicians on the road. So I cannot say enough good things about that company."
Tyler will open for Dustin Lynch at Boots in the Park on Saturday, March 16th, at SilverLakes in Norco.
