Attendance figures at the Covelli Centre, Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre and Y-Live prove that the Mahoning Valley loves country music, especially the kind that dominates radio airplay.

It seems every country act that plays those venues, even the support acts, have multiple number ones on the Billboard country and country airplay charts.

Whiskey Myers, Tuesday’s headliner at the amphitheater, proves that’s not the only path to success.

The Texas band, which drew about 3,200 people, had a top-selling country album (its self-titled 2019 release) without the bevy of radio singles usually needed to make that happen.

Fans found the group’s music in other places, primarily through streaming. Several individual songs have more than 100 million plays on Spotify and its songs have been streamed more than 2.25 billion times in all, according to its publicity material.

“Broken Window Serenade” certainly sounds like a monster radio hit and the crowd treated it as such, singing along with lead singer Cody Cannon on the ballad.

That and “Trailer We Call Home” were rare ballads in a set dominated by rockers. Lynyrd Skynyrd seems to be the go-to comparison writers make, but the blues component in the originals and the band’s tendency to expand those songs makes it more reminiscent of the Allman Brothers Band. Its sound would appeal to the jam band audience more than Skynyrd ever did.

Cody Tate seemed to take the bulk of the guitar solos — and also played a mandolin with a body that made it look like a baby Stratocaster — but John Jeffers joined in on multiple occasions. They would play in unison or jam on complementary riffs while Cannon would work the crowd and encourage cheers, not that they needed much encouragement.

“Gasoline,” “Die Rockin'” and “Bad Medicine” were among the standouts.

Tony Kent switched between percussion and keyboards, and he gave Cannon a break, handling lead vocals on a straightforward cover of Jackson Browne’s “Running on Empty,” which worked nicely in the 20-song set.

I missed opener Reid Haughton, but I made sure to get there in time for direct support act Whitey Morgan and the 78s.

Morgan has more of an outlaw country vibe. Waylon Jennings comparisons are frequently made, and David Allan Coe is another touchstone.

Before going the self-released route, Morgan put out a couple of albums on the great roots music / Americana label Bloodshot Records, and his music exudes the authenticity that was the norm on that label.

Alcohol consumption was a recurring theme in the 10-song, 40-minute set by Morgan and his talented five-piece band, and beverages of some kind were a must on the hot muggy evening. “Me and the Whiskey,” “Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue” and “Going Down Drinkin'” were played as well as a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire.”

Fun fact — if you play the LP version of “I’m on Fire” at 45 rpm instead of 33 â…”, it sounds like a cover version by Dolly Parton. Morgan’s take was countrified, but no one would mistake it for Dolly. It had a more menacing tone, like it was sung by a character in a Jim Thompson pulp novel.

Andy Gray is the entertainment editor of Ticket. Write to him at [email protected]