The DeVilles is the band you always wanted to be in when you were a kid.

Ask anyone who’s been there, and they’ll tell you that the road to a successful music career is filled with the highest highs, the lowest lows, and long periods of “what’s going on?” Writing songs is no different. Songwriters often say that what makes a popular song is such a crazy kismet mix of lyrics, melody, tempo, culture, economics, politics, and styles that creating a hit is like accidentally hitting a bullseye traveling at the speed of life. But sometimes, God smiles on your pen, touches your guitar, and the rarest of things happens; a hit song.

When powerful forces collide and the dust settles, cool things materialize, like the beginning of the universe or the curious popularity of the Hula-Hoop. No explanation. And no matter how many times you try, you can’t duplicate it.

That’s the DeVilles—all of that. From the highest highs to the lowest lows and periods of what’s going on, the four members of the DeVilles have lived through it all. The four members of this band can trace their musical roots to 1990s Nashville.

Del Gray, Duane Propes, Jamie Watson, and Scott Welch have been successful performers and accomplished songwriters over the past three decades. Del and Duane were with the mega-popular 1990s country music band “Little Texas,” who released the Texas anthem “God Bless Texas” and the enduring ballads “My Love” and “What Might Have Been.” Songs that are still performed and beloved across the world. Jamie Watson is a songwriting veteran, having penned the Billy Montana hits “Rain Through the Roof” and “City of Angels.” Jamie and Scott Welch were in the popular duo James/Dean, who enjoyed success on the Americana Charts with “Fire Red Thunderbird” and “Everybody’s Talking.”

So, what brought this diverse group of Nashville veterans together? A desire to create the band they always wanted to be in when they were growing up and dreaming about a life in music. As their legacy bands evolved and the original members of those bands moved on or left the business altogether, Del, Duane, Jamie, and Scott became friends. None of the four retained the driving need to prove themselves as writers or performers. They’d passed those milestones years ago, but as time passed, each of these songwriting musicians wanted to create something new and personal. They discussed creating music “outside” the mainstream and establishing the “band they always wanted to be in.” They soon realized that they all shared the same dream. That is how the DeVilles began.

The members of the DeVilles professionally respected each other before they knew each other and became friends long before they formed the band. This band was borne out of this friendship.

You can’t create a band like the DeVilles without doing the mileage. The lyrics are the honest voice of experience with the T-Tops off. The bass and guitar howl like a Holley four-barrel carb, and dual exhausts. The drum beat grips like Crager mags, and the tempo is controlled with a Hurst shifter. Turn the key, roll down the windows, and find a road.

Listen to the DeVilles, loud. It’s like driving at night. You’ll go back in time, take a big leap forward, and love where you are.