"We are a Red Dirt, Southern, Americana, Country Rock Band," founding member Dennis Phillips said, with a mile-wide smile and tongue firmly planted in cheek. "There are so many labels now for our music, we gave up trying to pick just one and decided to go with all of them. It helps everyone find us through the search engines online and we can please more people this way. Nah, what is Redneck Jedi? Just an ass-kicking party, with great fans and great tunes."

Founded in 2003 inside Dennis' trailer, Redneck Jedi has come a long way from humble beginnings. But through it all, two original members remain, Phillips and drummer David Beinke. "It has been a long, weird road performing with Redneck Jedi," he remarked, "Ups and downs but Dennis has remained very loyal to the project and as he has grown musically, so has the serious nature of the band."

For over a year, the band played the Texas Hill Country bar scene on a regular basis, filling up bars and honky-tonks with a brand of southern fried rock covers and a taste of what was to come. In 2004, the first Redneck Jedi record began making it into the hands of their fans. "Defiance was so named because we had a bit of a reputation, a higher class of place refused to book us in fear our fans would destroy the place,” Dennis remembers. “It’s kind of funny to think of it, now."

In 2006, Redneck Jedi changed names and released the full length recording, "Black & White." Though that band toured to support the record, Redneck Jedi could not be contained. "Great musicians were on that record, but as a touring band, the stage presence was lacking." Phillips said. "There had to be a solid mix of both, recording and touring." With that goal in mind, the present day Redneck Jedi is the best yet. Daren Underwood, on Bass Guitar and the addition of Ed Jones on the mic, completed the Jedi line-up.

With the lineup solid, the guys began booking frantically, playing all over the state. After finishing off 2008 with a bang and a rigorous schedule, the band had its new material and was ready to hit the studio. Road Runner the title track along with two others had been written by Phillips and Jeff Foeh former Blind Carbon Copy and Redneck Jedi frontman, in their previous collaboration. Phillips had in fact had been sending music to Foeh, even though he had not committed to the band and his former bandmate added lyrics to what would be one of the new songs on the album, Electricity. Phillips also found a co-writer in Ed Jones and completed two other tunes. When all was said and done, 10 new songs emerged and Road Runner is the result.

"Jeff did a great job in the studio, it is always a pleasure to work with him," remarked Phillips.

I Believe and Southern by Birth both found chart positions on the Texas Top 100 as well as various internet radio sites.

As 2009 wound down, the band found itself deep within a cave. "Longhorn Cavern State PArk is just an amazing place to perform," said Beinke. The band fell in love with the cave and a live recording, "Unplugged and Underground" was recorded and released in Septemberl 2009, inside.

Considered one of the hardest working acts in Texas, with a show schedule that makes some folks tired just to look at, Redneck Jedi is currently booking 2011 to "Road Test" the new material for their upcoming release, "Diamond Plate. "It will be a solid mix of rock/country.

The band intends on entering the studio for the full length release as earlier as October 2011. This will mark Redneck Jedi's sixth studio CD.