Randy Rogers has found another performer he can trust. And if anyone accuses his "Songs and Stories” tour with Wade Bowen of getting stale — which hard-core fans probably won't — he will keep plucking with his musical doppelganger of seven years.

"We've always helped promote each other's music,” Rogers said of Bowen, a fellow Texas country troubadour. "This business is pretty cutthroat. We've always tried...