Don't miss the swagger and talent of Joshua Ray Walker Sunday at Silver Moon Brewing.

Rather than gently suggest that you go see Joshua Ray Walker Sunday night at Silver Moon in Bend, let me just state unequivocally: This talented Texan and fast-rising country singer-songwriter headlined the single best concert I attended in 2022, and I attended more than a few.

Walker is the real deal. Blessed with authentic twang in his DNA and backed by a white-hot country band, he writes heartbreakers and honky-tonkers with equal aplomb and delivers them in a way that seems to crackle with electricity. If you’d like to preview him, check out his excellent 2021 album, “See You Next Time,” and stick it out through at least the first five tracks. That’ll give you the full range of Walker’s abilities, from tender tear-jerkers (“Flash Paper”) to classic country (“Three Strikes”) to swaggering soul (“Sexy After Dark”).

If Sunday’s show is anything like the one Walker and his band put on almost exactly a year ago at the same venue, it’ll be a good one. Odds are you already missed him last year. Don’t make the same mistake again!

Joshua Ray Walker, with Jade Jackson: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, doors open 7 p.m., $15, Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend, silvermoonbrewing.com.