About THE ROCKDOWN
ABOUT THE SHOW
The RockDown Show with Dustin Tatro is a weekly, nationally-syndicated countdown of the ten hottest songs in Christian Rock as measured by actual radio airplay reported by terrestrial and online stations to the industry and Christian Rock circle-respected Christian Music Weekly rock chart. Each week's Listener's Choice is determined by the results of an anonymous Google poll on this website, with voters required to provide an email address for the sole purpose of limiting votes to one per user each week. Unless you tell us not to, any voice or written communication to official show postal addresses, websites, email, phone numbers, or social media may be used on-air. "The RockDown Show" and associated graphics are registered trademarks of Tatro Entertainment, LLC.
ABOUT YOUR HOST
Dustin Tatro is the founder, host, and producer of The RockDown Show with Dustin Tatro, your weekly destination for the hottest songs in Christian Rock! Serving since 2020, Dustin is the official organist for the Texas Rangers and Globe Life Field of Major League Baseball. Dustin is a 20-year veteran of radio and television in West Texas, working with stations in Andrews, Odessa, and Abilene in some capacity over classic rock, oldies, country, red dirt, and Christian rock formats. He previously was the host and producer of At Night with Dustin Tatro, a nightly, interactive faith-based hard rock show that aired across West Texas on the KGNZ radio network and viewed worldwide via live HD simulcast.
He drives a bus for Abilene ISD, is a Texas EMT, and a firefighter for Hamby Fire/Rescue near Abilene, Texas. Dustin has enjoyed an extensive career as a church musician in both organist and worship leader roles for churches across West Texas. He has served as organist at St Paul United Methodist Church in Abilene since 2014, where he plays a large three-manual Dan Garland pipe organ each Sunday. He holds both undergraduate and masters degrees in organ and choral conducting from Hardin-Simmons University.
Tatro is married to Staci, a PE paraprofessional at Abilene’s Allie Ward Elementary School. They are pet parents to Dietrich, a beagle named for Dutch Baroque organist Dietrich Buxtehude, and a tuxedo cat named Bella after Grizabella, the “memory cat” from Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s “Cats.” All are rescues.