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Jason Boland and the Stragglers
Price: $15-$20
18 and over. It's admirable when a musician gets back to his roots, there's no questioning that. But in
a lot of ways, it's even more admirable when an artist has no need to do that – having
never lost touch with those roots in the first place. Jason Boland falls squarely into the
latter category, having spent the better part of the last 15 years entrenching himself in
the so-called "red dirt" of his native state of Oklahoma and adopted home in Texas and
while spreading his musical branches to cover a remarkable amount of territory.
"I've always thought it was important to keep one foot in tradition and the other pointed in
the direction you want to go," says Boland. "I didn't invent the G chord, so I'm standing
on the shoulders of the giants that did, and on the shoulders of some great songwriters
that have come before me. I'm using an old stencil, but adding my own colors."
On their new studio album, Dark And Dirty Mile, Boland and his compatriots use a wide
array of hues to illustrate 11 songs of rejection and redemption, dark clouds and silver
linings, all assembled in the rough-hewn manner that's earned him an ever-growing fan
base – a following that's snapped up more than a half-million records over the past
decade and change.
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John T. Floores
- 14492 Old Bandera, Helotes San Antonio TX 78023
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(210) 695-8827