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Texas Music Times “THE RED DIRT IS HERE” NOVEMBER 2006 FOR FANS BY FANS JASON BOLAND AND THE STRAGGLERS “The Bourbon Legend” LARGEST MAGAZINE IN TEXAS MUSIC WWW.TEXASMUSICTIMES.COM TEXAS MUSIC TIMES - November 2006 About the Cover DVRQ%RODQGDQG7KH6WUDJJOHUVDUHRQHRIWKHPRVWLQÀXHQWLDOEDQGV WKHVKRZ,DVNHGKLPLILWZRXOGERWKHUKLPLI,HYHUFRPSDUHGKLPWR JLQ7H[DVDQG5HG'LUWPXVLF7KH\DUHVSHFLDOIRUPDQ\UHDVRQV :D\ORQ-HQQLQJVDQGKHWROGPHLQZLWKGHHSVLQFHULW\³+HFNQRPDQ LQFOXGLQJWDOHQWDQGKDUGZRUN,WKDVQRWDOZD\VEHHQDQHDV\URDGIRU :D\ORQZDVWKH¿UVWUHDOFRXQWU\PXVLFRXWODZ+HVWDUWHGLWDOODQGGLG -DVRQSHUVRQDOO\DQGWKHURDGVFKHGXOHZRUNLQJQLJKWVDQGWKHJHQHUDO VRPDQ\GLIIHUHQWWKLQJVLQWKHEXVLQHVV,WZRXOGQRWERWKHUPHDWDOO´ JULQRIWKHPXVLFEXVLQHVVDOPRVWWRRNWKHLUWROORQKLP$OFRKROFDQ ,QUHWURVSHFWLWZDVDVWXSLGTXHVWLRQP\SDUWDQG,UHJUHWDVNLQJLWEXW EHDSUREOHPZLWKSHRSOHZKRPDNHWKHLUOLYLQJHQWHUWDLQLQJLQEDUV -DVRQ¶VDQVZHUVDLGPRUHDERXWKLPWKDQWKHVWXSLGLW\RIP\TXHVWLRQ )DQVDUHUHDOO\SDUWRIWKHSUREOHPDVZHOO,QHYHU\WRZQIDQVVKRZ +LVDQVZHUZDVGHOLYHUHGZLWKFODVVDQGWDVWHDQGKHVKRZHGQRVLJQ WKHLUDSSUHFLDWLRQE\RIIHULQJGULQNVWRWKH RIEHLQJLUULWDWHGZLWKPH,ZDONHGDZD\ EDQGDQGWKHEDQGVRIWHQVKRZDSSUHFLDWLRQ IURPWKDWHQFRXQWHUUHDOL]LQJWKDW,KDGMXVW E\DFFHSWLQJ:KDWPRVWGRQ¶WUHDOL]HLV What I do know is that The FRPPXQLFDWHGZLWKDYHU\JHQXLQHPDQZKR that the artists are doing the same thing in a Stragglers are at the top of VDZKLVPXVLFDQGKLPVHOILQWKHFRQWH[WRI GLIIHUHQWWRZQQLJKWVSHUZHHN,WZRXOGEH their game and are only go- KLVWRU\DQGWLPHZLWKKXPLOLW\+XPLOLW\LVD OLNHWKHIDQVJHWWLQJORDGHGHYHU\QLJKWDQG ing to get better and better TXDOLW\WKDWLPSUHVVHVPHDERXW-DVRQ%RODQG GULYLQJPLOHVWKHQH[WGD\WRJHWORDGHG as the years develop. 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