Texas Music Times “THE RED DIRT IS HERE” NOVEMBER 2006 for FANS by FANS

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JASON BOLAND AND THE STRAGGLERS “The Bourbon Legend” LARGEST MAGAZINE IN TEXAS MUSIC WWW.TEXASMUSICTIMES.COM TEXAS MUSIC TIMES - November 2006 About the Cover

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WHATS INSIDE: team texas music times 2 Jason Boland and the stragglers Keith howerton 4 Johnny Cooper publisher and editor in chieF

5 Sterling Finlay rachel taylor copy editor 6 Robert Cherry danielle howerton 7 Granger Smith layout and design jamie wilson 8 RRB in NYC ad design

CD REVIEWS steve circeo 15 Mike Mcclure band WWW.maxcreative.com 15 Full Throttle web master 15 Trent Summar 23 cross canadian ragweed rebecca howerton sales and marketing

9 the wormy dog celebration numerous writers and contributors cover photo courtesy of sustain records 10 Wade Bowen and and all the artists and fans that keep iT real.... 10 Eli young band god bless

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