They tour quite a bit, anywhere from 180 to 220 days out of each year. Though they enjoy being on stage, Jason states they are “most at home among neon signs, crowds in cowboy boots, and cold, cheap beer.” They even founded The Medicine Stone music and camping festival about six and a half hours southwest of St. Louis, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, with fellow red dirt band The Turnpike Troubadours in 2013. Thousands were in attendance it’s very first year. They created this three day event because they noticed that music festivals of this caliber were mainly held down in Texas and they wanted to bring a top notch music festival closer to home, and closer to their fans in the surrounding states where these kinds of artists tour regularly. It’s nothing fancy. You can camp in an RV, a trailer or in a tent, or you can stay at a hotel in town and be shuttled between the resort and motels. You can purchase beer at the festival, and their fanciest food is made in a hot dog truck.
The band is currently based in Austin, Texas. During his career Jason lived through alcoholism, a car accident, and ruptured his vocal cord, but continues to be inspired by music and tries to create something new. Jason’s band has been extremely successful for their genre, and have sold over a million records globally. Jason Boland is a person who represents honkytonk music in the best traditions of Texas and Oklahoma. Jason’s first marriage ended in divorce in 2008, but was married to his current wife, Mandy, in 2012. They were married in Eureka Springs, in a private wedding ceremony. They have no children, except “one English Bulldog named Gary”.
Jason considers himself a “pretty spiritual man” and attributes his sobriety and ability to get through rehab, to God. Claiming he almost became a preacher at one point in his life, he states the only reason he did not, was by chance. Thus, Jason Boland and The Stragglers was born.
Their latest album “Hard Times are Relative”, a mixture of new songs and some of their classics, is most certainly one of the best country releases in 2018. It’s easy to love, it’s interesting, yet it is still fashioned in their true style. It’s fun and makes you think, keeping you entertained by stirring up a range of emotions. Most importantly, it’s solid country.
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