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Country music swashbucklers JASON BOLAND AND THE STRAGGLERS’ hard-hitting new live set HIGH IN THE ROCKIES: A LIVE ALBUM is an unconstrained collection of appealingly inventive Red Dirt country. Crackling with the raw outlaw voltage that has made them one of the fastest-rising forces in contemporary country, the resolutely independent Texas-based quintet’s execution and delivery is uniformly impressive, and with material divided between Stragglers standards and fan favorites, the album rises to a profound new elevation that is reflected in a most fitting choice of title. Whether reveling in the Okie kickback groove of “Tulsa Time” or re-defining the epic despair of Boland’s classic “Bottle By My Bed,” their sound, characterized by ebullient musicianship and passionate vocals, links country music’s past to its future with admirable expertise.
Constantly reaching out for fresh new sounds and attitudes, rippling with traces of such forebears as Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard and illuminated by luxurious employ of dobro, fiddle and mandolin, High In The Rockies is a perfect mix of the progressive and the traditional. Released via Boland’s own label, Proud Souls Entertainment, in conjunction with the Apex Nashville label and Thirty Tigers distribution, it was recorded on four consecutive nights at January 2010 performances in Colorado and Wyoming, and the band displays authenticity at its most ardent--stubborn, proud, completely unfettered. Throughout, the freewheeling creative promise of the Red Dirt movement never goes unheeded. It has been a hard-earned escalation, one that comes after Boland was sidelined by surgery to remove a polyp from his throat, a chilling incident which led not only Boland, but the entire band--Roger Ray on steel, lead guitar and dobro; fiddler Noah Jeffries; bassist Grant Tracy; and drummer Brad Rice--to confront a potentially devastating turn of events. Typically, they flipped the experience from defeat to victory, instilling a renewed energy and drive which resulted in this extraordinary recording.
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