Jason Boland

If you ever get down that area, make sure you go.

[sniffs] And, uh, saw one of our favorite Texas country artists, a man named Jason Boland, which I highly recommend.

I, I really love the guy.

Um, and I was listening to that concert that night, we've seen him many times, and I didn't exactly remember the song, but there was a song that night that struck me and, uh, [sniffs] and, uh, this, this song was about a, a close friend passing away.

Yeah.

There's a great Jason Boland song about pearl snap shirts, so.

I w- I wish I could tell you I had a clue who that was, but ...

Well, I really...

I, when, when I lived in Stillwater, um, Cross Canadian Ragweed, you could, you could catch them for a $3 cover at the Mermaids Og Saloon once a month.

Cody Canada, Jason Boland, and Tony LaRue would all play acoustic in town two or three nights a week.

And if you got tired of Red Dirt, you could go down the street to, um, a bar that, uh, it's The Dirty Rooster now if you're in Stillwater, but at the time it was called Mike's College Bar, and you could see, uh, uh, The Flaming Lips for no cover on Tuesday, and All American Rejects for no cover on Wednesday.

So we didn't realize at the time how good we had it, um, but looking back on it, like, I have to imagine that must have been what Seattle was like before people knew what grunge was.

Music was a big deal in our home.

And so I knew good music, you know? And I heard these guys, and I was like, "Golly, you guys are good." And it was at the time when, like, Stoney LaRue was getting big and Jason Boland had just made it, you know, really- Where everybody knew who he was, and these guys had that sound, you know, like the Kevin Fowler when he was moving along.

And anyway, so I went into the music business because I saw an opportunity.

I was like, [laughs] "You guys are good and you're going somewhere." And they were like, "You think?" I'm like, "Yeah.

I remember that.

Kyle Bennett was such a phenomenal songwriter.

Dude could snap one out in 30 minutes, and you could just be like, "Good grief." You know, and it was kind of like a party, party crowd, right? The music was energetic, and it w- and, and a couple of the guys from the band were from Weatherford that I knew, you know? And, uh, we were good friends, and it just all jived out, and we ended up, you know, traveling with Cooder Graw and playing with Jason Boland and Stoney and all these guys.

You know, it ended up being a really big deal, but-

...

I'd do Jason Boland

... you can split it up.

[laughs]

Yeah, yeah.

I'd do Jason Boland.

Okay.

It makes complete sense with, with your, with your, uh, your style of music for sure, too.

I think Nick Jamerson makes a lot of sense.

Even his sister Emily, uh, Jason Boland's out there, he's never played this thing.

It's just, uh ...

Yeah, me, I just talked to Nick the other night and he said he, he's heard about North Springs.