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A 23-year-old set from Jason Boland & The Stragglers at the famed Wormy Dog in Stillwater, OK.

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It may be the most important Texas and Red Dirt video ever uploaded to the internet.

Jason Boland & The Stragglers have announced their ninth studio album Hard Times Are Relative.

We don't know how these Floridians were able to bring a Herculean lineup such to the Sunshine State, but the inaugural Mile 0 Festival in Key West just got our attention.

When "Squelch," the next project from Jason Boland and the Stragglers, releases on Oct. 9, it'll be the eighth studio album from the legendary Red Dirt band in just under 16 years (in addition to two live albums).

It has been several weeks since this year's Memorial Day Weekend floods ravaged the small town of Wimberley, Texas, but the Texas/Red Dirt music scene hasn't forgotten about those Central Texas families who are still trying to rebuild their community.

It's West Texas' biggest Texas and Red Dirt music festival, and for those of us who have come to expect Crude Fest to bring out all the biggest stars and hottest up-and-coming acts, 2015 will not disappoint.

Due to health issues, Jason Boland's brother-in-law, Charles Whited, is going through a difficult time. To help out his brother, Boland, has teamed up with a few friends to raise money by selling a special guitar, "The Fish Guitar."

Jason Boland was one of the guys that introduced me to the Texas, Red Dirt scene. He along with stalwarts named Pat, Charlie, Ragweed, Cory and Robert Earl really made it easy for me, a transplanted Texan, to fall in love with this music. Last week Boland stopped by Radio Texas, LIVE! and left us with an exclusive performance of his next single "Dark and Dirty Mile," and much more. Read

Rita Ballou, blogger extraordinaire, from RawhideandVelvet.com joins Radio Texas, LIVE! each week to keep us up to date on all the dirt in the Texas and Red Dirt Music scene. This week Randy Rogers Band has a leak, No Justice is giving someone a guitar plus the big scoop on the Christmas Acoustic tours in Texas plus more. Check out this week's Dirt.

Its been a few weeks but Rita Ballou is back with All the Dirt in Red Dirt! And yes, I'm late posting this. But remember even though this Dirt is stale, if you ain't heard it yet -- it's new to you. Last week Rita told us about Straggler No. 1 tying the knot, Jason Eady's big tour, Wade Bowen's "slick page coverage" and about East Texan Kacey Musgraves going to Europe with Lady Antebellu