Somewhere in the Middle

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Somewhere in the Middle
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Studio album by Jason Boland & The Stragglers
Released September 21, 2004
Genre Red Dirt, Texas Country
Label Smith Music Group
Producer Lloyd Maines
Jason Boland & The Stragglers chronology
Live and Lit at Billy Bob's Texas
(2002)Live and Lit at Billy Bob's Texas2002
Somewhere in the Middle
(2004)
The Bourbon Legend
(2006) The Bourbon Legend2006

Somewhere in the Middle is Jason Boland & The Stragglers's fourth album. It was released in September 2004. It is the first album by the band to be produced by Lloyd Maines. The song "Thunderbird Wine" is a cover of the Billy Joe Shaver song featured on the 1981 album I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal. The album itself is dedicated to Shaver, stating "may he live forever." The song "Hank" was originally recorded by Eleven Hundred Springs and released on their 2004 album, Bandwagon under the title, "Hank Williams Wouldn't Make It Now In Nashville, Tennessee". The last track features Randy Crouch singing lead vocals on the song, "Hope You Make It."

Jason Boland & The Stragglers is an American Red Dirt/Texas Country band featuring Harrah, Oklahoma, native Jason Boland, Brad Rice (percussion), Grant Tracy (bass), and Nick Worley.

Lloyd Maines American country music record producer, musician and songwriter

Lloyd Wayne Maines is an American country music record producer, musician and songwriter. He was inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall Of Fame as one of the first three members, the other two being Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Billy Joe Shaver American singer-songwriter

Billy Joe Shaver is a Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hank" (Aaron Wynne) - 3:21
  2. "When I'm Stoned" (Jason Boland) - 3:22
  3. "Somewhere In The Middle" (Boland) - 4:39
  4. "If You Want To Hear A Love Song" (Boland) - 3:59
  5. "Back To You" (Bob Childers) - 3:06
  6. "Stand Up To The Man" (Boland) - 3:58
  7. "Radio's Misbehaving" (Boland) - 3:44
  8. "Dirty Fightin' Love" (Boland, Stoney LaRue) - 3:42
  9. "12 Oz. Curls" (Randy Crouch) - 3:54
  10. "Mary" (Boland) - 6:09
  11. "Thunderbird Wine" (Billy Joe Shaver) - 5:20
  12. "Hell Or Bust" (Boland) - 5:50
  13. "Hope You Make It" (Crouch) - 8:03

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2004) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 65

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