Jason Boland, Red River Mudcats record Bob Childers song
Red River Mudcats
From left, Jason Boland and the late Bob Childers
Texas-Oklahoma red dirt band Red River Mudcats worked Harrah singer Jason Boland on their new single, Texas Eagle.”
Released on Cimsound Records, “Texas Eagle” was written by the late Bob Childers, the Oklahoma singer-songwriter considered the father of red dirt music.
The single, featuring the guest vocals of Boland, a star on the red dirt scene, will be included on the Red River Mudcats’ forthcoming self-titled album, according to a news release.
The Red River Mudcats are comprised of Texas singer-songwriter Liz Calendar and a group of Oklahoma musicians including guitarist/songwriter/producer Jeffrey Parker, drummer Dixie Weathers, and bassist Bobby Ryan Lester. The band specializes in Americana roots-rock with dashes of Southern-fried country rock, red dirt and Texas blues rock.
Parker has a deep, longstanding connection to the Oklahoma red dirt music scene. In the ‘90s, he owned and operated Cimarron Sound Lab in Stillwater. During this period, Parker played on, engineered and/or produced seminal records by many of the singer-songwriters who were at the forefront of the red dirt movement, including Childers, Bill Erickson, Mike McClure and Tom Skinner.
And he played a key role in the development of some of the biggest stars in the genre, including co-producing and producing the first Cross Canadian Ragweed albums, “Carney” and “Live And Loud.”
Parker also was involved with Boland’s early career.
“Jason took guitar lessons from me when I worked at Daddy O’s Music. Later on, I co-engineered the Bob Childer’s track ‘Change In The Weather’ for his ‘Pearl Snaps’ album that Lloyd Maines produced. So, it is really cool to get to work with him again on another Childer’s song – all these years later! Both of us feel truly blessed to have known and worked with him,’” Parker said in the release.
For more about the band, go to www.cimsound.com/mudcats.
-BAM
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