Jason Boland & The Stragglers at Stanley's BBQ
Stanley’s Famous Pit BBQ + Colt Classic Present:
Jason Boland & The Stragglers w/ Special Guest TBA
Doors 7 pm
Show 7:15 pm
October 31, 2025
Stanley’s Famous Pit BBQ, Tyler, TX
More about the Artist:
THE LAST KINGS of BABYLON
“This album is a mirror,” says Jason Boland. “It’s a retrospective, a reflection of everywhere we’ve been and everything we’ve learned over the last 25 years on the road.”
The Last Kings Of Babylon—Boland’s eleventh studio album with his longtime band, The Stragglers—is no nostalgia trip, though. Recorded with legendary producer Lloyd Maines, the collection finds Boland and the band continuing to evolve, pushing sonic boundaries and challenging genre conventions even as they embrace history and tradition. The songwriting is bold and muscular here, filtering classic country through a kaleidoscopic lens of rock, punk, bluegrass, and folk, and the performances are raw and exhilarating to match, captured live on the studio floor in just two whirlwind days of basic tracking. The result is a timeless offering from a group of master craftsmen at the top of their game, a joyful, honest snapshot of a working band 25 years into their unlikely—and unstoppable—career.
“These songs are about the journey,” Boland reflects. “We were searching for something when we started this band, and we’re still out there searching for it now.”
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Boland grew up listening to a mix of country and rock and roll before eventually finding himself at the epicenter of the Red Dirt scene in Stillwater, where he put together the Stragglers while attending OSU. Beginning with 1999’s Pearl Snaps, the hard-touring band would release a series of critically acclaimed independent albums that would rack up more than half a million sales, lead to collaborations with the likes of Shooter Jennings and Robert Earl Keen, and land performances everywhere from The Ryman Auditorium to the Grand Ole Opry. The New York Times called Boland “one of the country scene’s most multidimensional songwriters,” while American Songwriter praised him as “a troubadour for the ages,” and Rolling Stone hailed him as a “steady, reliable source of smart, gritty songwriting.”
****Ticket Details: GA Standing (Limited Seating) - All tickets are General Admission, standing room. Limited seating is on a first come/first served basis, and may consist of only a chair or stool. Tables and seats may have restricted line of sight due to a standing crowd.
