Micky and the Motorcars, Bleu Edmondson and Jason Boland and the Stragglers
All popular musicians in their own right, Texas bands join forces for Boot Campaign album
Celebrating the Boot Campaign’s one-year anniversary this month, the initiative is releasing a special edition compilation album filled with Texas music entitled When They Come Back on Sept. 14. Many of the artists featured on the CD have participated in the Campaign’s signature photo shoots involving military combat boots, like Micky and the Motorcars, Bleu Edmondson and Jason Boland and the Stragglers.
Founded in Challis, Idaho, Micky and the Motorcars now resides in Austin, Texas, still writing most of its songs and performing tunes of love lost, love found and love confused. Self-described as “a little rough around the edges,” Micky and the Motorcars were one of the first groups to be photographed in the Boot Campaign shoes.
With the compilation CD about to hit shelves, the group is busy touring locally through the rest of the year. On When They Come Back, Micky and the Motorcars can be heard on the song, “Naïve,” a piece that was first released on the group’s album by the same name. Written by Micky and Willy Braun, “Naïve,” looks at a crumbling relationship and the lies that have been unveiled.
Bleu Edmondson burst onto the Texas music scene in 2002 with his band, and in 2007, decided to embark on a solo music career. His latest release, Lost Boy, was a result of more time in the studio to revel in all that he learned at the beginning of his professional career.
For the album, Edmondson chose to contribute his song, “Black & White,” and told Best in Texas Music Magazine that the track “just fits” the military-themed release. Jason Boland’s pick for the disc is “Time in Hell,” describing someone working to get out of a current situation, something that the U.S. military could very well understand: “Just take me far from this place/Where the Garden of Eden fell/I'm bound to go to heaven/I've done spent my time in hell.”
About the Boot Campaign
Known as “the Boot Girls,” Ginger, Leigh Ann, Sherri, Heather and Mariae banned together one fateful night in Tyler, Texas to launch The Boot Campaign giving gratitude and appreciation for the American military. The initiative is quickly gaining awareness with the repertoire of boot images expanding every day. The Boot Girls ask Americans to put their boots on during the routine of daily life to symbolically walk in the shoes of our military men and women, remembering their service and sacrifice. The Campaign’s signature boots are available for purchase online with proceeds benefitting organizations like The Lone Survivor Foundation.
For more information about The Boot Campaign, please visit: www.bootcampaign.co
