Boland penned nine of the 11 songs on Dark And DIrty Mile and co-produced the album with Shooter Jennings. Boland has build a strong reputation as an ambassador of the core fundamentals of the genre, and the new album is another example of why he and The Stragglers (guitarist Roger Ray, fiddler Nick Worley, bassist Grant Tracy and drummer Brad Rice) have sold over 500,000 albums independently and continue to play to packed houses all over.