Press Quotes

“Tales of whiskey-drinking, Chevy truck-driving and life on the road become so much more than classic country tropes when paired with The Bootstrap Boys’ personal stories of loss, perseverance and living in a political climate that seems to have abandoned the American people.” Holly Holtzclaw, Local Spins

“The Bootstrap Boys have never sounded better -- or bleaker -- on their recent album Some Boots. The tension between devil-may-care-defiance and existential angst may just be the molten core that keeps country music rotating.” -Rachel Cholst, Rainbow Rodeo Magazine

“The Bootstrap Boys make Country music ripe for scoring a late 70’s car chase and Saturday nights at the bar movies. Films like Smokey and the Bandit or Every Which Way but Loose had Country Rock heavy soundtracks, music reminiscent of what Michigan band The Bootstrap Boys are doing on Hungry and Sober.” - Brian Liggett, The Alternate Root

“Existing in the same world that Waylon inhabited: unfiltered and tangible country rock that has attitude yet keeps your foot tapping.” — Glide Magazine

“The Bootstrap Boys will take you back to Nashville in 1972. Who knew we could have the Deep South this far north?”— Quinn Matthews, WYCE

“This Michigan band conjure an authentic brand of country music, polished and well recorded.”— Music Connection Magazine

Notable Achievements

WYCE Jammies “Single of the Year” [Spirit in the Sky] 2026

Revue West Michigan “Best In The West” Original Band 2025

WYCE Jammies “Song of the Year” [Fade into you] 2025

WYCE Artist of the Year 2025

#1 Most Played Artist of 2024 WYCE-FM

Western AF Official Playlist 2024

WYCE Artist of the Year 2024

WYCE Roots/Americana Album of the Year ‘Hungry & Sober’ 2024

Bluegrass Situation Alumni 2023

WYCE Roots/Americana Album of the Year ‘New Beginnings’ 2022

WYCE Roots/Americana Album of the Year ‘Between the Hat & the Boots’ 2020

Wheatland Music Festival Alumni 2017