who wouldn’t love being taken back to a time when the Rat Pack ruled the boob tube, dressed to the nines in matching suits & skinny ties, set to the music of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and the Animals, fused with Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Roy Acuff and Hank Williams?
it’s what Oscar winner & hellbilly connoisseur Billy Bob Thornton calls “electric hillbilly,” and he & his band, The Boxmasters (who have just released a 2 disc set: The Boxmasters – originals & covers including The Who’s “The Kids Are Alright” & Ernust Tubb’s “She’s looking Better By the Minute”) are coming to a Texas town near you…
7/22/2008, Scout Bar, Houston
7/23/2008, Scout Bar, San Antonio
7/24/2008, House of Blues, Dallas
7/25/2008, Brewsters St. Ice House, Corpus Christi
7/26/2008, Stubbs, Austin
