Banditos

Viewing their videos, there is something which makes them seem somewhat flat in comparison to being there sweating in the crowd with one of the last remaining remnants of those glorious outlaw days of country; not being able to feel just how tide-like their overall set is factors into this quite a bit. It is how they can have a jazzy feet-along-the-pavement stand-up bass line, then there is the backwoods banjo contrasting the soul vocals shattering the universe in a homage to the glory days of Etta James and Janis Joplin, the absolutely defining precision of breaks and stops, the presence of calm regret destroyed in a raging fury of lead guitar, and not to mention their facial hair which, without a damn doubt, has a presence all its own. These guys have it all and just happen to be selfless enough to reign all of the mad cruel passion into this ruse of Honky Tonk perfection. These guys are down home rock & roll the way we always hoped it would be.