> I've heard them do a song where the hook is, "You're on the hit
> list..." It sounds like a cover, but I'm not sure. Anyone know?
>
It is indeed a cover, although not of a well-known writer. 'The Hit List'
is by Todd Steed (Scott Carpenter can back me up on this if he's out
there), a Knoxville-based songwriter who, in the 80's, led a great band
with one of the *worst* names ever: Smokin' Dave and the Premo Dopes!
Their self-released CD "huh?" contains other great tunes often covered by
Knoxville bands -- the (pre-Vroy) Viceroys did Todd's "You Must Be From
Nashville" in just about all their live gigs; when Jeff Bills and I were
backing up Scott's solo stuff we did "Keith Richards' Blood" often enough.
I think 'hit list' might be on Todd's 'Opposable Thumbs ... are ready for
love' record -- a cd he did with the guys who are now the rhythm section
for the Nevers (and, previously, doubter's club and judybats, methinks ...
again, Scott can tell you more).
>
> Yep....next to Jason & the Scorchers. I'll agree with Mitch that the
> BRox are pretty damned good live, but the V-Roys have blown me
> away the last two times I saw them.
>
Have you seen the Scorchers lately? What's with the bass player with the
Winger hair and nipple rings? Yeeeewwwwww!!!!! Maybe it's just me, but they
came across as a parody of their former selves when I saw them early last
fall in knoxville (wedged betwixt Robbie Fulks, who rocked, and SCOTS, who
I won't comment on, they seemed even more ridiculous).
> > In case anyone was wondering, the V-Roys are *still* the best live band
in
> > America.
At risk of sounding like an old fart (which, at 29, is not so hard to do),
"You shoulda seen 'em back when!" I'm still partial, I hate to admit, to
the original Viceroys ... there was just something about the dynamic
between Scott Miller and John Paul Keith (now of the Nevers) -- it was
electrifying, unpredictable, and raw ... and much more "country" (if I can
still use that word around here without starting a brawl) than what they
later became. I thought maybe JPK's Nevers would bring the hardcore
honkey-tonk R&B back, but I've heard that they're just slick, mildly
interesting power-pop, without the unique soul that made JPK's presence in
the Viceroys, the Dyno-matics, and in his solo performances, so memorable.
I am old, I am old ... I shall wear my overalls rolled ....!
Rob
Np "Gimme Keith Richard's Blood" ... I want to get high ... don't want to
do all the drugs!
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Rob Russell
Johnson City, TN
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http://listen.to/thebystanders
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> From: Dave Purcell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: V-Roys
> Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 9:01 AM
>
> Steve Gardner wrote:
>
> Dave
>
>
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