Whew. Well, the alcohol induced shakes from Deep Blues Fest have finally subsided. I got (2) more guest pieces for y’all and I’ll be back posting on Friday. Till then, I have a post from halkaloogie about to awesome bands I’d never even heard of.

halkaloogie here and it’s a pleasure to be allowed to fill in on ninebullets. Seeing that Autopsy IV was asking for help I instantly raked my brain thinking of bands and singers that had not been posted, but a quick use of the blog search button I quickly found that this was not going to be that easy, after 1000+ posts this cat has covered a lot of ground.

I did find a few things that I hope all of you will enjoy

Anyways, a few years ago I was playing an out of town show that ended up being a total disaster we played to a gaggle of 15 year old kids who weren’t there to see us and hated every minute we were on stage, we were stiffed by the venue and ended up with a bar tab bigger than our cut. With a sour taste in our mouths and anger in our fists we headed down the street to find a hole to sulk and lick our wounds, and made our way into this little bar called the Baby Bar which is really a 15×15 foot room with a few chairs and a ton of alcohol. There was maybe 10 people in this place and right in the middle sitting on top of a table with a guitar and a bass drum banging out raw country and blues like there was no tomorrow was Toothless George. He was swilling whiskey cussing stomping and taunting everyone to fight and damn if we didn’t all feel a hell of a lot better.

I ended up trading a few CD’s and t-shirts with him and spent the next months listening to them and hot damn if [the above] picture doesn’t just scream awesome and sum up what Toothless George is all about. He was born in Lithuania of all places and calls Philly home. An old school punk rocker who decided that Hasil Adkins was just as hard core as Danzig.

Toothless George – Don’t Fuck With Me
Toothless George – Train Wreck
Toothless George – Give Me 40 Acres

Toothless George’s Official Site, Toothless George on myspace, Buy Toothless George’s albums

Another great set of musicians that I don’t see have been posted on theses pages are The Cracker Cats, these girls are a great all girl darkgrass 3 piece out of Saskatoon Canada.

I haven’t been able to find that much info on them, but did catch a show in BC Canada a few years ago, and these girls put as much energy into their shows as anybody I’ve seen and very much a girl equivalent of the .357 String Band.

The Cracker Cats – Endlessly
The Cracker Cats – Feed The Fire
The Cracker Cats – Shady Grove

The Cracker Cats on myspace, Buy The Cracker Cats music