Lead singer taking applications for country band

I came home to find J-Pop watching a dvd from a friend. It was footage of a concert put on by The Warter Front Band. These guys are American and were playing at a honky tonk in Tokyo, called Little Texas. I have a one word review of their performance: TERRIBLE!

I told J-Pop they were really bad and they made my ears hurt. This was before they covered Okie From Muskogee. They were truly a train wreck. During Lukenbach Texas, the band-leader/drummer/lead vocalist did a terrible Willie Nelson impersonation, singing nasally with the end of a drumstick pushing one of his nostrils closed. It was so off that it didn't even sound like a bad Willie impersonation. Trust me, I know what a bad one sounds like (my own!).

I feel really bad for the Japanese audience that had to sit through this show. They may not even have known it was so terrible. While having been exposed to two guitar greats (my brother and stepfather) has made me a little of a snob, I put it aside and gave the bassist and the two leads (who seemed to be sharing one guitar) a blank page. I'm not sure the members knew they were playing in a band, together.

I guess it doesn't take much to get a few gigs in Japan, playing country music (or maybe any kind). From today, I am looking to make a band. If any of you would like to get a taste of "life in a hillbilly band" (thanks Waylon!) or would like to "rock the suburbs" (thanks Ben Folds) with me, please let me know. I know at least one venue (Little Texas) that would give us a stage.

The leader and drummer

The missing blues brother on bass and a lead guitarist

Lead guitarist #2 sharing the lead guitar while the other lead guitarist plays the air guitar (which is all his own).

He has his guitar back.

So what!? I'm jealous! These guys looked like they were having a good time.