The bell is back

After my Birdman Sound outing I chilled at home for an hour, then headed to the House of Targ for some serious rock'n'roll action with Southern sleazoids White Cowbell Oklahoma. Their Barrymore's shows of a decade ago still stand as some of the wildest and most entertaining in my memory, and I was eager to see what kind of shenanigans they've been up to lately. Local misbehavers In Heat and Hot Snake Handlers were rightly tapped to open things up; here's some standup action with Timmy Jayof the Handlers (who will also be playing the the Black & Bluegrass Festival this weekend)!



Tom hits!



Greg sings!



Jason frets!



More standup bass1



More Greg and Tmiiy!



Extra Jason and Tom!



In Heat have certainly been keeping busy lately; I've seen them rock for Lemmy and CanCon in addition to this gig (they also released a new album this spring). Here's Joady going for maximum height with both mohawk and leopard-print pumps.



A shouty bit with Tony!



Singalong action!



Bass action with Greg!



Guitar action with Brent!



More Lexxi!



Percussive action!



White Cowbell Oklahoma have been through a few lineup changes in the decade since I saw them (come to think of it, they had lineup changes even back then), and the only guy I recognized from those lineups was lead guitarist and singer Clem.



Another familiar face: John from Mokomokai.



Percussive action!



More Cowbell!



Singalong action!



Even more percussion!



Extra Johnny!



Telecaster action!



Even more percussive action!



Gripping action!



Angle-grinding action!



Bass action!



Even more guitar!



Beer-drinking action!



Always fun!