Reverend Horton Heat + Nashville Pussy = one night of wild rock ‘n’ roll
- by Shadi Maceac
Reverend Horton Heat plays the Commodore Ballroom on Aug 31 with special guests Nashville Pussy.
The Texas-based Heat’s last studio album Laughing and Crying with the Reverend Horton Heat marks the band’s move away from the hard-driving punkabilly of their ’04 studio release Revival. Instead, the album is described by the press release as a “record full of country-heavy tunes about had habits, well-meaning but clueless husbands, ever expanding beer-guts and, well, Texas.”
Bandleader Jim Heath’s inspiration for the record was the product of his alter ego Harley Hog, described by Heath as a “laughing and crying” singer. Heath describes his creative process as “trying to develop a vocal style where I was always either laughing or crying. It was really over-exaggerated.”
Nashville Pussy are no strangers to these parts – the outrageous rockers were just here last fall, when they celebrated the birthday of guitarist Ruyter Suys. The band’s latest is 2009′s From Hell to Texas.
Nashville Pussy at the Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, Nov 4 2011. Skot Nelson photo
Nashville Pussy at the Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, Nov 4 2011. Skot Nelson photo
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Nashville Pussy at the Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, Nov 4 2010
