My previous reference to the Hank Dogs was possibly slightly misleading. Don't go to "Bareback" expecting to find something sounding like Townes. He and Hiatt were staples of their early sets back in the early 90s. These days the Nick Drake allusions are more pertinent, though interestingly the band deny it. Andy says he heard "Five Leaves Left" in the sixties but that's as far as it goes. If they position themselves anywhere it's on the country side. They were on the bill at Sid Griffin's Gram Parsons tribute show at the Garage here last autumn and performed, if memory serves,"Hot Burritto 1". The word is that the show's coming out on video quite soon. It's definitely worth seeing as an example of how do these things properly. There was also Peter Bruntnell doing "Kiss The Children", and Larry Love from Alabama 3 deconstructing "In My Hour Of Darkness", aside from Sid and the Porters. Nick West Bucketfull Of Brains PO Box 11301, London WC1H 8HF 44(0)171 916 4661 (phone/fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
