Posted on 12/07/2004 6:07:57 PM PST by weegee
I've heard some cuts from Danny Barnes' new album but I still remember seeing the Bad Livers back when they only had one album out.
As they changed their sound over the years, Danny told disappointed audience (who didn't want them to change) that there were plenty of old albums of the band that they could still listen to.
The Bad Livers did actually get a quarter page write up in Rolling Stone in something like 1992 or 1993 (the last time that truly small indy bands and different types of music could get on commercial radio; there was a "throw it against the wall and see what sticks" method back then).
Barnes is a very talented and quite the showman. I credit him for turning a lot of punkers on to bluegrass.
The Bad Livers were the only band that I saw repeatedly instruct soundmen to "turn it down" when they were onstage.
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