Good morning, all. This is day one of an experiment.
Taken on the Long March, outside Bear Cross, Missouri, in 2004.
If you’re seeing this, you were probably at our show last Thursday at the VFW in Danville since that was the first time we started selling our shirts with the new blog on it. I mean, we didn’t sell any, but they were there, and chances are you walked past them on the way to the bar a few times, or you saw some of them in the street out front after the mayor kicked our display over and told us to get the f-word out of the place.
So, yeah, we’re Machete Dave and the Roadside Attractions, pioneering this new sound we’re calling “Death-Polka.” It’s sort of this blues-metal-polka-yodelling fusion thing. There’s also some stream-of-consciousness performance art in there, too, depending on how closely our lead singer is following his doctor’s recommendations on a given night. We’ve also been known to break down into a tribal sort of primal-scream chanting screed. By “we”, I’m again referring to our lead singer.
Which brings us to our lead singer. Machete Dave Rosenberg probably won’t be posting much. While none of us in the band have ever been to his house due to various allergies and religious requirements, we’re fairly sure he doesn’t have an Internet-ready computer. Or the ability to read. But what he does have is the devil’s own voice, and two of the finest guitar-pickin’ fingers ever granted to man or beast. I’ve never seen a man whip a crowd up into such a toe-tapping, thigh-slapping, Negro-lynching frenzy before (although the other two members of the band and I are trying–really trying–to pursuade him to work the Negro-lynching part out of the set).
At any rate. check back here every day for more tales from the road. You’ll likely also read short stories and character sketches from our keyboard man, Pete “Birdman” Bellermo. And our resident artiste, Jill “Dirrrty Jack” Jackson, will likely post new sketches and paintings from time to time. Thanks for coming–enjoy the ride.
Tommy “Juggs” Siemisciwitz
Posted on I-70, 60 miles east of Columbia, Missouri.
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