Artist description some guys that blow on stuff... twang on stuff... honk on stuff...just some good ol' boys

Music Style Alternative Super Country (SAC)

Musical Influences the floor, toilets, hank, funnels, goose pate, louisiana hayride, ronnie

Similar Artists NA

Artist History Back in the old days, honky-tonk rivals Jethro Podonk and Jethro Bovine fought for domination of a small town's country music industry. The two superpowers of rock (after many months of conflict) decided to combine their talents and join forces. After all, it's lonely out there in honky-tonk land, and they figured, "Why fight over a small town when we could go in cahoots and take over the world!" And that's just what they did. It started one rainy summer night. Jethro was driving home from the sale barn, thinking about his lost love's labour. The tears started rolling down his cheek when he suddenly realized he was driving in the rain. He was instantly inspired and the song was written by the time he arrived at home (well under 20 minutes I might add). He shared the song with Jethro and they began recording the scratch tracks the next day.With only the beginnings of the song recorded, they knew that this was going to be their springboard into superstardom. Jethro and Jethro jammed often, coming up with ideas that would soon rock the country world. Their famous "Live at the Building" show was an extreme success, putting Jethro and Jethro a little higher on the list of local talent. Even with all of the exposure, Jethro and Jethro felt the music was still missing something. They had a vision of cowboys rocking out and rockers cowboying up. Always ready to break new ground, they enlisted Jethro McDoogle! and J. Cross (formerly of Acid Bone) to play bass and drums respectively. The combination was explosive!!! With Jethro's deep lyrical content, Jethro's twangy southern-fried riffs, Jethro's churnin bass rythms and J.'s do-or-die drumming, one might be tempted to turn off the stereo and run screaming. This was Jethro & the Hayride!The first gig as Jethro & the Hayride was no less than spectacular. Jethro and Co. rocked Wildcat Auditorium with such hits as Goin' Home, Git on Outta Here! and How Could You Walk Away? Not to mention Drivin' 'n th' Rain, Down and Out in Emory, and the controversial Rotten Cows. They left the audience wanting more. After the show at Wildcat Auditorium the group took a few months off to work on new material for their upcoming album, "The Cows Are Gettin' Out!!!" This was a very productive time for Jethro & the Hayride, almost coming up with a song a day! Finally, they were ready to test out the new material on the public. This led to a performance that put the band alongside Cross Cutt, headlining a packed fairground of cowboys, rockers, mama's, and slow-folks. The crowd was undoubtedly stunned, and left to look to one annother for reassurance, but still couldn't help moshin' to the rockin' rhythms of the hayride. The result: Well, with the band not knowing what to think about the crowd not knowing what to think about the band there was uncertainty about the direction of the hayride. Many of the members took to taking drugs and fell into drunken slumbers of depression and denial. Yes, things started going bad for the band. "Perhaps real cowboys just aren't sufficient for playing music." Then Jethro's prize cow, Mr. Hook, winner of circumference contests for many years became sick. All of these tragedys were hard on the band and the future became a little shacky. Never the less, these guys are musicians, and expressed themselves as such. A lot of sad sad country songs were written during this time, but still things got worse. Medical problems among the band members started popping up. Jethro's bowel movements became inconsistant with what passeed through his colon. Jethro had a headache, and Jethro had the sniffles one day. A few months after the fair gig, and still with the album not yet released, Jethro decided to put the finishing touches on "The Cows Are Gettin Out!!!" and see how the people accept it. Suprisingly, the album sold multiple copies. But despite the incredible success of the album, the band would play no more live shows.With enough material in the bag for a couple more albums, the band got together a few more times to begin writing again for their second album, "Sting of the Rope." But things didn't work out. Despite the new music's groove and energy, the band decided to part ways. Jethro and J. moved to other towns and joined new bands. Jethro and Jethro both stayed in town for a while, but didn't ever start new bands, they went back to their roots: Dog Queen. But the story isn't over yet. About a month after another Jethro left town, Jethro decided it was about time to do somehting with his life too. He decided to go off to college where he met back up with Jethro and a new drummer, Otis Legstump. The three moved into a house together and converted the place into a small studio they called BarnField where they would end up writing and recording a new Jethro album, p. While only an ep, p revealed a totally different style of music than the fans expected. Their trademark rockin' was gone, replaced by strange vocals and melodies. After p was recorded though, the hayride parted ways once more. Jethro moved back to his home town while Jethro and Otis maintained BarnField with the help of the old school hayride drummer, J. Cross. After a couple of months back in his home town, Jethro was offered one of them high tech jobs and moved to the east coast, far away from any of the hayride.Not much else is known about the current state of the hayride, or whether any of the members ever plan on writing music together. Will "Sting of the Rope" ever be released? Is the band just laying low long enough to recover from the "wild" life? Will we ever hear their version of Snoop Doggy Dog's 'Gin and Juice'? Who knows, but in the words of Jethro himself, "house house house house house house house house house house house house house my house."

Group Members Jethro BovineJethro McDoogle!Jethro PodonkJ. CrossBig HossBoss HossLil' HosOtis Legstump

Instruments guitars, bass, drums, funnel, trumpet, sax, harmonica, violin, coins, shaker, toilet, tambourine, trumpet mouthpiece, sax mouthpiece, baby food

Albums 1. The Cows Are Gettin' Out!!! 2. p 3. Pumpin' Mustard

Press Reviews Jethro Podonk and Jethro Bovine shared some nachos (with peppers).

Additional Info Loaf

Location Atlanta, Georgia - USA

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