ROCKERS, BOPPERS, & HILLBILLY HEARTACHE
Rock-a-Billy for Lost & Lurid Souls
Bobo & the Blue and Lonesome Two is a wild rockabilly-inspired combo from the loud and lurid land of Brooklyn, New York. Featuring Brian "Bobo" Hack (Rhythm Bound! Screamin' Rebel Angels, Max Jukes & the mp3) on vocals and guitar, Bruce Flett (A Train, The Bluebirds) on bass, and Bobby Moller (The Spastiks, The Bloodshots) on drums, this little trio of musical miscreants tear it up with unbridled fury. Come see us LIVE!
Inspirations
Bobo has been writing songs for over twenty years, from down-and-dirty rockers to baleful ballads of longing and loss. Bobo & the Blue and Lonesome Two also show their reverence of 1940s-1960s artists through carefully-culled covers given the Blue and Lonesome treatment.
Influences
Influences: 1950s rockabilly; 1950s rhythm and blues; early rock and roll; 1940s-1960s country, hillbilly and western swing; 1920s-1950s blues; Sun records, Chess records, Specialty records. Artists that move us--Carl Perkins, Willie Dixon, early Elvis, Jerry Lee, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Burnette Trio, Jimmy Wages, Bobby Roberts, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Muddy Waters, Buck Owens, George Jones, Slim Harpo, Magic Sam, Larry Davis, Sam Cooke, Big Maybelle, JD McPherson, Big Sandy and the Fly-Rite Boys, The Bellfuries, The Boom Boom Cats, The Garnet Hearts, The Greasemarks, High Noon, Go Cat Go, and so many more. Not limited to these genres, the group finds songwriting inspiration from a wide variety of artists: Leonard Cohen, The Smiths, Marc Bolan, Harry Nilsson, Karen Dalton, Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra, Francoise Hardy, The Shangri-Las, Jimmy Webb, Phil Ochs, Barbara Dane, and Connie Converse.