Hillbilly proto-demon Joe Buck played the Black Cart last night and delivered one of the most intense and inspiring shows I’ve seen in a long time. He sat near the edge of the stage with a guitar and a drum pedal and channeled old and primevil energies straight through the crowd. I guess he’s known more for rockabilly and alt-country, but I though it was punk as fuck.
From Ballard’s feature in this week’s issue:
“I’m a fucking farm kid from Missouri and I don’t know where I fit into any of this shit,” says one-man band Joe Buck of the current state of rock music. “But I play harder than any of the big city people who are trying to be so hard … and I can play beautifully, because I love Hank Williams and truly American music, too.”
See for yourself:
