Few things are more badass than acoustic punk/Roaring Twenties-style music performed by dudes in derbies, suspenders and barbershop shirts. The guys in local band Lowbrow perfected that odd sound a few years ago. The music: stand-on-the-piano, Primus-meets-acoustic punk. The lyrical subject matter: drunken midgets, monkeys — you know, pretty typical stuff. Badass, right?
Unfortunately for fans, the band fizzled out. Until now, that is. The ´20s circus show has returned, and today Lowbrow is giving some love to fans at a live show/DVD filming. Show up in costume and scream for the guys, who’ll be performing tunes such as “Rednecks on Acid,” with its classic line “chasin’ sheep on the freeway — butt nekkid” (awesome). Watch for J.W. Americana’s Rodney Elliot, who’ll be wearing his trademark cowboy hardhat. “It sounds like a really nice cowbell when you hit it with a drumstick,” says Elliot. Things get Lowbrow at 8 p.m.
Sat., June 3, 8 p.m.
This article appears in Jun 1-7, 2006.