Date: March 14

Name: The Band Perry

AKA: “No, Not Katy Perry”

Genre: Nashvegas

Best Known Song(s): “If I Die Young,” “You Lie,” “All Your Life”

Key Demographic: Rural tweens, Minivan moms, people who have never heard of David Allan Coe.

Previous HLSR Appearance(s): 2012 will be their debut performance.

Houston Connections, If Any: Perry Homes (no relation) builds a lot of houses around here.

If You Like This, Chances Are You’ll Like: Branson, MO, Kate Hudson movies, Precious Moments

Odds of Wearing a Hat: Oh, please.

Because He/She’s Bald? We wish. Those two brothers have the worst hair since the Bay City Rollers.

Odds of Onstage Injury: We won’t be that lucky.

Odds of This Being One of the 2012 HLSR’s Biggest Crowds: Depressingly high.


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Peter Vonder Haar writes movie reviews for the Houston Press and the occasional book. The first three novels in the "Clarke & Clarke Mysteries" - Lucky Town, Point Blank, and Empty Sky - are out now.