07/15/2008 Bob Log III, Scott H Biram, & Possessed By Paul James

This was a Bluebilly Hillgrass Production featuring threesome of "one-man" bands. The night started with Possessed by Paul James. Possessed By Paul James is the Konrad Wert, A rather high spirited man and the cleanest act of the night. His style of music worked well with Scott H. Biram and Bob Log III, but his lyrics were in stark contrast to the debauchery that followed his set. Normally his music consists of Konrad playing either guitar, banjo, or fiddle while stomping the beat out on a guitar case. However, tonight the banjo broke a string, so we only got the guitar and fiddle songs. His songs centered around love, loss, and the church. He featured snippets of hymnals and redemption. He was an unassuming and modest man and really a pleasure to meet. I really hope he comes back soon.
After Konrad it was time for the dirty old man to take the stage. Scott H. Biram is a dirty dirty country blues man. He packed the stage with amps, sang into 4 mics and stomped the beat out on a peddle that was attached to I have no idea what. I will say that the "drum" part was so commanding that it actually moved my mics around on stage. (I am not sure how the mic feed for this set will sound). He was offensively hilarious all through the set, fans of Mojo Nixon would be happy with the between set banter. Early in the set he did 3 shots of whiskey right in a row, and he really got his groove on as the shots took affect. The between song banter was great, and he played some great slide guitar. The set was loud, the crowd interaction inspired, and the music interesting. If you like your Blues and Country dirty, this is the man for you. He ended the set by striking a note on his guitar and then messing with it using the many peddles that he had up on stage. It was an interesting affect. I did get confronted by Scott after the set because I recorded the show. I forgot to introduce myself when I got to Mojo's, and he was not happy with me because he thought I hadn't asked to record. After I told him I was the guy who e-mailed him for permission to record a couple of days ago all was cool. I am happy that he remember the e-mail, cause that could have ended in a situation.
After Scott brought evil to the house, Bob Log III brought the crazy. There are not words to adequately describe a Bob Log show. To start of with Bob wears a leather jumpsuit on stage with a line of mirrors on the sleeves and legs. He wears a motorcycle helmet with a phone mic attached, so his lyrics are distorted. He plays guitar, a drum with one foot, and a cymbal/tambourine with the other foot. His mic and guitar are wireless so he can move around while playing if he feels the urge. He started playing the guitar to start the show outside of Mojo's and then walked in the back door and proceeded to rip the roof off the place. His music is crunchy, and the vocal are hard to understand at best. So, really you are heading to the show for the feel of the music and the show that is Bob Log, not the content of the lyrics. His between song banter was immodest to say the least, and kept me laughing for the rest of the night. Bob has two big gimmicks during his set. The first is the Boob shot, where he gets a member of the audience to put their boob in a shot of whiskey and then he drinks from the glass. He also dips his boob in a shot of whiskey and passes it around the audience. I wonder how many of the many guys in the audience were there hoping to catch a peek at a boob? The other major one is he plays a song with a girl on each knee. Since the song is I want your shit on my leg, it's a pretty fun moment.
The night ended with me walking out while Konrad Wert was spinning Scott H Biram around on his shoulders. All and all it was a great night of drunken music