The Bosshoss - Glasgow Barfly [21 May 2008]

There's not many bands that I'd unabashedly yell YEE-HAW at during a gig and The Bosshoss had me doing so several times over the space of their incredible hour and a half show. I'm not alone, the crowd here tonight love it and the Barfly has more enthusiasm & fun in the air than from a month's worth of better known or more indie-cool scene bands.

All seven members of the band are obviously loving it as well, having a high old time of it as they play the part of good ole boy Country & Western stars performing rocking cover versions of everything from Britney, Outkast, Dionne Warwick and Gun. As the night rolls on the band each get their own solo jams on everything from electric guitar, double bass, banjo, shakers, bar stool drumming and spoon & washboard. Each one of them is clearly enjoying their set and the atmosphere this manages to create ensures there's a near constant stream of drinks proffered by the grateful & adoring crowd. Don't worry though, they pass round their own bottle of booze for us all to share in return.

As we leave, I think there's a little bit of a cowboy drawl in all our voices and I'm maybe walking just a wee bit more like John Wayne than normal. On arriving home though the recorded material feels so quiet & restrained compared to the show that blew us all away so I'll finish by quoting my own initial posted reaction: "Excellent, excellent, excellent gig."


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The BossHoss photos courtesy of Ryan 'Woolies' Mitchell at SpoiltCat.com

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[Ghostsuit]

I'm not sure I yee hawed but my foot didn't stop tapping from the second they came on till the moment I had to make an early exit...damn work. I have to agree excellent excellent gig.

[Posh]

Originally Posted by Woolies

performing rocking cover versions of everything from Britney, Outkast, Dionne Warwick and Gun

Cameo, I'm sure!

[Woolies]

Originally Posted by Posh

Cameo, I'm sure!

Damnit!

I was so careful about I Say A Little Prayer being originally written for Dionne Warwick despite Aretha Franklin version being better known to me that I never engaged my brain for the other stuff I was listing...!

Although, admittedly, even if I had I doubt I would have remembered at all that Word Up wasn't a Gun original.

[poprock]

Woolies ain’t entirely to blame there … the band themselves introduced Word Up as “by a Scottish band called Gun”.

[Woolies]

Originally Posted by poprock

the band themselves introduced Word Up as “by a Scottish band called Gun”.

That should have been a hint - I'm not certain that the band weren't telling porky pie fibs at some points.
If not, then I'm disappointed by how much the grand old Mississippi looks just like the smelly Clyde

[poprock]

“Tomorrow we’re playing in Ber-lin, Mississippi.”