Words & Music by J. B. Bowers, Vocals: J. B. Bowers

In 1993 my brother and I were living in Branson, MO, and I was trying to pursue a music career, mostly as a songwriter. We also put together a band, which lasted all of two benefit shows my brother organized. Still, it was fun. The second show was at Mel Tillis’s theater, since my brother had worked for him in the past. At that time, though, he worked for Wayne Newton, and Wayne let us practice at his theater. Somewhere I have recordings of one of those practice sessions. We were supposed to be the opening act for this second benefit show, but Marie Osmond pulled rank with Mel and we had to play after her. AFTER we had completed our sound check! Our levels were all screwed up, and my guitar was out for much of the song. But now I just say we opened for Marie Osmond. I don’t think we have a recording of that show.
Anyway, this recording is from our first benefit show at the Thunderbird Theater. It was taken from the audio of a camcorder, so it’s not that high quality. The drummer can’t keep time, and keeps speeding up the whole song, and by then I’m thinking “Someone stop this runaway train!” It was a struggle to keep up. But if you want to our band in our first live nervous performance, here you go.