JW Americana

J.W. AMERICANA STILL NEEDED A BASS PLAYER, SO RODNEY RECRUITED HIS OLD LOWBROW BAND MATE, DOUG KOSMO. THE TWO HAD WRITTEN AND TOURED TOGETHER OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND IT JUST FELT RIGHT FOR DOUG TO JOIN THE GROUP. NOBODY QUITE REMEMBERS WHEN, HOW OR EVEN WHY J.W. AMERICANA ACQUIRED A WOODWIND SECTION. SOME SAY THAT THE SAX PLAYER, ARTHUR MORENO, JUST APPEARED ONE DAY AFTER SOMEONE OPENED A BOX OF OLD, SMELLY LOWBROW PROPS.

THUS, J.W. AMERICANA WAS BORN IN THE HEART OF HOUSTON AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM. J.W. AMERICANA’S SOUND IS A STRAIGHT FORWARD, NO EFFECTS ROCK-N-ROLL, WHOSE LYRICS RESEMBLE THE RAMBLINGS OF A BRILLIANT EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KID. J.W. AMERICANA HAVE PUMPED-OUT OVER FIFTY SONGS IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE THEIR EXISTENCE, SPENDING MORE TIME TRYING TO LEARN THE SONGS THAN IT TOOK TO WRITE THEM. THE SONGS ARE FULL OF LIFE AND HUMOR, BRINGING OUT THE PARTY IN ALL WHO HEAR THEM. THE LYRICS SING OF SUCH FASCINATING THINGS AS HOT DOGS, M-80'S, WATER, AND BOUDIN.

THE BAND IS SO PROLIFIC THAT THEY CREATED J.W. AMERICANA’S ALTER-EGO WITH THE SURPLUS MATERIAL. THE WAGNER SISTERS, AS THE ALL-DRAG BAND IS CALLED, PERIODICALLY OPEN FOR J.W. AMERICANA WITH ORIGINAL BLUEGRASS-STYLE MUSIC. J.W. AMERICANA IS PROBABLY THE BEST ROCK-N-ROLL BAND TO COME OUT OF HOUSTON IN A LONG, LONG TIME, IF NOT EVER.

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RODNEY ELLIOTT (A.K.A. J.W. AMERICANA) FUELS THE BREATHTAKING ENERGY OF J.W. AMERICANA WITH HIS OWN OUTRAGEOUS STAGE PRESENCE. IN EVERY WAY LARGER THAN LIFE, ELLIOTT OWNS THE STAGE, BELTING OUT LYRICS WITH THE SUBTLETY OF A GRIZZLY BEAR. ONE MIGHT WAIT A LIFETIME TO SEE THIS KIND OF PERFORMER. BORN IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN ON THANKSGIVING DAY, ELLIOTT HONED HIS MUSICAL ARTISTRY LIVING THE TRUE ROCK-N-ROLL LIFESTYLE (DELIVERING PIZZAS). ELLIOTT’S OTHER EXPLOITS INCLUDE PAINTING AND SCULPTING. ELLIOTT'S VISUAL WORK IS FEATURED IN THE COLLABORATION I LOVE YOU BABY, A MODERN ART FESTIVAL OF TRUE COLOR AND WIT. ELLIOTT'S DAY JOB IS ADVERTISING, WHERE HE DESIGNS AND CONSTRUCTS INNOVATIVE WEBSITES INCLUDING WW.JWAMERICANA.COM ELLIOTT PLAYS BASS IN TWO OTHER BANDS, RALPH CARNEY (THE SAX PLAYER FOR TOM WAITS) AND DANNY AND THE NIGHTMARES (FEATURING DANIEL JOHNSTON).

WITH TREMENDOUS TALENT IN THE NOISE MAKING GENRE, DOUG KOSMO (A.K.A. C.C. DUPREE) WHIPS EVEN THE MOST JADED AUDIENCES INTO MOTION. “THE MAN IS A PURE GENIUS,” EXCLAIM HIS BAND MATES, “NO, REALLY, HE’S OUR VERY OWN ‘LITTLE MAN TATE’.” BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH. BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH, BLAH BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH. BLAH. BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.

A DRUMMER SINCE THE REAGAN ERA, SHANE LAUDER (A.K.A. L.C. DUPREE) HAS BEEN SLAPPING SKINS FOR HOUSTON PUNK BANDS SINCE1984. ORIGINALLY A RIGHT-HANDER, LAUDER SWITCHED TO SOUTHPAW WHEN HIS RIGHT BRAIN BECKONED MORE MASSIVE BEATS. LAUDER LIKENS THE SWITCH TO UPROOTING THE MONOLITH IN 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. “YOU RIGHT-HANDERS TRY WRITING LEFTY AND SEE HOW IT FEELS.” LAUDER’S ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER HAS INCLUDED STINTS IN COLONEL BANG WITH “ED” (THE GUY ON THE DE SCHMOG ALBUM COVER WHO RECENTLY ASSAULTED LOCAL PLAYWRIGHT JASON NODLER AT RUDYARD’S WITH A BROKEN BEER BOTTLE). DE SCHMOG WOULD GO ON TO COVER THE COLONEL BANG SONG “JOHN HINKLEY”. LAUDER ALSO PLAYED IN FRIENDS FOR LIFE WITH HIGH SCHOOL PALS CHRIS KING AND DIANE KOISTINEN OF DE SCHMOG. LAUDER IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN IN HOUSTON FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN MIGHTY SASQUATCH 2000 (WHICH INCLUDED RIGO FROM DRUNKEN THUNDER), AND HIS TOURING EXPLOITS WITH RUBBER, AND GUN CRAZY. LAUDER’S CAREER IS LITTERED WITH BROKEN STICKS, LEAVING A TRAIL DOWN ALL THREE COASTS AND AMONG THE STEAMING, SORDID CITIES OF THE DIRTY SOUTH. WHEN HE’S NOT SAVING THE HOUSTON MUSIC SCENE FROM A CHASM OF MEDIOCRITY WITH J.W. AMERICANA, LAUDER GRACES THE STUDIO WITH A HANDFUL OF AS-YET-UNKNOWN BLUEGRASS PICKERS.

ARTHUR MORENO ( A.K.A. J.C. DUPREE) IS A TRUE MYSTERY. WITH NO PAST, NO STORY, HE JUST IS. LIKE A RELUCTANT SAX MESSIAH, MORENO PLAYS HIS HEART OUT AND NEVER MISSES A GIG. AMONG HIS GOOD DEEDS—IT’S RUMORED THAT HE ONCE SAVED THE LIFE OF JW—ARE PERIODIC DONATIONS OF HAIR TO LOCKS OF LOVE FOR USE IN THE MAKING OF WIGS FOR HAIRLESS CHILDREN. MORENO HAS BEEN KNOWN TO LURE WOMEN ON STAGE TO SHEAR OFF HIS SAMSON MANE FOR THIS PURPOSE. A YOUNG MR. WIZARD, MORENO TAKES A BORING DAY AND MAKES IT INTERESTING, EXCITING AND EDUCATIONAL WITH HOMEMADE INDOOR BOTTLE ROCKETS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD EXPLOSIVES. MORENO ALSO ENTERTAINS AND ANNOYS FELLOW MUSICIANS WITH HIS FEEDBACK VENTRILOQUISM.

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