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Droobie

Rock and Roll Means Well But It Can't Help Telling Young Boys Lies.

About Me

My name is Andrew Bryant and I enjoy then finer things in life. You know, rocking, rolling, planting daylillies, eating sandwiches, buckdancing, snake handling, mind control, ELO, raga tabla-ing, llama and alpaca farming, exterior illumination, catfish noodling, Panda rambling, hamboning, ghost stories, table tennis, bloodhounds, and disco. I play drums for a Southern Boogie Rock outfit called Garage Deluxe. Check us out at www.garagedeluxe.com or on myspace. I am not an upiddy person. I am a pretty laid back individual who enjoys wearing boots and Carhartts. I am an extremely proud Southerner and Appalachian. I really like Chinese food and Sushi. No really, I mean really like. When not behind the drum kit, I work at a little place called the Disc Exchange on Kingston Pike and I absolutely love my job. Who wouldn't love listening to music all day long? Eventually, I want to own and operate a llama and alpaca farm in the Smoky Mountains (not kidding at all) and continue to bring music to the masses. Lately I have had the urge to go back to school and get my masters in education and teach English or get a second degree in zoology and work with primates. But who knows? That probably won't happen right now. I also dabble in a an improv musical experiment called either Wooley Booger or Dr. Jones and the Love Bones with Stevie Jones and Tom Pryor from time to time, it just depends on the day as to what we are billed as. I really like my beard.Your results:
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My Interests

Spelunking, Backpacking, Fishing, Eastern Art and Philosophy, Mandolin, Hammered Dulcimer, All things Percussion, Llamas and Alpacas, Gorillas, Appalachian Culture/Folklore, Farming, Alternative Agriculture, Carnivals, Haunted Houses, Reading..... width="425" height="350" ..

I'd like to meet:

Thom Yorke, Tom Waits, Crispin Glover, Morris Day, Robert Goulet, Ed and Lorraine Warren, Sasha Baron Cohen, Randy Watson, D Rae White...Just good honest folks who have a smile on their face and a song in their heart. Individuals who are among those who fight to keep the Appalachian region green and free from any further industrial development... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .. .. width="425" height="350" ..

Music:

.. width="425" height="350" .... width="425" height="350" .. .. width="425" height="350" ......The Band, The Black Crowes, Ween, Grand Funk Railroad, MC5, Witchcraft, Muddy Waters, Sigur Ros, The Bees (Band of Bees), Black Keys, Golden, Extra Golden, The Blue Van, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, Carter Family, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Lucero, Amy Winehouse, Captain Beefheart, Drive-By Truckers, Louvin Brothers, Jesu, Dead Meadow, Radiohead, Desmond Decker, Freddie Notes and the Ruddies, Booker T and the MG's, Sam Sham and the Pharohs, Entrance, Zombies, Chris Whitley, Barrington Levy, Allman Brothers Band, Black Sabbath, Blind Melon, Acoustic Syndicate, Government Mule, Zappa, Pink Floyd (everything before Wish You Were Here), Apollo Sunshine, Greyboy Allstars, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, The Who, Arthur Brown, Roky Erickson, Black Diamond Heavies, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Deep Purple, Last Poets, Pelican, The Seeds, The Chocolate Watchband, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Cyro Baptista's Beat the Donkey, Caveman, A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, Old Crow Medicine Show, Mahavishnu Orchestra, MMW, The Byrds, Miles Davis, Tortise, Greenhornes, Mogwai, Portishead, William DeVaughn, Fela Kuti, The Good-the Bad- and the Queen, James Gang, Cactus, Tom Petty, Garage Deluxe, Dixie Dirt, Rev. Glasseye and His Wooden Legs, Incredible String Band, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, Hank III, Sleep, Guitar Wolf, Genesis (early), Jethro Tull, The Shazam, 1220, Moonshine Still, Perpetual Groove, Flying Burrito Brothers, My Morning Jacket, AC/DC, Nazareth, Free, Company Segundo, Dwight Yokam, Andreas Vollenweider, Billy Cobham, The Darkness, David & David, Raging Slab, Amboy Dukes, Black Oak Arkansas, Hawkwind, Gram Parsons, Link Wray, Motorhead, Holy Modal Rounders, Funkadelic, Hank Williams, Old Union, The Loft, Pancho Sanchez, Jose Chepito Areas, Tito Puente, Richard Cheese, Led Zeppelin, Shuggie Otis, Big Sugar, Traffic, Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith, the Album Leaf, Make-Up, Sly & the Family Stone, ZZ Top, The Cramps, Om, Brother Boys, Ed Snodderly, Andrena Belcher, Bad Company (early), Vanilla Fudge, Sun Ra, Bettye Lavette, Mountain, Caroline Pond, Terry Reid, Petagram, Howlin' Wolf, The Roots, Philadelphia Experriment, Prince and the Revolution.......

Movies:

Lonesome Dove, The Apostle, Slingblade, Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Spinal Tap, The Lost Boys, Dazed and Confused, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Commitments, Easy Rider, The Last Waltz, Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom, Willow, Karate Kid, Meatballs, Groundhog Day, pretty much any Bill Murray movie, Koko: A Talking Gorilla, Muppets Take Manhatten, Anchorman, Coffee and Cigarettes...

Television:

PBS, Simpsons, Carnivale, Family Guy, Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, King of the Hill, I'm With Busey, Da Ali G Show, Dead Wood, The Price is Right, Who's Line is it Anyway? (British), COPS, Jeopardy.....

Books:

"The Tall Woman"-Wilma Dykeman "Siddartha"- Herman Hesse "On the Road with the Hell's Angels"- Hunter S. Thompson "This Wheel's On Fire"- Levon Helm "Salvation on Sand Mountain"- Dennis Covington "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"- Robert M. Pirsig "Life of Pi"- Yann Martel "Oral History"- Lee Smith "Lonesome Dove"- Larry McMurtry "A Season in Hell"- Arthur Rimbaud "Blessing the Boats"- Lucille Clifton Anything by Ginsberg, Hesse, Achebe, Steinbeck, Sedaris and/or pertaining to Appalachian Culture, Eastern Philosophy, and living life to the fullest.

Heroes:

LEVON HELM, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Beam, Amir "Questlove" Thompson, Phil Selway, Michael Shrieve, Jose "Chepito" Areas, Carmine Appice, Nick Mason, Orri Pall Dyrason, Dillard Clark, Jesco White, Randy Watson, Jim Dandy ....

My Blog

My new Guilty Song Pleasure

I am firm believer that no music should be a guilty pleasure.  For some reason, the other night I woke up at 4am to VH1 still on the bood tube and I can't get this song out of my head.  Not ...
Posted by Droobie on Wed, 16 May 2007 03:45:00 PST

More Summer Music You Need

-Dungen- Tio Bitar- All hail the psychadelic Swedes!  These guys have always been amazing, but this new record really hits the spot.  Maybe its just the gorgeous weather outside, but this ne...
Posted by Droobie on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:24:00 PST

Music to Soothe Your Soul- Perfect Summer Albums

As the weather gets more and more beautiful, I have been digging out my favorite summer records.  If you have never listened to these records, do it now and it will brighten your day.  These...
Posted by Droobie on Mon, 14 May 2007 01:58:00 PST

Mr. Marc Ford and his Beautiful Melodies

So, if you know anything about me, you know how I hold the Black Crowes close and dear to my soul.  The old Crowes that is, back when Johnny Colt rocked the purple boots.  Part of the reason...
Posted by Droobie on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:48:00 PST

Close Calls and Guardian Angels...

For those who haven't heard, I was in an extremely bad car accident last night on Western Avenue near the first intersection with Ball Camp.  Coach and I were heading to Chad's to drop off some o...
Posted by Droobie on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:00:00 PST

And the song of 2006 goes to...

Droobie's song of the year for 2006, is "World of Hurt" off of the 2006 Drive-By Truckers release, A Blessing and A Curse.  Written by Mr. Patterson Hood, my personal favorite of the three songwr...
Posted by Droobie on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:20:00 PST

The Black Crowes Review

Review- The Black Crowes- Lost Crowes It goes without saying that the Black Crowes aren't what they used to be. In the early days, fueled by ganja, piss, and vinegar, the band, led by the brothers Rob...
Posted by Droobie on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:48:00 PST

Here we go...My Morning Jacket- Okonokos Review

As it turns out, my curious nature has been sparked and I am going to try my hand at this blog thing.  What to expect?  I guess I am going to post some reviews I have done for work and ...
Posted by Droobie on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:55:00 PST