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The Beatbox

Drum machines have no soul...

About Me

The Beatbox is a band from Jefferson City Missouri. We believe acoustic guitars, electric guitars, live drum beats, turntables and harmonicas belong together. The songs we make are cool. At least we think so. Support local live music. Come see the live show. Thanks for visiting the page. Check out the tunes, check out the blog posts, be a friend, etc. ---- "Call all your buddies, call all your friends, call all your enemies, make amends, we’re forming a club and lettin’ everyone in"-Todd Snider

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Member Since: 7/7/2005
Band Website: youtube.com/bshowersjc
Band Members: Bobby Showers - Acoustic guitar, vocals, beat box, egg shaker, background vocalsJustin Steele - DrumsJon Hagood - Lead guitarSam Walker - Turntables
Influences: Bob Schneider - Todd Snider - Will Kimbrough - Jack Johnson - Everlast - House of Pain - Snoop - Keith Sweat - Weezer - Blind Melon - Pearl Jam - Uncle Tupelo - Son Volt - Will Hoge - Duran Duran - G Love - Sublime
Sounds Like: A little like Bob Schneider mixed with Sublime, influenced by Todd Snider, but not really.
Record Label: CheapSunglasses
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Gig news

See my upcoming shows. We are doing a fundraiser at Sevens in Jefferson City on Saturday June 28th. There will be bands playing all day with other activities. Should be a good time. We play from 5:00 ...
Posted by The Beatbox on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:50:00 PST

Riviera Heights

I just posted my re-recording of Riviera Heights. Its a song I wrote for my buddy Steve. It is all true.  There was a party, we were drinkin' "Beast" and feelin' alright.  Enjoy. I also repo...
Posted by The Beatbox on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:58:00 PST

Snakebite and other recordings

Snakebite is a querky little song I wrote a while back. I finally recorded it. It was just going to be acoustic, but I thought it sounded cool with that echoy bass beat behind it. Hope you find i...
Posted by The Beatbox on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:14:00 PST

New Song - Zero Sum Game

zero-sum describes a situation in which a participant's gain or loss is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the other participant(s). It is so named because when the total gains of the particip...
Posted by The Beatbox on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:59:00 PST

Want a Bobby Showers ringtone?

Try this link.  It's free. http://smokeybogart.mstore.xingtone.com/ Thanks Smokey.  
Posted by The Beatbox on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:57:00 PST

Mikes Corner Pocket gig and new track

Ok, so this Mike's Corner Pocket gig just fell in my lap thanks to a guy I know here in town named james. So we are throwing the band together for a night-before-thanksgiving jam. Jon Hagood is g...
Posted by The Beatbox on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:03:00 PST

Chain and other news

I just posted a live demo of a new song called Chain. The demo features Justin Steele on the drum kit. Justin is just startng to play the drums and I think he did a real good job on this. I wrote this...
Posted by The Beatbox on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:55:00 PST

Pitchers show 7-27-07

I had the pleasure of opening for a great blues band in Jefferson City on Friday night. Driving Wheel let me plug into their set up and play a short set. Their drummer Q filled in on drums for me an...
Posted by The Beatbox on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:58:00 PST

So I took my guitar on a camping trip this weekend...

I love playing around a campfire.  But somehow playing for 6 people who have heard all my shit before wasn't cutting it.  So after numerous beers I went for a walk around the campground to s...
Posted by The Beatbox on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:06:00 PST

Bones

Jessy J invited me to play down on the patio at Bones this past Thursday night.  Nice crowd down there.  I will have to do it again.  I only played a few songs; Back in the Da...
Posted by The Beatbox on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:20:00 PST