The Badass Cowboys were formed by Slim Chance following his escape from a maximum-security correctional facility near Swindon, where he was serving seventeen years on a variety of charges ranging from the mildly obscene to the downright unforgivable. He hooked up with bassist Butch Allcock, lap steel player Dusty Chaps and drummer PJ Longhorn, all on parole for a range of offences, and the band immediately set out on a 50-date tour of the provinces, without rehearsals or songs. Or instruments. Unfortunately they neglected to inform the venues they were coming, which led to a number of incidents that cannot be mentioned here as many of them are still the subject of litigation. They picked up many new fans along the way, but killed most of them. They also took advantage of one of the many unscheduled breaks in the tour to release a 6-track mini-album, Take Me Home Randy Rhoads, which features several of their best-known and least-loved songs.Following the unexplained mid-tour disappearance of Dusty, Butch and PJ decided to put as much distance as possible between themselves and Slim. Butch raided the bands finances, but that only got him as far as Stratford-on-Avon, so he raided a bank as well and booked a one-way ticket to Florida, where he still lives today. PJ only got as far as Stroud, and lives under a new identity, fearful of retribution, or the band reforming. The original Badass Cowboys only played a handful of live shows, so if you saw one you can count yourself lucky to have witnessed a piece of country music history. Especially if you got out alive.Unbowed, Slim decided to continue with his musical mission to bring country music kicking, screaming and hollering into the modern age. With the help of some incriminating photographs, he managed to persuade 11A Records supremo Laurence Ash to issue a second album, this time a full-length, titled Born In The KFC. This album contains 4 songs featuring Butch and PJ, recorded shortly after Dustys disappearance, and 6 brand new songs recorded with the help of a motley collection of sympathetic musicians, only some of whom have been seen since.For some time Slims live appearances were solo affairs, as he cast about for musicians crazy and insolvent enough to risk their lives to be Badass Cowboys. If you were lucky (or unlucky, depending on how you look at it) you might have caught him at one of his clandestine shows around this great nation of ours, playing his whisky-soaked murder ballads with his back against the wall and one eye on the door. Recently, though, he has hooked up with Lee "Hitman" Hyett from Forest of Dean-based jazz mentalists Pure Evil to form a new version of the Badass Cowboys. The duo are deep in rehearsals with a view to coming to your town and destroying everything within a 10 mile radius, while Slim is currently writing songs for a third album, and hopes that he and Lee can stay one step ahead of the law long enough to record it.You can find lots more about us at www.badasscowboys.co.uk .
....Bad Syrup by the Badass Cowboys
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