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Jay Cowit and the Enemys

About Me

!!! SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT JAY COWIT AND THE ENEMY'S and THEIR INCREDIBLE APOSTROPHE!!:
"no, i was serious. it's not funny. i'm not adding you.
and i hope you understand that even if you meant it as a joke, you're going to wind up with the intellectual folks (even the cool ones) saying fuck that. it's irritating. it's not confusing, it just makes you look stupid.
have fun with your experiment, and best of luck."
-Intelligent Myspace Patron
NOW FOR THE BIO!
39 Inbred backcountry brothers learned to play instruments on various things around the broken down Enemy household, and subsequently became an ambient country band, despite never hearing anything of the sort, or really ever meeting anyone that wasn't a father or brother or both.Jay Cowit, an alligator farmer by trade, moved into the brothers' small town, unnamed in hopes of keeping the civilized world away from the strange and terrible Enemy's. He was driving very fast and would have left quickly had he not hit a very large and surly old woman in the middle of a fairly well lit and straight road. He wasn't intoxicated, although the now deceased woman in question had been quite drunk off what the authorites classified as bathtub moonshine, with some traces of lighter fluid and at least some amount of butter. He drove the corpse to the nearest light he could find, which happened to be caused by three of the viscious Enemy brothers lighting a small animal on fire. As things turned out, the animal in question was a medium size alligator, small only because each of the Enemy brothers has hands 5-6 times larger than any known man south of Tennessee and east of Ohio. None the less, the Enemy's were and remain clumsey at best, and at worst, worthless assholes, and so upon turning to look at the oncoming car, the first mechanical technology the brothers had ever seen, the alligator leaped up and bit the third thumb (yes, yes, keep reading) of Leroy Enemy, the 24th youngest Enemy. Leroy gave a freightful scream as his 5-6 times extra-average thumb fell to the ground, with the alligator chewing it like saltwater taffy. At this point, Cowit, who had driven all the way up the garbage littered driveway, saw the situation, sprung out of the car, and jumped quickly on top of the gator. Using his training of 30 years on the mean hard competitive alligator wrestling ciruit (1974 Kansas District Champ), he straightened the alligator up like an ironing board and chucked it end over end into the Enemy household, which proceeded to explode in a near mushroom cloud (the Enemy's had lived on the early testing ground of both the Tuskeegee experiments and the manhattan project).Luckily, none of the Enemy brother died in the explosion, as most were spending the day fishing in a large puddle that had formed slightly outside their property when a deer had been struck by a '97 Ford Escort and had subsequently liquified. Indeed, upon seeing the feat of Mr. Cowit, as well as having nowhere to live, the Enemy brothers en masse decided to follow him whereever he'd turn to. This seemed fine to Cowit, who had wanted to quit Gator wrastlin' for years, and start an ambient country western band. What is country without big hands, ya know? Besides, the fact that he happened to have the brothers' dead mother in his backseat escaped no one. But the whiskey and drugs eventually helped that.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/04/2006
Band Members: Jay Cowit (related to the Enemy's through common law marriage)
vocals, guitar

Billy Boy Enemy
bass, vocals

Benny Enemy
moral support thus far

Cletus Enemy
slide guitar, mandolin, harmonica

Larney Enemy
piano, organ, accordion

Emily Enemy
vocals

Kblant Enemy
viola

Mary Jo Butafuco Enemy
viola

Jeb Enemy
guitar, vocals

Eddie Enemy
keyboards

Slim Enemy
trumpet

Influences: John Prine, Ravi Shankar, and Slayer. These were the only three LP's availible in the Enemy Household for 18 years under the cold hard rule of Bertha Enemy, mother to all the Enemy brothers and at least two of the neighboring Lowbrow Sisters, who though while considered neighborly because of their proximity to the Enemy farm, were actually at least 55 miles yonder up the road. When Bertha passed on due to an unfortunate incident with two cows, a '97 Ford Escort, three spoons and a dirty hammer, some of the older brothers were able to sneak in various second hand vinly records from time to time, but these were invariably and inevitably used as plates for dinner when company was present. Which was never.
Sounds Like: Find out for yourself. There are a few tracks here on our page.

You can visit The Cabinfest Page to hear our full set from Cabinfest 2006.

We'll also have an album out soooooon...Till then, watch this video!

Get this video and more at MySpace.com
Record Label: Dsun Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

JERSEY GUSHFEST

Enemys:Larney, Cletus, Jay Cowit, with help from Jebadiah Enemy, Benny Enemy, and Mordacai EnemySuns Work Undon* DisadvantaguosMeatball and the Half Hour HowardFish in a Barrel >Major Lable Debut** >F...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 08:49:00 GMT

Buttermilk

FriedCan I Keep You*DisadvantageousPlanet Caravan** >The Boer >Traveler's SongMoonlight Mile***Anatomy of an Instant >KWBencore:McGuirks Last Chicken Bull
Posted by on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:02:00 GMT

SIBERIA 10/14/06

Archipeligo* >Free Falling >McGuirks >Free FallingMy Dancing ArmSuns Work UndonIrish Drinking SongAre You Here For The Carsmarklar >Burying Elvis >Roadhead >McGuirks >We Bid You Goodnight*softhammer p...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:46:00 GMT

BEST EPISODE EVER!!! (baggoh)

Fried (new original)Can I Keep You (Brooklyn Browngrass)The New Pledge >Gallows Pole (Led Zepplin)My Dancing ArmFortune Cookie RoadheadWe Bid You Goodnight
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 07:03:00 GMT

park park live

Are You Here For The Cars > Pocahantas Fish in a Barrel > Major Lable Debut > Fish in a Barrel Burying Elvis > Explode and Make Up > The Pledge > Meatball The Count McGuirks
Posted by on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:22:00 GMT

cabin

mmmmmmmmmmm jerky. outside set: Disnature* Roady* Suns Work Undon# Moonlight Mile@ Traveler's Song > Irish Drinking Song > Cars > Pocahantas% Fish in a Barrel > Major Lable Debut > Fish in a Barrel ...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:42:00 GMT

Pussy

Anatomy of an Instant KWB The Count Pocahontas* > The Boer > Traveler's Song > Are You Here For the Cars My Dancing Arm** Off The Line*** Fish in a Barrel > Major Lable Debut**** > Fish in a Barrel ...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 07:39:00 GMT

brooklyn july 23rd

Left of the Dial* My Dancing Arm Burying Elvis** > Disadvantageous Nature of an Exoskeleton** McGuirk's Last Chicken Bull** Suns Work Undon% Roadhead*** > Drums*** > Meatball and the Half-Hour Howard...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:13:00 GMT

Bagoh

roadhead > meatball and the half hour howard the pledge > baby bitch* > the pledge > change** > the pledge fish in a barrel > major lable debut*** > fish in a barrel mcguirk's last chicken bull > moo...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:04:00 GMT

Literacy

sometimes when we gets up and walk around the farm i tell you man sometimes it feels like home. other times, feels like a warm wet rag on my crotch, soaked in gasoline while someone's holding a butan...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:55:00 GMT