Doo Rag

Doo Rag is a duo from Arizona (Bob Log on vocals and guitar and Thermos Malling on percussions) that play blues-punk with the demented ferocity of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion but keeping it much closer to the archaic sound of the Delta and enhancing it with the sardonic humour of the Violent Femmes. Chuncked And Muddled (Bloat, 1994), a collection of covers, was more than a mere tribute to their idols: it was a postmodern rediscovery of meanings hidden within those twelve bars. The singles Swampwater Mopdown (Drunken Fish, 1994) and Hussy Bowler (Westworld, 1994) offer original material that is even superior to the covers. The duo matured with What We Do (Dependability, 1996), that contains disturbing creatures like Nickel.