Friday night Kiefer and I wandered over to Rams Head Live in Baltimore to see one of my favorite bands: Cowboy Mouth.
Jenny says, Turn off the radio. Jenny says, Turn off the lights….
And thus, I cross the first item off my 35 Before 35 List.
Kiefer and I have seen them 3 times in 3 years. That’s how awesome they are.
If you’re in the DC Metro area, you’ll be able to see them Sunday, June 26th at 3:45 at the BBQ Battle.
You’re going, right? Here’s what you need to know to see Cowboy Mouth:
- Bring a plastic red spoon or two. You get to throw them at the band during “Everybody Loves Jill.”
- Be prepared to clap…a lot.
- Be prepared to scream…a lot.
- Be prepared to catch flying objects. This band throws a lot of drumsticks and guitar picks.
Kiefer followed these rules, and that’s how he caught me us a drumstick.
What you don’t need to do is look or act like one guy we saw at the concert fitting this description:
- Crazy puffy hair (before it got sweaty and stuck to his head).
- Soul patch.
- Unbuttoned shirt with a gray-hair-covered chest. (Dude…put it away.)
- Spilled his drink on people. (Dude…get a sippy cup.)
- Groped his girlfriend as well as other women and men in the nearby vicnity. (Bad touch!)
June 15th, 2011 at 7:29 am
I will send you a box of Pop-Tarts if you take a Dora sippy cup to the BBQ Battle and have your drinks mixed in it, use it, and hold up it up to the band. A whole box.
June 15th, 2011 at 7:40 am
Unfortunately, I won’t be in town for the BBQ Battle. =( I’ll be in Texas.
Instead of Pop-Tarts, I would need you to send the Dora sippy cup first.
June 15th, 2011 at 7:35 am
I had a really cool response until I read Chase’s comment…how can you resist an entire box of pop tarts?!
June 15th, 2011 at 11:56 am
If only I was going to be in town…. =(
June 15th, 2011 at 8:09 am
That guy at the concert sounds like a real idiot. Did he get smacked at any point during the evening?
June 15th, 2011 at 11:56 am
I don’t think so. People were just too nice.
June 15th, 2011 at 8:22 am
They could take their show to another level if they start lighting the drumsticks on fire before tossing them. Maybe one would hit soul patch guy.
June 15th, 2011 at 11:57 am
That would be awesome! Both the fire and hitting soul patch guy!
June 15th, 2011 at 8:34 am
I don’t know any of the music, but I like the name Cowboy Mouth. I’ll tell people I’m a fan purely based on the name.
June 15th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Not even Jenny Says? I feel like everyone has heard that one.
June 15th, 2011 at 9:22 am
Holy crap! I knew there was a market for my idea! Get this: sippy cup lids for the plastic cups they use at festivals and concerts!
I am going to be a MILLIONAIRE.
June 16th, 2011 at 6:35 am
Do I get a percentage? Will Dora the Explorer be on the lid? What about Chase?
June 15th, 2011 at 9:48 am
Note to self, shave off soul patch. Then, I should be good to go :).
June 16th, 2011 at 6:36 am
I’m glad you caught that I was really writing this post as a message to you. No hard feelings? =)
June 15th, 2011 at 10:13 am
Sometimes I grow a beard. I had a goatee for about 5 hours once. I kept my soul patch for about 5 minutes. I’ve never just had a mustache.
June 15th, 2011 at 11:29 am
>> I’ve never just had a mustache.
Obviously, I had no way of knowing that about you, in the factual sense, but at some level, it is one of the reasons I am aligned with the Pro-Todd masses.
I picked up a Cowboy Mouth cd at the Goodwill since Thoughtsy had spoken highly of them before. It didn’t resonate with me first time through, but I shall try again, with a plastic red spoon and flying drumsticks. Maybe that’s what was missing.
June 15th, 2011 at 11:55 am
Kiefer says he doesn’t particularly care for their CDs, but he loves them live. Maybe they’re just one of those bands.
May I recommend the following songs: Jenny Says, Love of My Life, Joe Strummer, Light It On Fire, How Do You Tell Someone You Don’t Love Them, and Take Me Back (To New Orleans).
June 15th, 2011 at 11:56 am
I’m with The Hipster. Thank god for never having just the stache.
June 15th, 2011 at 11:43 am
I won’t be going to see Cowboy Mouth…geographically speaking, it might be a problem. Although you did make them sound like fun, I’m all about having things flinged at me, preferably money and candy.
You are very funny though….dude, get a sippy cup was my favourite line!…oh, and soulpatch…I have a thing for that word ever since I actually learned what it was a couple months ago.
PS: Your Facebook pic is hilarious!
June 16th, 2011 at 6:38 am
You can always look at their site to see when they’ll be closer to you.
Thanks!
June 15th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Cowboy Mouth! I haven’t thought of them since like, 1998? That brings me back.
June 16th, 2011 at 6:39 am
I love reminiscing….
June 15th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
I’ll have to look these guys up! They may come to the SF area and then I can take all my soul-patched friends to see them!
June 16th, 2011 at 6:40 am
No more soul patchers!
June 15th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Soul patches must die.
Please. Help me kill them.
June 16th, 2011 at 6:40 am
Let’s make an ad for this.
June 16th, 2011 at 12:31 am
Dude!!!!!! I love Cowboy Mouth!! I love them! I have seen them in concert once. They are totally underated!
Dude I love them… I can’t believe you like em too. Very few people that I know of have heard of them.
I am now your biggest fan!
June 16th, 2011 at 6:43 am
Dude…because you love them, I love you!
June 16th, 2011 at 4:54 am
Woke up early today to eat a Cherry Pop Tart. Then I went back to bed.
Are you proud?
I gotta scroll back and read about your 35 thingy.
June 16th, 2011 at 6:44 am
More than proud…You’re my hero!
June 16th, 2011 at 6:13 am
Have I told you lately that you SUUUUUUUCK? Cowboy Mouth is my most favoritest band and I didn’t know they were that close! And I can’t go on the 26th ’cause I’ll be leaving for the beach with Dear Sweet Mama… I’ll just have to drown my sorrows
June 16th, 2011 at 6:45 am
Well if you stalked their website like I do, you would know these things. I actually will be out of town on the 26th as well.
Sept. 10…Annapolis. Be there or be square.
June 20th, 2011 at 5:42 pm
I’ve never been to a concert. I am very afraid of loud noises and my favorite music comes from video games. Those are several reasons I know I’m a dork. At least, I am able to avoid gray hair, sippy cup needing, groper man.
June 21st, 2011 at 7:37 am
Avoiding that guy is definitely a perk!