Meet The Band
My name is James Downing and I'm the drummer for A Band Named Sue (ABNS). We (Myself, Andy and John) all live in Austin, Texas. A Band Named Sue was the brain child of Andy Wegrzyn the lead singer and lead rhythm guitar player for the band. He has always had an appreciation of Johnny Cash and decided to put together a tribute band to celebrate the life, the music and the tragedy that is Johnny Cash. We take a lot of liberty in our interpretation of the music and we wanted to express our on versions of the songs made famous by Johnny Cash. If you noticed we are only a three piece with no bass player and we use the trumpet as our lead instrument. Andy wanted to put together a small but impressive trio that could play large clubs or small front porch type settings. We don't just limit ourselves to Johnny Cash songs, although that is the focus. Don't be surprised if you get something as varied as Stuck on You by Lionel Ritchie or the theme from the Pink Panther (oh yes we do both!) For me it's one of the most enjoyable projects that I have been involved in and I really enjoy playing with John and Andy. So anyway here we are:
Lead Singer and Lead Rhythm Guitar Player
Lead Singer and Lead Rhythm Guitar Player
Andy Wegrzyn.
Trumpet player
Dr. Jonathan Hoyle
The Drummer - James Downing (no one ever takes a good picture of the drummer)
Our Next Show will be at the Brentwood Tavern Saturday November 5th 6:30 to 9:30 Come out to a free show, great food, great drinks and Good Times, Good Times, Good Times.
Looks like Cote gives it a thumbs up!
Trumpet player
Dr. Jonathan Hoyle
The Drummer - James Downing (no one ever takes a good picture of the drummer)
Our Next Show will be at the Brentwood Tavern Saturday November 5th 6:30 to 9:30 Come out to a free show, great food, great drinks and Good Times, Good Times, Good Times.
Looks like Cote gives it a thumbs up!
posted by jdowning717 @ 3:25 PM
2 Comments:
Gentlemen,
This is Jason, I play JC and Luther in A Band Named Sue- Colorado Chapter (as it's now occurring to me) www.abandnamedsue.com.
It's great to see other musicians paying tribute to the Man in Black, but I have to say I'm a little skeptical.
My biggest fear is that I'm not doing the songs justice, as I was raised on Mr. Cash's music and have been a fan my whole life. I hope you don't make the Man turn in his grave by throwing the Pink Panther theme and all those Lionel Richie songs into your set! I figure if you're going to do something like start a band that covers one of the greatest artists this world has ever seen, you don't want to throw hacks like Lionel Richie into the mix.
Just one man's opinion.
I'm at jason@abandnamedsue.com
Send me an mp3 or something if you have it- I'm definitely curious.
Jason
Greets to the webmaster of this wonderful site. Keep working. Thank you.
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