Blog: Houstoned Rocks

Billy Bob Thornton (center), flanked by the Boxmasters' touring lineup. "Billy's reaching for the phone." With that, Boxmasters guitarist/bassist J.D. Andrew (see here ) hands off to his drummer/lead singer Billy Bob Thornton, who won the hearts of miscreants everywhere as Willie, the booze-swilling, expletive-spewing St. Nick in 2003's Bad Santa. In Boxmasters originals like "I'll Give You a Ring," "Shit List" and "I'm Watching the Game," Thornton's characters have a lot of Willie in them, but on the phone, the Hot Springs, Arkansas native, 52 – who knows Houston well from his days [...]