Video: Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears "I'm Broke" live at Waterloo Records SXSW 2009

... although I wouldn't blame you if you thought I had. Wow, I sucked at this last week. One measly post? What am I, a DMV employee? Pick it up, Tone! Especially since this undercard ain't really giving us a whole lot of chaff lately. But here's some now... Skrillex is a Fidget House dude, so whatever... plus he's very stupid looking, which only serves to fuel my scorn, so double whatever! And The Aquabats are a prototypical Orange County Rock band (kinda punky, [...]

This one goes out to the 20,000 General Motors autoworkers who are going to be laid off as part of the company's bankruptcy restructuring . I interviewed Joe recently (video coming soon) and we talked about how we can lobby to make this track the new US National Anthem. Wouldn't that be great?! At baseball games during the 7th Inning Stretch: "Please rise for the traditional 7th Inning Stretch and a rendition of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears' 'I'm Broke'". 45,000 ticketholders- all of whom have experienced some combination of job loss, savings decrease, [...]

Not content with leaving the road, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears have decided to extend their tour and are bringing their soulful tunes to city near you. In addition to finishing their tour tonight in Alabama with Robert Randolph , they are headed back to Texas to take part in the KTSW Mr. Fest in San Marcos. On May 6, they will be performing a FREE instore at Houston's Cactus Music ( 2110 Portsmouth ) at 5:30PM and then a few a few days later on the 8th will [...]