Bodeco “Bone, Hair and Hide” 1992. Today’s pull from the vault is a follow up to yesterday’s post about the Reverend Horton Heat. Joe and I saw Bodeco open for the Rev at Club de Wash in Madison but cannot remember if it was at the 1993 show or sometime later. Joe recalls “being blown away by Bodeco.  Bunch of weird guys from Kentucky playing their own wacked out brand of neo-billy…I remember thinking at the time that the maraca player distinctly reminded me of my uncle Clarence (if he wore a cowboy hat… and played maracas).“ If you knew Joe’s Uncle Clarence, this is HILARIOUS.

Bodeco, according to last.fm, only recorded two albums, this one and another in 1995 (“Callin’ All Dogs”). We bought this album based on its cover and the sticker that the guys at New Frontier Record Exchange in Appleton, WI had attached to it, describing it as “creepy swamp music.” And that it is. Dark, rich and muddy. Southern-fried with a kinda Hasil Adkins howl but with more whiskey and gravel. The band obviously has gotten back together to perform as I found this video of them playing “Suicide Ride” from 2012. They’ve aged 20 years (as have we all, I suppose) so the clip does not in any way convey the weird intensity of that first show we saw back in the early 90’s.