Brother O’Brother “Show Pony” 2015. Fonoflo Records. Electric blue splatter limited edition vinyl. An absolute beauty of a rocker from one of my favorite bands. My friend and one-half of the garage blues BoB duo, Chris Banta, posted this morning that six years ago today, March 23rd, the band officially signed with Fonoflo Records to release their second album.

I have a couple of copies of Show Pony and this electric blue variant is one of the rarer ones (only 100 copies out there). Having a few copies of the LP is TOTALLY worth it. I love this band and absolutely love the songs. Some of my faves that I never tire of: “The Itch” (video link recorded by my friend, Veronica, in Milwaukee in 2018, I was standing next to her at the show) and “You Would” (both ass-shakers that go to 11), the heavy heavy stompers “Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing,” “White Dove” and “Man’s World,” the madcap chugging title track “Show Pony” and the punk’d up “Blood & Cigarettes.”  Listening to Show Pony gives me all the exhilarated feels but also makes me super super sad as I am remembering the pure joy of seeing Brother O’Brother live many times over the past several years (they are some of the hardest-working and best entertainers out there; seeing Warner Swopes leap off his drums and Chris take a guitar solo up on the bar is an awesome sight) and missing it like crazy right now.