A thick nebula of blue-gray cigarette smoke hangs in the air, as heavy and acrid as the exhaust from a Pinto with blown piston rings. Bass player Brian Lane and drummer Tony Harper keep the rhythm in lockstep, Lane looking about eight feet tall, all legs and arms, occasionally mugging for the crowd.
Some people try for all their lives, but they never make a dent.
You hang around bored, broke, and restless again. Strung out, stripped of all your pride, with all your money spent. For those used to Austin's glut of bands, clubs, and gigs, Denton's music scene presents quite a different picture. By 1995, the band's first release, Crow Pot Pie , was in the can. Originally put together as a test balloon to help the band get regional gigs, it caught the ear of Jeff Cole at Austin indie Doolittle Records.