DATE:  09/02/09

NAME: Doghouse Lords

INSTRUMENT(s):
Javier "Jake" Matos - Vocals/Harp/Guitar/Banjo
Scott "Chopper" Franklin - Guitar/Bass
Bill “Buster” Bateman - Drums

CURRENT RELEASE: ‘Diggin' at the Doghouse’

1. Biggest Influence(s)?
Blind Willie McTell, Jerry Lee Lewis, Howling Wolf

2. Favourite records/tracks old or new?
"Georgia Chain Gang" - Guitar Nubbin, "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" -
Pat Hare, "Psycho" - Eddie Noack

3. What would you be if not a musician?
Bourbon Tasters

4. Career high point so far?
Our band members have played/recorded w/ Johnny Cash, The Cramps, Bo Diddley, Mick Jagger, Wanda Jackson, Johnny Thunders, Willie Dixon, Carl Perkins, The Blasters...  

5. Perfect night off?   
See #3

6. Most recent CD in your CD player?  
Billy Boy Arnold - “More Blues on the South Side”

7. Favourite book/film?
Books - "Hell of a Woman" - Jim Thompson, "Blood Meridian" - Cormac McCarthy . . . Movies - "The Unknown" - Lon Chaney, Sr., "Hud" - Paul Newman

8. Whiskey - Jack or Jim?
By far Jim (also Knob Creek, Maker's Mark, Booker's, Baker's)