Billy Brent Malkus

A former Chesapeake Bay-area hog farmer, Malkus left the Baltimore punk scene in '97 to come to Austin with his new band "Mondo Generator," with members of the Dwarves and Queens of the Stone Age. Manure still on his boots, he sought to show those Urban Cowboys (who were busy sullying the country music he'd grown up with) a thing or two. In the wake of the band's demise, Malkus dug closer to his roots and began playing in various honky-tonk and Americana outfits. He currently plays guitar and sings backing vocals with Nathan Hamilton in his band No Deal. His discography is extensive, featuring releases on the indie labels Caroline, GoKart and Southern Lord -- as well as lending plenty of chicken-pickin' tele, vocals, and dobro to many Austin-area recordings.

Rebecca Lucille Cannon

Former frontwoman for Austin's pop-punk favorites Sincola, Rebecca has several successful releases on Caroline and Rise Records under her belt. Her vocal stylings have been compared to the likes of Siouxsie Sioux, Chrissy Hynde, and Patti Smith, but lately she's been aspiring to more Kitty Wells and Sara Carter comparisons (especially since her East Texas grandma, Billie Joe Nutt, raised her on the outlaw sounds of Merle, Waylon, Willie, Cash, and Patsy Cline, from a very early age). But no matter who people think she might sound like, Rebecca is more intent on creating her own niche, riding somewhere between classic country and good old American rock and roll.

Bob “Slim Bawb” Pearce

Born on Elvis’s birthday, son of a yodelin’ man, Bawb made his living playing music 5 nights a week for 32 years in Northern California. The first 12 playing pedal steel, banjo, mandolin, dobro etc. with Hot L Sacto and other country bands. Bawb started his own band, The Beer Dawgs in 1986. He wrote all the songs on their 10 albums and was inducted into the Sacramento Area Music Hall Of Fame (SAMMIES) in 1995. He moved to Cedar Creek, Texas in 2006 and joined the Sapphires in 2007. His “swampgrass” band, Slim Bawb and Gator Bait has 2 albums out and continues to perform around the Austin area. Check out Bawb at www.myspace.com/slimbawb. (Bawb's photo by Plain Jane Photography)

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