Who/What is Bob Johnson you might ask? Well, Bob Johnson is this band that two of my friends (Keith Kirssin and Greg Feller) and I have decided to form. Important Note: I said "form," not necessarily practice, or actually play together that often, but that might eventually change (I hope). In the meantime, we suck. Below is a more value-neutral description of the band.

• Keith Kirssin: guitarist, drinker of beer, and foosball champion.
• Greg Feller: bass player, smoker of herb, and lover of nature (even bugs). Oh, yeah, he's also our lead singer and currently principal songwriter.
• Brad Paton: drummer (sort of), resident crab (not really), and foosball understudy (I hit the ball really hard!). Oh, that's me. No, this is really me. The blond that is ;-)

Here's the songs currently in our rehearsal list:

• Hank Williams--"Lost Highway"
• The Boo Radleys--"Does this Hurt?"
• The Darling Buds--"If"
• Poster Children--"He's My Star"
• Reverend Horton Heat--"Love Whip"
• Uncle Tupelo--"Factory Belt"
• Uncle Tupelo--"No Depression"
• Son Volt/Ron Wood--"Mystifies Me"
• Beastie Boys--"Gratitude"
• My Bloody Valentine--"Sometimes"
• Them (with Van Morrison)--"Baby Please Don't Go"
• Pixies--"Debaser"
• Pixies--"Here Comes Your Man"
• Breeders--"I Just Wanna Get Along"
• Breeders--"Cannonball"
• Joy Division--"Transmission"
• Violent Femmes--"Prove My Love"
• Husker Du--"Never Talking To You Again"

We've actually played in front of people four times to date, twice at parties that we hosted. Both parties that we pretty much supplied a lot of alcohol to friends at. The first was in December, and the next was in March. The set lists are linked in the HREFs. (just so I'll remember them because the first one in particular I only know we played a couple songs because they're on tape and the other people in the band told me we did).

We also played twice elsewhere in public. Once on Saturday, May 4, here in Sunny Charlottesville, VA, at a little sushi restaurant called the Tokyo Rose. We even played mostly originals, and it seemed to be fairly well received. The other time was at a party in Arlington, VA, with five beautiful hosts and a buttload of their less-beautiful friends. Actually, it was good to have such a cold reception fairly early, cause now we get to figure out how to deal with it, though it would be interesting to say that we've never played in front of a hostile/indifferent audience. Any suggestions? Brad's a dork
Here's a flyer for a show we did.