Billy Bob Thornton. Wow.

Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 8 May 2009 10:13 am

Just for laughs (ha! ha!), I'm wondering how Mixerman and BBT would hit it off? (in a recording environment, of course)

Savell · Post by **Savell** » 8 May 2009 7:28 pm

Billy Bob is a great talent both on camera and off.

The interviewer didn't respect the request of his guest. Who is really the most un-professional here? By using his bully platform, he was the one wanting to gain publicity points for himself at the expense of his guest and from his own lack of courtesy to his guest.

Both parties get a small win and a big lose.

I had never heard of the radio jock before and will never care if I ever do again.

Billy Bob rocks as an actor and an entertainer. I will go to see him every chance I get, be it at the theator or on the stage. No he's not the best musician or best actor, but he can certainly entertain.

Come home Billy Bob, we still like you here... You've always been an ***hole. That's why we liked you to began with.

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 9 May 2009 8:10 pm

Either way, the only guy that came out with egg on his face was Billy Bob. He pretty much wiped out a whole fan base of millions here in Canada. I guess his agent now realizes that hardly anyone will go see a movie of his EVER again in Canada. This is the stuff that really hurts - when it affects the pocketbook. All this will be taken into consideration the next time he looks for an executive producer.

Smoking as "a part of his act".....what a lame-o. The fact he still thinks smoking is cool speaks volumes about him as a person. Smoke or don't smoke, but please don't embarrass yourself and embrace it defensively.

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 10 May 2009 4:01 am

I disagree Chris. I'll see his future movies.
My respect for him as an actor hasn't changed.
I also dig the quirky roles he finds.

Savell even said he's an ***hole.
There are plenty of great actors who fit that description.

This is not to deny he was totally wrong in the interview, and is delusional (or lying) when he says he's just a member of the band. See the Rider if there's any doubt about that.

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 10 May 2009 4:12 am

Hey Joey,

That's just the Newfie in me. We're easily offended and take personal pleasure in boycotting people's projects based on their personality.

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 10 May 2009 5:34 am

If I did that, I wouldn't get out much.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 10 May 2009 5:44 am

Smoke or don't smoke, but please don't embarrass yourself and embrace it defensively.

Chris, if you do smoke, aren't you pretty much "embracing it defensively?"
As far as BBT goes, I think time will tell. Personally, I think he's a one trick pony named Karl Childers, umm-hmm ...

Clinton Erb · Post by **Clinton Erb** » 11 May 2009 7:02 pm

I, much like Billy Bob Thornton, couldn't give half a crap what anybody else is saying about this whole thing.

I'll go see the Boxmasters when they come to town. I'll go buy their CD's. I'll go see BBT's movies.

I hate how it's always billed as "Billy Bob Thornton and the (or his) Boxmasters. BBT always tells the folks not to single him out above the rest and give the band some credit. They almost always fail to do so, and in this particular interview, you could tell he was ticked to start off with.

The Tom Petty comment was meant to convey this: If Tom Petty made a movie, would you invite him onto your show and talk about his music career and do nothing more than mention the director, producer, and supporting cast whom are all in the room?

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 12 May 2009 4:13 am

Tact: Grace and skill when dealing with others. BBT does not have tact. Luckily, the interviewer possessed these traits. I would not have been as patient with BBT. I would have ejected him from the room.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 12 May 2009 6:54 am

I hate how it's always billed as "Billy Bob Thornton and the (or his) Boxmasters. BBT always tells the folks not to single him out above the rest and give the band some credit.

Clinton, whose idea do you think it is to bill BBT this way? If he really doesn't want to be billed this way, or if he really doesn't want to be "singled out above the rest," believe me, he wouldn't be.

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 12 May 2009 8:44 am

The name of the act is clearly defined in BBT's rider at
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstaget ... ybob1.html

It also specifies two dressing rooms.
One for BBT, and the other to be shared by the seven band members.

This is standard fare for headliners, and I can accept that. But when they say, "I'm just part of the band", that's plain BS.

If anyone thinks the interviewer continued to focus on his acting accomplishments, you are not watching the same interview. It was briefly mentioned in introducing him.

If Tom Petty had was promoting a movie, his musical background would have been mentioned in his intro.

Chip, Perhaps BBT is the drummer Mixerman was witting about.

Chip Fossa · Post by **Chip Fossa** » 12 May 2009 9:06 am

That's a good one Joey. I was kinda waiting for your reply. I posted that for your benefit.

I think we're probably the only one's around who remember and care about the heady Mixerman saga.

He's still on the web, but "the music died".

Sorry for straying.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 12 May 2009 9:10 am

The vanity project rolls on...

REVIEW by Kevin O'Hare of MASSLIVE, April 18: The Boxmasters at the University of Mass.

(Billy Bob Thornton)...if he really wants people to not think about what a great actor he is, he'd better start singing better... Thornton's vocals were lackluster, suspiciously buried in the sound mix and occasionally noticeably off key.

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 12 May 2009 9:13 am

Doug Beaumier wrote:The vanity project rolls on...

REVIEW by Kevin O'Hare of MASSLIVE, April 18: The Boxmasters at the University of Mass.

(Billy Bob Thornton)...if he really wants people to not think about what a great actor he is, he'd better start singing better... Thornton's vocals were lackluster, suspiciously buried in the sound mix and occasionally noticeably off key.

Amens all around.

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 12 May 2009 9:44 am

Since he wants to be interviewed as a musician, it might be instructive if the interviewer were to ask him about the chords to the songs that he "wrote".

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 12 May 2009 11:15 am

....or ask him to discuss the nuances of Bernard Purdie, Jim Gordon and Russ Kunkel as they apply to '70s hits. Or something to that effect.

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 12 May 2009 11:19 am

or ask him his opinion of time and groove.

Andy Greatrix · Post by **Andy Greatrix** » 12 May 2009 11:19 am

or ask him his opinion of time and groove.

Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 12 May 2009 1:28 pm

...or ask him if he knows who Bruce Palmer is.

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 12 May 2009 2:48 pm

??? I don't quite get why Chris's or Larry's questions (as distinct from Earnest's and Andy's) would establish whether he is or isn't a musician. Nobody can be familiar with all musicians of every genre. Or even of one genre. And while it's obviously beneficial, musicianship doesn't necessarily require it. Somebody with enough innate talent could have very little knowledge of any other musicians, and still be a musician himself.

(Note: I have no idea about BBT's musicianship, or lack thereof!)

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 12 May 2009 2:58 pm

My comment was a drummer thing.....if he's the drummer he claims to be, then he should be able to converse about drummers. Maybe I'm off-base, but it seems fair to me. I have a feeling he knows little about drums and drummers, and this is just a vanity project that his money can buy.

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 12 May 2009 3:40 pm

Chris LeDrew wrote:My comment was a drummer thing.....if he's the drummer he claims to be, then he should be able to converse about drummers. Maybe I'm off-base, but it seems fair to me. I have a feeling he knows little about drums and drummers, and this is just a vanity project that his money can buy.

and you may be surprised!
He was a drummer before he was an actor, he came out to LA as a drummer in the early '80s and even played on some albums back then.

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 12 May 2009 3:58 pm

Good to know, Alvin. Thanks for the info. I stand corrected. I had no idea. But I guess his acting was better than his drumming, if his career path is any indication.

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 12 May 2009 4:17 pm

Here is one of the bands he recorded with in the '80s, they were from South Africa and called Jack Hammer.

His playing and singin' back then was about the same as now, so I'm sure someone suggested he would be better at acting.

Doug Palmer · Post by **Doug Palmer** » 12 May 2009 5:41 pm

Billy Bob should step aside and let Danny do his show. He is known in Charlotte as The Unknown Hinson.
Very interesting King of the country western troubudors. Check him out on youtube. Unknown Hinson

You won't believe this guy!

Doug

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Billy Bob Thornton. Wow.

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