The Whiptails
Born during a Johnny Cash prison show, The Whiptails were raised by Loretta Lynn and Bo Diddley before heading off to school with Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Gram Parsons. Restless teen years chasing the Clash, the Cramps, and Minutemen, followed by binge drinking in college with Townes Van Zandt, Gillian Welch, and Cowboy Junkies led to years wandering the desert, seeking truth, finding Doug Sahm, Uncle Tupelo and Neil Young. The journey home, with Los Tigres Del Norte and Ramon Ayala, back to Bob Wills, ZZ Top and Willie Nelson took The Whiptails somewhere familiar yet unexpected.
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