7th Annual Seattle
Tattoo Expo/ Nashville Pussy
"End
Of The Rainbow" Show
Gig
Review by Gerry-Jenn Wilson
Saturday, August 9th/2008
@ The Fisher Pavilion--Seattle Center
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TATTOOS! BEER! &
NASHVILLE PUSSY!..OH MY...!
After getting my ride poked and prodded at The
Peace Arch border crossing for 2 hours, I was more than happy to see that beer
tent at the end of the rainbow upon arriving at The Seattle Center!!..Corndog, & Lisafur
from East Vancouver's Vodka/Hi-Test swilling rock-a-billy
band, "The SlickJacks" were my Motel 666
traveling companions.
Lisafur also played bass in my
band JP5 for awhile..but
that's another story!! Nashville Pussy hit the stage with a Southern fried
sonic boom playing the crowd pleasing rock anthem "Come On! Come On! Come
On! FUCK YEAH!!" The party was ON!
I kept wondering why the band kept staring up
into the sky with awe and amazement. I turned around,and much to my surprise there was the most amazing
rainbow above The Seattle Space Needle! It made a killer backdrop for their
set!
The End of The
Rainbow
Nashville Pussy's bad-ass frontman
Blaine Cartwright joked that dismantling & fitting the freak of nature
backdrop into the tour bus could prove to be a challenge!
The band played a super tight set. The years on
the road and in the studio are fortunately & finally paying off for one of
the hardest working bands in the biz!
The Pussies arrived in Seattle hours before
hitting the stage from backing up Iron Maiden in Germany the previous
evening.
The band conjured up their unique blend of riff
rock madness & "PUSSY POWER" tenfold! Twisted "Beer
Drinking, Maneating" guitar sister,
RUYTER SUYS (Hailing from Vancouver, B.C.) shredded her Gibson S.G. with a
vengeance! Shes a li'l bit
Angus Young & a "Whole Lotta Rosie!!
There is no doubt in my mind that this woman and
her band will end up in The Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame!! Its
only a matter of time.
The last time I saw Nashville Pussy's bassist Karen Cuda,
her other band "Hemi Cuda" -- from Denver
Colorado -- & my band JP5 played with DOA in Fort Collins, Colorado at The
Starlight Theater circa 2002.
Before that we also played The"Naughty
Camp" Festival at an Indian Reservation in
Karen Cuda fits The
Nashville Pussy team like a glove! Her & Drummer
Jeremy Thompson have the necessary chemistry to keep it real phat & solid!! They hunkered down together nicely
during the dynamic ditty "Nutbush City
Limits"...
Nashville Pussy Warning: "YOU BETTER WATCH
OUT FOR THE POLICE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH NUTBUSH!"
I would be lying if I didn't say I miss
ex-Nashville Pussy bassist Corey Parks a twinge, but Killer Karen Cuda fills her Daytons to
perfection...& those ain't easy boots to
fill!
Nashville
Pussy ended their high energy set with an old school drum solo..two encores..and
a band introduction/ history told over Ruyter's
radical "Wayne Kramer" with MC5 style guitar feedback!...Note:
I had no idea bassist Karen Cuda's Pappy was a
Preacher!!...It all makes sense now!!!...(Ha! Ha!)...
Ink
At The Expo
The 7th Annual Seattle Tattoo Expo was booth
after booth of some of the finest Ink artists (& the shops they represent)
from around the globe!!
I am personally saving my skin for Osborne Village Ink
artists Cam & Margo Von Cook, in Winnipeg, Manitoba...Modern Primitives
were proudly displaying all sorts of body modifications, from full-on body art,
faux headhorns, & piercings
galore -- which got me to thinking that I best run back to the beer tent to
hook-up with Lisa Fur & Corn Dog to take down some Buds before I start
foolishly spending my hard earned dinero on
creating another hole in my hide!!!)...So many holes...So little time!...Until next time...Rock with your Boots On!!!....
All Photos Gerry Jenn Wilson