"Brent Amaker and the Rodeo" is an American Country Western band from Seattle, Washington consisting of Brent Amaker, Tiny Dancer, Sugar McGuinn, Ben Strehle, and Bryan Crawford. Formed in 2005. The band’s image recalls influential country musician Johnny Cash, ‘The Man in Black’, as they dress head-to-toe in black with matching Stetson hats and cowboy boots. They are billed as influenced by art rock performers Devo and glam rock’s David Bowie. Their concerts often feature a dancing girl from local burlesque troupes and a phenomenon only known as the “Whiskey Baptism” where Amaker welcomes new fans into the “Church of the Rodeo” by pouring shots of liquor into their mouths. http://djallyn.org/archives/8093
DOOMED The best country music expresses profound things in the commonest of terms, and these postmodern cowpokes do a decent job approaching that. “In the end/ We’re all doomed/ Even if you’re living/ On the moon” on “Doomed” comes off as just careless rather than an endearingly glib take on mortality. But based on the hooting and hollering from the band during the interlude before the last chorus, that’s not their main concern. If country music really is for the everyman, why shouldn’t songs about the apocalypse two-step in on nursery-rhyme couplets? – J. Arthur Bloom
In the end we’re all doomed Even if you're livin’ on the moon We’re all doomed.
Super volcano near Even if we get out of here We’re all doomed. We’re doomed.
Enjoy your stay while you’re here We’re Doomed.
So take this time to pass some love around And tell your friends before they’re dead Love is the only legacy you leave behind Love is the only legacy you leave behind And we’re all doomed
In the end we’re all doomed (yee haw) Even if you're livin’ on the moon We’re all doomed.
How ’bout the big line across the sky If it’s here we’re gonna die Everyone dies
So take this time to pass some love around And tell your friends before they’re dead Love is the only legacy you leave behind Love is the only legacy you leave behind (yes it is) Love is the only legacy you leave behind And we’re all doomed