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  • the lap steel player was impressive

  • drop fuckface on the drums and your set

  • well that was drab

  • With all the money he's made you'd think he could afford a metronome

  • All this time later and people STILL have nothing better to do than bitch about BBT. Children.

  • @lerb21 You commented on it didn't you?

  • haha when does the British invasion influence kick in?

  • What a waste. The King of Country Western Troubadours can play guitar better than the guitarist, Thornton starts to drag at around the 3:00 mark, the pedal steel player plays notes out of tune, the strobe and zoom video effects are juvenile and annoying, and as mentioned previously the whole thing is just plain boring...but other than that, it's all right I guess. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, and if it involves trading on the rep of an established Hollywood name, so be it.

  • it's been done...

  • hooray! I tipped the scale toward dislikes.

  • looks/sounds like any geriatric band in my shitty little town trying to re-live their youth. You're old, divorced, and washed up. Hey, Billy, Mr. Movie-Star what's your address so I can mail you my collection of antique french silverware. bitch.

  • He has some awesome musicians in his band.....I think it is great...

  • But we are the head of the world did someone forget to tell you ?

  • Boring.

  • Man, how long are you Canucks going to carry a grudge. Sheesh. Move on already.

  • Unknown Hinson on bass?

  • that guitar player makes me look good.

  • It's kind of like mashed potatoes, you know, but mashed potatoes without the gravy.

  • Very good!

  • boring, so boring, just a generic band

  • My 10 year old brother is a better drummer then Billy Bob, seriously. Guitar player is pretty good though.

  • sweet polka beat that never varies for 6 minutes

  • Unknown Hinson also a studio musician from Charlotte NC another great guitarist.

  • They are all very good ! F*** them Canadians . That talk show host was a Dick anyway. He was asked to talk about the band and music and the retard wants to talk about Billy's acting career. Like the only reason the band has any credit is because of Billy. The band is creditable because they are good period.

  • @exfed9 Wrong. The "dick," Jian Ghomeshi, didn't ask a single question about his acting career. Mentioned it quickly in the intro for context, then directed every question to the music. Billy Bob just acted, to use your word, like a "dick" and hurt the band's image in the process. Unnecessary. Now that interview comes up whenever you google "The Boxmasters."

  • @exfed9 Did you even watch the interview??? They had to talk about Billy's acting career even more since be threw a little bitch fit. If Billy was a master genius he could have actually just staged his whole little "I don't wanna talk about acting" act in order to give his acting career a boost. Unfortunately for him, he's not that smart and just ended up looking like a prick. Just like you.

  • @exfed9 f*** YOU americans, all you do is think your the head of the world, and your country aint doing to well the way, Bush was such an incompetent dumbass but you guys elected him twice how f***ing retard are. I know a lot of americans that are decent and nice people, but I guess your one of rednecks retards like BBT.

  • @micheltaillefer22 Well not the nicest things to say but just for future reference it's "you're the head of the world" and "you're one of THE redneck retards like BBT." Your is possessive, like your cat, etc. You don't have to make redneck plural because it's describing the retard, and your already make retard plural. "ain't doing to well" should be "ain't doing too well." Just a pet peeve. Sorry. I know a lot of you guys also speak French too, alors, ecrivez en francais la prochaine fois.

  • I wanted to hear a bass solo from the King of Country Western Troubadors.

  • Hey Billie-Bob: you need some more mus-turd on ye biscuits and franch-fried puh-taters, uh-huh. Go gettum Carl. I've never heard such ham-handed drumming at any level than this. He's gotta be drunk.

  • Why is Unknown (a.k.a Early Cuyler) playing bass?! He kills the guitar!

  • @BanjoProductions2010 BBT hired him to play bass, out of character. technically that's Stuart Daniel Baker playing, but he'll always be Unknown Hinson to me.

  • Billy should just strap a snare drum around his neck and prance around the stage. Lame high school marching band drumming.

  • WHY is THE KANG! playing second fiddle to these asshats?

  • IM ON MY FUCKING LUNCH BREAK

  • Billy bob looks like such a dork. haha. They should just stay on the Tele the whole time and the guy who is making music!!!

  • Hey giveum a break already. Their just having fun. Don't take it so serious. It's not meant to be.

  • Unknown hinson playing the fucking bass what is this???

  • Boxed stale "stock" pre-packaged no soul "music". Sounds like the soundtrack to a made for HBO movie.

  • love the song love the band fuck off!

  • the lap steel and '52 hot rod melted eardrums

  • Everyone assumes that just because he's a famous actor he's also supposed to be an amazing drummer. He's doing all he has to/wants to do to have fun. I mean, can you blame the drummer from ACDC for always playing the same beat? Sure you can. But, wouldn't you? The guy just loves music, give him a break if you do too.

  • YEAH! Look at Bob's retarded face while he plays!

  • He's not good enough on the drums to make out that all of this has nothing to do with his having a successful acting career. I saw that blow-up on Q Radio and at the time I thought he had a point. After seeing this beginner's plod, I don't any more.

    Fair enough, go for it BBT. But turn down all of the interviews you get offered in future, because no-one with any modicum of an affinity with music should be expected to base their interview on your musical ability.

  • I run an live music venue that has hosted artists like Dwight Yokam, Wille Nelson, Merle Haggard, Gary Allan, all the way down to local garage bands. To say BBT is a drummer boggles the mind. I've seen kids right out of high school that "want to start a band" that have better drummers than this clown. I feel sorry for the rest of the band who are trying to stay on beat with this jagoff behind them who is all over the place.

    BBT, stick with the "French Fried Puhtaters" and leave the drums alone.

  • Piss poor drumming. He musta took lessons from Lars Ulrich.

  • This band needs a better drummer.

  • Y'all are some mean spirited folks, hiding behind fake internet names and putting down a guy just to be cool. I feel sorry for ya.

  • He cant even keep a simple 4 4 beat... what a fucking douche

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  • He is a crap singer.

  • gee i've just watched a few of billy's band and he plays the same beat everytime.

  • I can't get over that ridiculous look on his face. screw billy bob and his gigantic ego.

  • this is what I hear right before and during vomiting after a night of drinking inside my head.

  • Two-step magic...........Right on Billy!

  • the 'drummer' only KNOWS one lick and he still gains and loses tempo on THAT.

    theres only *ONE* CHART TOPPIN KANG in this outfit...

    i would imagine he could outdrum the drummer, he's more than a match for the bass line in this number, and we KNOW he can play guitar...

    mebbe he lost a bet or something and his penalty was to be surrounded by mediocrity at union scale...

  • YEAHHHH! there aint nothing like a bunch of succesful white guys playing the most uninspiring music of all time.

  • @BerettaLaumman I also had to scrape the cheese out of my ears after listenin' to this.

  • He's just as good as Ringo......

  • it was that bad to be honest. some might not like his drumming cause of his personal ego and bi-polar decision on music and acting. but i'll rate it as a 3/5.

  • The drummer sucks

  • i don't see what makes these guys any different from all the other bands that play this kind of music... except that it's lacking a front man. hate to say it, but i believe that were it not for billy bob's fame as an actor the band would be nowhere.

  • yup, celebrity is all that matters these days. he can't play nearly as well as any of the other guys. as it is, the drumming just really lowers the quality of the music.

  • skipped through the video and every time I stopped he was playing the EXACT same rhythm *sigh* shame how people like him can play with such a good band just because he is famous

  • Billy BOB ROCKS !!!!

  • The drummer isn't very good.

  • BB is cool no doubt, but I believe he should let someone else be a front man and just play it cool. I mean he's an actor and should know which role to play that suits him best. If he was Phil Collins and sang and banged the skins then okay, but it's not that way. This band needs an anchor (think David Lee Roth).. But it won't happen because Billy Bob has too big an ego, what a shame.

  • They need to fire Billy Bob. He is not "keeping to speed" / meter/ time...especially after the 3:00 mark...sad... the rest of the band rocks!

  • He looked like he was trying to eat his own soul patch at one point.

  • The Guy on the Tele is Brad Davis. He's crazy good.

  • he needed to change the beat there :P

    it's so fucking strange to see him play the drums...but it looked funny ass hell....his face had that proud retarded look hahaha.

  • @RENDUI I think for Billy Bob getting louder is the equivalent to changing the beat. lol

  • Unknown Hinson f'n RAWCKT.Forget Billy Boob.Unknown is the man.

  • @ripptorn9

    Unknown Hinson's allright, but it's not his band. BBT and Unknown are good friends and they're just having fun. Lighten up. Life is short.

  • Billy Bob Thornton is a near competent rockabilly drummer.  Whoop dee friggin' do.

  • He's not Phil Collins behind the kit but he held it together.

  • omg he plays the drums... I am seriously just as good as he is and I DO NOT know how to even play the drums, he just playing like a retarded fixed pattern beat that never changes..wtf are you fucking kidding me?!? Why the hell...omg...DELETE THIS SHIT FROM THE INTERNET!

  • That is some weak ass drumming there Billy Bob. My little cousin is 12 and can play this shit.

  • @HarpuaND84 i completly agree with you, he makes him self so arrogantly the center of attention in interviews, when he is by far the weakest member of the band, and a poor musicain overall.

  • @projectoz88 He is the principal songwriter of the band. He deserves some credit for that

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  • It's so strange seeing him play drums, haha.

  • I don't hate BBT (alot of people seem to..) but damn, he's not a good enough drummer for this band. Worst spot to put a non-professional guy in would be behind the drum kit. "A band is only as good as their drummer" - Some Wise Fella

  • I was sorta curious to watch these guys after seeing BB's royal assholeness on QBC. Now that I've seen this, it's okay. The guys with guitar's would make a good bar band. But BB sucks on the drums. I mean the 13 year old girl at my kids high school has better meter. Why would you even need a drummer for this band...kick it upwith a drum machine. I mean, it's hard a shit to play when you're drummer can't keep time. Ride it out until BB's heart explodes from the cocaine.

  • Hey, didn't Steve Martin portray that drummer in "The Jerk"?

    (Sorry Billy Bob, but I didn't see anybody make that joke yet surprisingly)

  • They're a great hobby-band for playing weddings, etc, when everyone's drunk and horny. But that's it. No Thornton, no record deal.

  • hey check out that douchebag on drums!

  • Setting aside that Billy is in the band.

    I think it's pretty good.

    All the people saying it's bad cant appreciate multiple genres of music i suppose..

  • Old people music. Boring bullshit.

  • but with a soul patch

  • FUCK YOU BILLY AND FUCK YOUR CUNT DRUMS

  • he looks like neil diamond but with the movement of bob dole.......hmmm im gonna watch again

  • these guys are a pretty solid band. they played together very well. they weren't really anything noteworthy in my opinion though, aside from the fact that its billy bob on the drums.

  • why the fuck is the king playing with these fools?

  • Lets be honest. They are a hillbilly jam band; and, as such, they get th job done.

    This aint my style o music, but I find it quite listenable.

    That said, of course, its also clear that the ONLY reason they get th publicity they do is because they got an Oscar winner behind th kit.

  • @joeypolanski

    The guitarist second to the right is Stuart Daniel Baker...also known as Unknown Hinson. He gets plenty of publicity.

  • hot damn thats good cigar music

  • hot damn thats good cigar music

  • why is everyone hatin on billy bob.

    Yea, he's not the best drummer in the world, but hes not the worst.

    He's keeping a pretty steady beat,

    I dont see whats wrong

  • nothing pains me more than to see a good band being brought down by a shitty drummer

  • unknown hinson is the fucking man even if he is playing bass.

  • ...I enjoyed the video ! There is some degree of dymanics and they are all having fun. Billy Bob is also a hard guy to "not like" and although he wants the band to stand on its own merits , his mere presence adds some charisma , his talents put him right smack dab in the middle of his peers. The Boxmasters are going to be around for a while(I hope) and I'm anxious to see what they do in the future.

  • I love how all the guitarists are playing their asses off but the camera keeps going to Billy Bob like he's actually doing something. Apparently epic guitar playing < Billy Bob playing a "Drums for Dummies" beat

  • @metlfan2003 i agree but why do they need two basses but overall.......not bad

  • lame

  • @ 1:32 it's Carl Childers all over again lol..(French Fried Tators)

  • Some of the haters here allow their (misguided) dislike of a personality to cloud their perception of the music. This stuff is REALLY good!

  • Billy Bob Thornton is the worst drummer to ever have a really nice kit like that. But... You can tell he's a douchebag by the use of Sabian cymbals. Really? Boxmasters suck.

  • What is this SHIT?

  • LOL at the fagmo guitarist having an extra tuning peg. Fucking ridic...

  • lpgott8, it called a D-tuner

  • @lpgott8 It's a sling-shot, D tuner. There are many Nashville guitarist who use this.

    It's not for show. Anyway, Judge the man on the merits of his playing. I agree with most of the folks here that, they'd be better without Billy Bob.

  • Honestly, after seeing this I don't even get why they got invited for the interview. WHAT is there to talk about?? A couple hillbillies that have the money to play on a stage instead of a garage. It didn't work out in movies or music, when will you just give it up already BB?

  • @206rattlingbones alot of kick ass bands started in garages.

  • Billy Bob Thornton's drumming aside, this is some pretty excellent guitar work.

  • they are so bad... i can't believe he thinks he is comparable to tom petty... fucking prick

  • twangalicious

  • I don't like anything that Billy Bob has done musically and certainly not this. But people seem to be bent on dishing this band because Billy Bob is an actor and therefore, shouldn't make music. If the man wants to play music let him. Don't like it? Switch if off. Some people are way uptight... And yes, he was a douche on the Q interview...

  • That wasnt that bad. The guy playing the yellow Tele is very good.

  • If you guys hate him so much why are you checking out his videos?? Go watch your Britney Spears. Billy Bob ROCKS!!

  • From Angelina:

    Way to go Billy. You are stil the man with the talent with his stick.

  • I dig it.

  • Billy Bob, America is done with you. Go see your nearest meth dealer and please be a stranger.

  • Envy is very ugly, people.

  • BillyBob: "Look, everyone - I can play BOMP- BADDA-BOMP-BADDA on da drums! And I gots a soul patch on ma lip! I is a *musician*, so kiss mah ass!"

    Do the REAL musicians he plays with have no self-respect? Why didn't they cut BB loose after that Canadian radio show debacle in which he proved himself a horse's ass?

  • @mizzTbubbles15yo must need a life

  • Sheesh! Ya'll act like this is the worst vid on YouTube! So what if BBT wants to have his own band...doin' something different and having fun!

  • Oh yeah, and let's drag out the ending to an unbearably boring piece of mediocre, average, generic , heard-that-in-every-bar-I've-e­ver-been-to tripe. That'll kill 'em! Woiks every time! Putty in our hands! We own this town, boys! Top of the world, Ma!

  • Okay, let's throw in some quick camera cuts to try and make the song seem more interesting. Yeah, cosmic cowboy music! Sure. Anything you say Billy Bob.

  • the asshole endorses zildjian cymbals.... I wanna know how that happened, and even more how he has become a 'notable musician'. Ugh...

  • meh...it's okay but......it's potatos without the gravy LMAO. u knew that was comin

    He plays drums and thinks he should be known as a musician now, come on, it's midiocre at best, every small town has a band like that man, they're nothing special. I don't want to insult the band but it's nothing to have your ego grow up your ass about "Billy" so with that being said Billy bob you are just an ACTOR!!! and a screen writer so there, I said it.

  • Well let's see...the drumming fit the song so I'd say it worked.

    Music that is moving and fun can't be beat.

    That's all it takes to be well worth it.

    Go Billy Go!

  • ye-e-a-a-hh...  THUMBS DOWN.

  • man billy bobs drumming ... weak attempt... obviously just trying to seem like hes talented at everything.. and ovbiously all the other players out shine him

  • when you get near a song, PLAY IT...

  • this music is so generic and annoying.

  • Unknown Hinson on the bass....alright. He should beat the living shit out of that stupid sumbitch on drums.

  • Man, Billy Bob is a terrific actor.

  • yeah..this is pretty blah......mos def not any unknown hinson...he rules........

  • lol billy bob thinks he is a real musician, and yet he plays the fucking drums. this is utter shite, drivel, lol.

  • Find me a band that aint got a drummer! I guess that you say Ginger Baker aint a musician then? Lets hear you play them as well. Or tell Alex VanHalen he aint shit and only plays drums so he dont belong in the band

  • yes Billy Bob is lost in his own drug trip but the band is actually top notch.

  • What kind of music is this...exactly?

    Sounds like shit.

    Billy Bob is a wannabe

  • Are those cardboard cutouts or a crowd?

    I see some movement but I think it might be done with wires.

    The steel guitar work is par excellence, sadly the guy has chosen to let BBT lead him around like a pony.

  • Screw you haters! This was bad ass. Guitar players... great! Steel player... i've never seen someone tear up a steel guitar like that! BB, awesome drumming man!

  • Not exciting at all. They sound like a party-band, playing birthdays & weddings. Then, back to the office, come Monday morning.

    Thornton's (boring) folly.

  • the boxmasters are great, and this song is great, but this is definately not that mountain. so.... yea

  • The drumming isn't great but he held it together,I don't think they want him being the center of attention so he probably doesn't get the opportunity to show off.

  • and the great Unknown Hinson on bass.....why? The Kang should be on lead!!!! RITE NOW , yea yea

  • yes! I agree!

  • Damn right he should!

  • did billy bob died?

  • Listen to all you music critics out there. This ain't rocket science, and it isn't the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition either, it's rock and roll. The band is in a decent groove, the crowd is havin' fun, That's the point!!

    Besides, it isn't nearly as boring as "Slingblade."

  • I feel like he's playing Rock Band.

  • lol

  • your drumming is DIRE!!! speeding up and slowing down... your being carried by your average band mates !! no future here billy ... looks like boxmasters are gonna be more famous for bad interviews than their BAD ASS MUSIC! boxmasters SUCK !

  • I suppose the drumming isn't bad, you don't need to overplay on the drums for the style of music they are playing. Its very meat and potatoes.....definitely no gravy...

    Billy Bob's best work was in Bad Santa...

  • yeah, because a drummer normally gets this kind of focus... right.... not because he won an oscar or anything.

  • Billy Bob is just doing what he loves!

  • Shitty drumming. There's just, no gravy.

  • lol....those fills he tried to do at the very end of the song we're just fuckin terrible...mashed potatoes without gravy fosure

  • 3:39

    but seriously, that guy with the yellow guitar isnt in this band right?

  • No. His name is Keith Wyatt and he's with The Blasters.

  • yeah, thought he was way too good to be in the other band.

  • I like the rabbi/amish guy on on the pedal steel.

  • He should probably stick to his acting career. Or maybe he should switch to the tambourine, and let someone better handle the drums. Also, too many close ups of his face!

  • the band sounds tight to me..whats all the fuss?

  • he's not a great drummer, average at best. but being in a band isn't about being the best musician anyway. the band gets more publicity because he's an actor. unfortunately for him no matter how many bands he's in, or how many albums he makes he's always going to be an actor first. why? because he's a better, much better actor.

  • Hm, I'd actually go out on a limb and say being a talented musician sort of... is... the idea behind being in a band.

  • no...it really isn't. the idea behind being in a band is to make music. not every member has to be overly talented. they just have to keep the tempo and stay in tune

  • I agree and disagree with you. The idea isn't always to make music. Sometimes it's about women or making money. But, I do agree that meter is a key component. Something Thornton appears to sorely lack. He's no musician.

  • Billy Bob is a much better drummer than Canada

  • hahahahaha that drummer sucks balls

  • This band sucks. But Billy is right, CANADA SUCKS BALLS.

  • my 7 year old plays better drums on rockband! pathetic!

  • lol the drumming is so horrible!

  • High School level drumming... quite static and tentative... the Band is being held back by this Prima donna.

  • hey fendermusical

    could you please post the names of all those great players playing with that academy award winning actor/drummer