Les Honky More Tonkies
Refusing to draw any boundaries in their musical style, Nashville’s Les Honky More Tonkies are a band that hits on all cylinders and delivers such an impassioned mix of dank southern rock and Econoline country that they have become the standard bearers for what a hell raising rock band should be. For years LHMT's fans, oft described as Honkimaniacs, have been begging and pleading with the band to put some of their bombastic magic onto CD. So the boys headed down the road a little ways to an abandoned Confederate hospital that has been converted into spooky analog studio in the town square of Murfreesboro. In that hospital, the members of Les Honky More Tonkies performed CPR on Rock and Roll. It's true, LHMT has successfully resuscitated Rock and Roll by transferring their audio assault to analog tape. Next they took the tape and transferred it to disc (losing very little of the original dankness). The aforementioned record, rightfully titled Greatest Hits, is scheduled to be released to the masses in March of 2002.
Les Honky More Tonkies started by accident in the summer of '98 when singer/ guitarist Johnny Pyro and drummer Joey Lonzo were backing up various singer/songwriter friends. The backup gigs soon fizzled, leaving them looking for another musical outlet. They didn’t have to look far. Pyro and Lonzo shared a house on the wrong side of Music Row with singer Les Honky. Supply met demand and history was made when Les Honky More Tonkies played their first show to a crowd of at least a dozen (mostly record execs). Over the past four years, LHMT has been building a fan base of like minded folks who have been searching for a band with the musical integrity of Motley Crue and the over the top showmanship of Moe Bandy. Or is that the other way around? Anyway, this is the rowdiest group of cocksure cronies since Black Oak Arkansas.
After a couple bass and lead guitar player changes, LHMT found bass player and Michigan native, Bird Dawg, who added a steady heartbeat in the rhythm section. Upper-east Tennessee native Pete Goatroper was the next to join on his twangified lead guitar. If you like to distil your rock with a little bit of that country sound, make sure you don’t miss Les Honky More Tonkies when they come to your town.