Hometown: Toronto, Ontario CA

We first saw The Sadies when they were backing up Neko Case at Lounge Ax in 1998. She kept saying she had the best band of tree-like men in the world backing her up. Once we got our jaws off the beer-soaked floor, deals were made. We went back to Rob's place and listened to Coasters and Tarheel Slim records all night. Our love was cemented.

We like The Sadies because they can play ANYTHING better than anyone else. We also like their funny Canadian accents, and the funny looking money that's always falling out of their pockets, and that we find in the sofa cushions. We like the way they are always shrouded in smoke and the way the stage lights play off their shiny suits.

They are also, thus far, the only band we've had to bail out of jail.

You should also do yourself a favor and explore their tremendous collaborations with Andre Williams on Red Dirt and with Jon Langford on Mayors of the Moon.

"Empty The Chamber" and "FLASH" on the DVD Bloodied But Unbowed: Bloodshot Records' Life In The Trenches

"Walkin' Cane" w/ Catherine Irwin on Poor Little Knitter on the Road

"Milk and Scissors" on Down to the Promised Land

"Little Sadie" on Making Singles, Drinking Doubles

"Rated X" backing up Neko Case on Making Singles, Drinking Doubles

"Shake a Tail Feather" with Andre Williams on For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records

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