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Who the dickens gets Facebook dumped? (photos)

If the Sex Pistols were birthed in an Ozark swamp and nursed at the bosom of Loretta Lynn, they would have grown up to become the Kent Boys.
If the Sex Pistols were birthed in an Ozark swamp and nursed at the bosom of Loretta Lynn, they would have grown up to become the Kent Boys.

The spark between Garland "Poor Pelly" Pellerin, Bradley "Bradleyboy" MacArthur and Darren "Clarky" Clarke ignited a bush fire under the caboose of every Foggy Notions audience member Wednesday night.

There was not one still body in the house and the dance floor was abuzz even when the crowd thinned as the hour grew later.

Their hillbilly music with punk rock intensity and attitude is -- well -- the only way I can honestly express it is with an ear piercing "Yeee-haawww!"

And it don't make me no never mind nohow if y'all agrees with me.

Poor Pelly explained where the fusion came from.

"So I was a skate boarder and when we drove to my older brother's hockey tournament, baseball tournament it was always Neil Young, Stompin' Tom, Gordon Lightfoot and Willie Nelson. And then at some point I grew away from skate boarding and got into punk music. It was all punk music. And I tried to write songs but it never made any sense until I went back to country music. And then when I fused country music and punk music, that's when it made sense. From that point on and meeting these guys, that's when it all came together."

Formed in August of 2006 just prior to their ground-breaking performance at the Havelock Country Jamboree in front of 180,000 spectators, they are attacking the scene, getting things done and paying attention to every detail.

Their second album, Atticus Finch, released this past March was recorded live off the floor in Bradleyboy's 1850 home in Orono, Ontario.

"We find that Atticus Finch brought a little more of a broader landscape of our sound and songwriting," explained Bradleyboy.

"Horse No Man Could Ride was recorded in one day and basically we got the gig to play at the Havelock Jamboree on Wednesday and on Thursday we recorded Horse No Man Could Ride, mixed it, mastered it and it was done by Friday."

Holding strong to a deep affection for the olden days way, accompanying the acoustic guitar and banjo on stage is a drum kit comprised of two bongos, a wash tub and a 1973 Samsonite suitcase and a bass, or gut bucket as they call it, made from a metal wash tub, a pole and some mountain climbing rope.

"Keep it simple, stupid" is a way of life for these fellas.

It would appear, however, that not everyone in their lives may completely agree with this motto as it was divulged during their show that Poor Pelly had been "Facebook dumped."

Yes, much to his surprise he logged in one day and read the words, "Poor Pelly is listed as no longer in a relationship."

Their new motto is now "What happens on the road ends up on Facebook."

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Donna Hopper

About the Author: Donna Hopper

Donna Hopper has been a photojournalist with SooToday since 2007, and her passion for music motivates her to focus on area arts, entertainment and community events.
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