Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Press

Black Joe Lewis is a Texas soul shouter who would have been at home on Sue in 1966 but finds himself instead on Lost Horizon with his band the Honeybears. He's opened for Little Richard but his favorite rock 'n' roll band is Rocket From The Tombs and he loved Star Trek right up to the point J.J. Abrams got hold of it. He speaks now from a parking lot in Tennessee. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

Black Joe Lewis Live Photo from Lollapalooza 2009

Then, of course, here comes Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears. Their arrival was sudden - like the irresistible groove that explodes from out of a Chuck Berry lick in the intro to "Gunpowder" from the band's debut album Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! (

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears know two speeds: full speed and slightly less than full speed. Their frenetic dirty blues funk (or is it frenetic dirty funky blues?) got mid-afternoon fists raised and heads bobbing.