Dash Rip Rock

Formed in 1984 and playing a revved-up mixture of punk, rockabilly, hard rock, country, and dirty boogie, New Orleans natives Dash Rip Rock are one of the most enduring acts on the Southern cowpunk scene, playing rowdy, sweat-soaked shows and making bold, raucous records over a quarter-century after they first took flight. Taking their name from a minor but memorable character on the TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, Dash Rip Rock were inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2012, and the group also has the distinction of being the only band to have played the South by Southwest Music Conference every year since it was launched in 1986. ~ Mark Deming