I have always been obsessed with Hillbillies and southern culture! Something about it is fascinating as well as disturbing and scary. I love the myths, the look, the architecture, and especially the music.
The drawings of the men and animals are a bit feeble but as you guys probably know, I'm not real comfortable drawing things besides girls. But if I'm gonna do a hillbilly project one day, I can't just draw girls! I have a million ideas that I want to do. Maybe I'll post them soon and get your guys' opinions!
Other great hillbilly things that I love: Banjos, the Carter Family, murder ballads, the Blue Fugates of Kentucky, the word "Appalachia," coal miners, scary Jesus songs, fiddles, that weird kid from 'Deliverance', moonshine...the list goes on and on!
Good books and websites with stories and info on Appalachian culture are somewhat hard to find. Anyone know any good ones? This one is really cool: http://www.hillbillysavants.org/
Oh yeah, I have Rex Hackelberg to thank for these new doodles...I was looking at his site a lot that day and was super inspired to draw animals and funny weirdos. Thanks Rex! I had a momentary break from my awful rut!
I'd love to go on a tour of the Appalachian mountains someday, but I'm too chicken to really do it. Probably most of it is too modernized to be fun anymore, and if I go digging around in the woods I might get eaten by hillbilly cannibals or something.
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Speaking of hillbillies...Kali and I are planning on making our very own country/rock 'n roll CD soon! Kali is a really good guitar player, and we both love singing old songs so it'll be fun. Once in a while you gotta try doing new things instead of what yer used to!
Anyhow, some rough doodles I did of Kali and I singing in different country styles:
We will probably end up putting up songs online, if anyone would actually like to hear!
I'm sure Kali will say more on the matter at some point- she's the one who knows more about this stuff!
