The Boxmasters

 (31 customer reviews)

I love Billy Bob Thornton's acting. I will buy any dvd that he has a significant role in. I also enjoy him in the doc's, interviews and real life stuff he does. We have similar backgrounds and attitudes. But he just does not have it as a musician. His stuff sounds like paraody's of real music. His voice is not terrible. It's just not very good. The music is completly uninspired. Putting curse words in the music is o.k. with me if they fit. By the same token simply including profanity does not automaticaly lend validity to the material. Some of my favorite artists are not great singers in the classic sense. Prine, Kristopherson, Dylan, etc. But their SONGS are great. Great lyrics and often great music to boot. For any of you who like the style they are trying to do here, get anything by the "hangdogs", especially "same old story". They broke up awhile back but they achieved on several albums what the boxmasters are trying to do and missing badly. Or even some of the...Read more

I've been a fan of Billy Bob Thornton's music ever since I stumbled across PRIVATE RADIO at the local Wal-Mart several years ago (a copy was tucked away behind some more contemporary country CDs). I picked it up, gave it a spin, and was forever changed. BBT doesn't give a rat's petoot what you think of him; he makes music like he wants. Each one of his four solo albums has sounded different than the other: RADIO was mostly acoustic, THE EDGE OF THE WORLD was more pop/country, HOBO was rather bluesy, and BEAUTIFUL DOOR leaned heavily on folk.

Thus, it comes as no surprise that The Boxmasters' self-titled debut album sounds completely different than anything BBT has put out before (despite the fact that it revists RADIO, thanks to an up-dated and electrified "That Mountain," sans the spoken intro). Along with guitarist/bassist J.D. Andrew and lead guitarist Michael Wayne Butler, Thornton (drums and lead vocals) has created an album that dwells within the confines of the...Read more

This is the hardest review I've done. I saw this band back in March 09 here in my hometown of Lufkin, Texas. A small town with the concert on Sunday nite. There was about 200 people there which I thought was good for my town on Sunday nite. The show was really good. A great band, & Billy Bob's vocals were good to. But he never said one word to the audience, just played one song after the other for an hour & 1/2. They left the stage, didnt come back & didn't sign any autographs for anyone. I thought this was very not professional. I do have a copy of this double cd of the Boxmasters. I like both cds. I'm glad he is a good actor because this kind of music simply won't make him a living. Don't get me wrong the music is listenable but it's more of what I call Hobby music. So buy it if music is your hobby like mine.