Buckshot George is a Kentucky singer, guitarist, busker, bandleader, and rock & roll lifer. After three decades of punk bands, dive bars, records, road trips, street corners, and questionable career decisions, he’s still playing.
These days, you might find him playing an acoustic set in a bar, busking on a sidewalk, fronting The Buckshot George Band, making noise with Distillery Dogs, or showing up somewhere you probably weren’t expecting a guy with a guitar.
Still here. Still playin’.
Aug 16, 2026
I decided to record another podcast.
This time I sat around the fire with my girlfriend, Nikki. We cooked potatoes and onions in a cast-iron skillet and turned on the recorder.
At some point I accidentally turned off the recorder…
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Aug 16, 2026
I finally did it. I recorded a podcast.
For the first episode, I figured I’d start with the obvious question: Who the hell is Buckshot George?
I talk about where the name came from, some of the bands and people…
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Aug 15, 2026
Busking is an antidepressant for me.
I saw my first busker in the French Quarter of New Orleans in the summer of 1987. He was shirtless and long-haired, sweating under a fancy Western hat. He was singing some song about…
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Aug 14, 2026
I used to think playing for old folks meant I had to tone it down.
I’ve played gigs for older crowds where I was asked to turn it down, dress a little more conservatively, and lose some of the rock…
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Aug 13, 2026
We met him at the Hampton Inn on a rainy Saturday in July.
Kevin “Hotwheels” McGregor. Frontman of The Earps in Phoenix, Arizona. In town on a business trip for his day job.
He came out the back entrance, running…
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Aug 11, 2026
Last Friday’s singing telegram gig was rough.
The air conditioning went out in my car, which is not ideal in August. I drove to Harrodsburg with the windows down and a birthday balloon bouncing around inside the car.
Somewhere along…
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