“If you don’t come to this fucken show you better be in God damn jail. There’s no excuse.”
Ruyter Suys
Rock music doesn’t get much rawer and honest than Nashville Pussy.
Even their name invokes visions of decadence, but it is their live show that has seen Nashville Pussy endorsed publicly by none other than Lemmy Kilmister.
Think a bunch of the coolest hillbilly’s and hippies you have ever seen, throw some instruments in their hands and point them at the nearest amplifier, and you have a rough insight into the world inhabited by Kentucky’s (least) favourite sons and daughters.
Brought up on a diet of Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, Nashville Pussy guitarist Ruyter Suys has been likened to a female Angus Young, and rightfully so. Her guitar playing is frenetic and infectious and when coupled with the vocal brilliance of singer (and Suys’ husband) Blaine Cartwright, delivers a sonic output that almost dares you not to enjoy.
With Nashville Pussy set to touch down in Australia for a run of shows next week, HEAVY caught up for an entertaining chat with Suys who seems excited to be coming back.
“It’s Nashville Pussy,” she replied when asked what we can expect from the shows, “so it’s a classic Southern brand of debauchery and sweat and subtle sexuality and class (laughs). Just what you would expect from a Nashville Pussy show. Leave your best clothes behind because you will wind up sweaty and covered with whisky and hopefully with some new friend on your arm (laughs).”
The last time Nashville Pussy were in Australia they packed out every show they played, such is the love for the band and their music in this country.
Without being disrespectful, we ask Suys why Aussies gravitate to her band so much.
“I think our music is definitely spawned of the same shit that most Australian pub rock is,” she offered. “It’s like we are all cut from the same cloth. We all bow down to the same Gods (laughs).”
In the full interview, Ruyter talks about the secret show they are playing, why they aren’t coming to Brisbane, what you might get at the meet and greet, the early days of Nashville Pussy, going to the Grammy’s and getting locked out, comparisons to Angus Young, proposing while on acid and more.
