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As some of you  know, Todd Lowe, who portrays one of our favorite Bellefleurs, Terry, is also a musician. He plays guitar and does vocals for the Pilbilly Knights – but that’s not all. Todd also participates in The LA Hootenanny, an eclectic group of musicians who perform together every Thursday night at Villains Tavern in Los Angeles.

Founded in 2004, the LA Hootenanny began when a group of Texans bonded together to play Thursday nights at a little Cajun restaurant in Silverlake.

Nodepression.com says of the band: The revolving cast of players finds anywhere from ten to fourteen musicians at a time, crammed onto a tiny stage, playing everything from Johnny Cash to the Pixies to Snoop Dog. Still, despite various musical styles and backgrounds, the Hootenanny has grown to have a homogeneous sound, born partly out of cramped nature of their jam sessions. It may appear from the audience like an uncomfortable set up, but for members of the Hoot, it proves just the opposite.

Todd Lowe on The Hoot:

“I’m all for playing at a place with an upright piano and some kind of southern cuisine. Bringing people in and having that experience, Thursday nights is our thing wherever we’re at.”

So if you’re in the LA area and it happens to be Thursday, git on over to Villains Tavern and check ‘em out.

Read more about The Hoot @  nodepression.com

Todd Lowe was on hand for Kristen Bauer Van Straten’s charity event for The Amanda Foundation (rescuing dogs and cats since 1976) and tore the absolute ROOF off Molly Malone’s when he and local favorites L.A. Hootenanny rounded out the night with a foot-stomping good time that included a southern fried version of Heart of Glass and what I’m guessing was a German rendition of Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?”.

The guy is both a bonafide rockstar and a southern gent in every sense of the term. As I arrived nearly an hour early (never underestimate L.A. traffic, I always say); it was just myself, Todd and a few of the event coordinators. Todd stepped off the empty stage and made an effort to walk to the back of the room where I was setting up, extended his hand and said “Hi, I’m Todd.”; and I saw him do the same with the sound guy…which proved to me once again that there ARE still some good people in L.A.

So while I had a few moments, I asked him a couple questions!

CL – How did you get involved with tonight’s event?

TL – Kristin asked me. This is the second True Blood associated event that we’ve played; my first we played…Gary Calamar (music director, True Blood) had a show at the Echoplex called “Out For Blood” and we opened for Jace Everett and John Doe. That was with another band I play with called “Pillbilly Knights” (currently on hiatus) and we have a record out; one of our songs is getting a little bit of radio play on some of the satellite stations. Since two of the guys have had babies and the show has taken up a lot of time so the tour we had planned has gone on the backburner and we’ll get back to it. The bass player from PK is playing with us tonight.

CL – Now that your storyline with Arlene is growing, it seems like we’re seeing a lot more of Terry emotionally lately.

TL – Well, Terry has found some normalcy in his life, which is what he wants more than anything. Everything that he saw in the war; the tumultuous tempest that goes on in his head with his PTSD. Now that he has a focus on a good life with a good woman (Terry sees her NO other way) and a family that he’s moved into; this is the best blessing that could ever be for him. He lives a domestic life; he is a caretaker and a bit of a breadwinner. Now, he’s got a good job (well, a solid job) and who knows if he might not have some stuff going on on the side to make a little bit more money.

It’s been great as an actor to grow into that and see “Oh, they’re giving me a little bit more, there’s some stuff I can play other than just enigmatic and damaged; I can be supporting and loving and protective.” It’s been nice and I hope it keeps going!

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Last night, Jan. 29′th was the Out4Blood concert at the Echoplex in Echo Park, CA.

It was a true True Blood  evening, not only was Jace Everett, Todd Lowe and the Pilbilly Knights, John Doe, CC Adcock and Gary Calamar, on stage but some of the actors from True Blood showed up for some fun.

It must be date night for Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin, they showed up together.  Also seen enjoying the music were Chris Bauer, Michelle Forbes and Kristen Bauer.

THANKS LAFAYETTETB for sharing his pics with us.

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Stephen Moyer taking pics with fans

Todd Lowe on stage

By now everyone knows that there will be a special True Blood musical evening at the Echoplex in Echo Park, CA this Friday, January 29th called Out4Blood.

<— Check out all the bands that will be there! Not only do we have Jace Everett & Todd Lowe’s band, the Pillbilly Knights, but John Doe will be there (you remember him right? from X & the Knitters).

For you lucky Los Angelenos, here’s a chance to win 2 tickets to the event. All you have to do is leave a comment on LafayetteTB’s web page and you could be be going to this awesome event for free!

The winner will be picked tonight, Wed. January 27, 8pm cst so get your ass over to his site and make your comment. Please only participate if you can actually attend the event. Good luck peoples!

For those who want to actually buy tickets, go here.