Name: Scotty Shanks-Bruemmer Nickname(s): The guys in the band call me "The Scotty", but other nicknames include Scotchy McBoozy (my favorite), Poopy (my husband calls me that, don't ask!) and shameful childhood nickname, Butterball! Born when & where: July 2nd, 1963, Fayetteville, NC I play: My voice My gear: My big mouth Past bands: I've been singing in bands for over 20 years. I used to live in Minneapolis where I sang in several RAB bands, including The Darlin's and Scotty & The Satanaires, and often crashing the stage and singing with Trailer Trash and The Vibro Champs. I also had a Jump Blues/Swing band called Scotty Shanks & her Cabana Boys - we played every Monday night at Lee's Liquor Bar for what seemed like an eternity. In college, I sang in a jangly-poppy-alt-country-folky band with the Bay Area's own Tom Armstrong (those were the days!)

Influences - past: Patsy Cline (for obvious reasons, and because she swore like a sailor and didn't take shit from anyone,) Ella Fitzgerald (for possessing the best instrument ever, and for her prevailing strength and dignity for doing what she did when she did it,) Rose Maddox (for putting up with all of her brothers,) Nellie Lutcher (for being a woman songwriter when their were hardly any women songwriters,) Wanda, Janis, Jean, Carl, Eddie, etc. (the usual RAB suspects who paved the way,) Betty Hutton (for not being afraid to be wacky and not just purty and to belt it out!) and many more depending on the time and the place and what I was drinking

Influences - present: I don't listen to much music recorded after 1965 or so, so I'll just keep my mouth shut

Turn-ons: (besides singing with the band?) - kustoms, 50s western memorabilia, sock monkeys, dogs in clothing, cocktails, food, general hedonism

Turn-offs: Cilantro, insecurity couched in arrogance, young upstart jackanapes

I'm the band member most likely to: have menstrual cramps