Robbie Fulks, Danny Barnes

Robbie Fulks is the greatest wit in country music. I got a sense of it half a decade ago when a friend pointed me to his expressive take on Seattle’s music scene after playing here with the Crust Brothers on New Years Eve, and I’m reminded of it vividly whenever he swings through town. Even when he’s playing a Monday night show on his way somewhere else, explicitly earning some gas money on the side, the man delivers.