Watching Jason and the Scorchers tear up the stage on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in a 1998 performance of their 1985 hit "White Lies" is almost as exhausting as it is exhilarating. Beginning life as Jason and the Nashville Scorchers in 1981, the band recorded three albums before splitting in 1990. They reunited in 1995, and have been performing ever since (and they still sound great), but they have yet to catch the mainstream's attention again, perhaps because they don't look like cookie-cutter American Idol contestants or manufactured Disney 'tweensters. When not performing with the band, leader Jason Ringenberg splits his time between a solo career under his own moniker, and his alter ego, Farmer Jason, a children's entertainer.
But in a perfect world, White Lies would kick off all the greatest parties.
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