For decades, critics accused Bill Davis of being a dilettante. “Every time I speak to anyone about the Dash Rip Rock catalog,” Davis said, “they’re like, ‘Well, you’ve been all over place.’ It’s true.

Patrick Johnson, the Baton Rouge-based bass player in Dash Rip Rock, has released “Last River Drive-In,” his first solo album. Nonetheless, the internationally known Dash Rip Rock, famous for its 1995 ...

Bill Davis, John Value (drums) and Patrick Johnson (bass) are Dash Rip Rock. (Photo by Jerry Moran) Black Liquor, the title of the latest album from Louisiana cowpunk veterans Dash Rip Rock, sounds ...

There was a time when Dash Rip Rock was the success story traditional music fans tried to ignore. Funk fans locally weren’t sure what to do with the band’s one-dimensional sonic charge, but then Dash ...

Roots punk party trio Dash Rip Rock personifies the Louisiana State University anthem “Let the Good Times Roll.” While “Let’s Go Smoke Some Pot” (a parody of the Fifties dance hit “At the Hop”) was a ...

In the article, Keith Spera gives a recap of the 12 year old band (this was 18 years ago!) which was riding high on their newly released hit single “Let’s Go (Smoke Some Pot)” from their album Get You ...

There aren’t many cover tunes on Dash Rip Rock’s dozen-plus albums; leader Bill Davis already has plenty of songs, thank you. But the band’s gone deep for this tribute to Texas great Billy Joe Shaver; ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Fresh off of supporting Cowpunk, a new album released back in February, high-octane New Orleans original rock-&-roll band Dash Rip Rock is set to headline the first-annual ...

Lousiana rockers Dash Rip Rock will perform at The Continental on Saturday, March 9 with Speedbuggy USA and The Repeat Offenders. Credit: Photo by Chris Brackhan Louisiana based band Dash Rip Rock ...

LITTLE ROCK — By the time Dash Rip Rock hits town this weekend, fans will probably have gotten over that LSU thing. No need to go into it any further, right? Besides, the band — famous for performing ...