Article: BILLY BOB THORNTON "The Boxma ...

THE BEATLES LOVED Buck Owens, and Billy Bob Thornton loves them both. "The Boxmasters," his trio's self-titled debut, is testimony to the Oscar winner and Arkansas-bred drummer's lasting affection for '60s transatlantic sounds.

A swiftly disarming two-disc set, "The Boxmasters" salutes vintage honky-tonk and seminal Brit-rock with a mixture of humor, pathos and unhinged attitude. Disc 1 is devoted to original songs written (or co-written) by Thornton. Some of the most memorable tunes are equipped with barbed lyrics -- the lacerating "I'll Give You a Ring," for example -- but nearly all of them hit their mark. With his deadpan delivery and gift for tale-spinning, Thornton gets the job ...

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