Shenanigans

I've decided that this whole Donnie Davies thing is an elaborate prank. The evidence...

- Donnie Davies obviously cannot play guitar. Watch the video. I was so busy laughing at it earlier today that I didn't notice.

- Compare his singing voice with his voice in this "welcome" video. I realize sometimes people sound different when they sing than when they speak, but not that much. Also, the guy can barely keep a straight face.

- Check the registration info for lovegodsway.org and eveningservice.com. They were both registered by proxy on the same day (October 25, 2006). The Evening Service website has a copyright notice of (1999-2006) on their website, but there is no information on either of these sites (or donniedavies.com) on the Internet Archive, so they've probably just gone live in the last few days.

So yeah, I think we've been had. My first reaction was to say it was too ridiculous to be true, but on a cursory check everything seemed legit. Frankly I wish I'd dug a little deeper before I posted about it. Whoever did this put a lot of work into it. So kudos whoever you are. I'm more than a little embarassed.

Social Distortion - "I Was Wrong" (mp3) from White Light, White Heat, White Trash