locke, space in a song blues.

"He was part of that anarchy in the mid-1980s when he started the Sin City Disciples, a band that mixed Locke’s fondness for the gut-bucket and boogie blues with the punk/psychedelic aesthetic of bands like the Butthole Surfers. "

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article7776264.html

"“He had a couple of rules, and one of them was less is more,” Locke said. “If you have just as much space in a song as there is music, all the dynamics will be so much bigger. It’s the truth. So we kept it on the rhythm and blues side with plenty of punk in there and lots of space.”

He started the Disciples in 1986 with Byrom, Dave Olds and Paul Estapar, and the band’s furious live shows almost instantly became legend. "

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"By late 1993, Locke had started Tenderloin with former members of the Lawrence band the Homestead Grays. But after Tenderloin’s debut, “Let It Leak,” recorded with producer Ed Rose, was picked up by Qwest Records (Quincy Jones’ imprimatur on Warner Bros. records), the other members of Tenderloin quit."

"The band open for titans like Soundgarden, the Supersuckers and Social Distortion and landed a one-off with Johnny Cash. Locke also appeared on “The Tonight Show” with the Supersuckers and Willie Nelson, playing blues harp on a version of Nelson’s “Bloody Mary Morning.”
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"Indie heavyweight Steve Albini was once asked by an interviewer in Belgium to complete an acrostic alphabet of rock and roll. His list included Dick Dale for D and heroin for H.

When he came to the letter K, Albini declared, "K is for Kansas City, home of one great rock band, the Sin City Disciples."

https://www.pitch.com/music/article/20606962/the-second-coming