Meet Boy-name!
Full name: Stephen Lynn Wright.
Nickname: Boy-name. ("A Boy Named" Lynn.)
Place Of Birth: Tampa, Florida.
Place of work: Self-employed musician.
Marital status: Married.
Turn-Ons: The Knuckleheads; the phrase "whassup now?"; green sweaters; wrestling with Hano; Krispy Kreme donuts; golf.
Turn-Offs: The Eagles; "Renegade" by Styx; reality shows; country club dress codes; people who talk trash about the United States.
"My daddy left home when I was three.
He didn't leave much to Ma and me,
'Cept this ole guitar and an empty bottle of gin.
I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid,
But the meanest thing that he ever did,
Was before he left, he went and named me 'Lynn.'"
~~ from "A Boy Named Lynn"
More Boy-name facts: A genuine, authentic son of Floridian Rube Country (see photo)...grizzled, beloved axe-man of the ultra-hip, Brooklyn-based Latin rock band Cordero, along with September 2002 P.O.M. Jonathan "Frank" Petrow...erstwhile member of the artsy-rock combo Bee and Flower...Runner-up: Village Voice "Best Rock 'n' Roll Facial Expressions Award," three years running (second only to the bass-player for the band P.S.)...has shown a willingness, after several beers, to kick, gouge, and pummel Hano on the sidewalk for no apparent reason other than personal gratification, or perhaps love...at a future live show, could conceivably lend a virtuosic, old-style "frica-hayseed" guitar backing to the K-heads' classic "I Need a Boyfriend (Who Doesn't Have a Boyfriend)"...a guitar legend, a beer-drinking hoss, a steadfast K-Heads supporter, and an all-around-great Paht-neh...let's hear it for a Boy Named Lynn!
