After he was done hell-raising as slide guitarist for ramshackle blues duo Doo Rag, Robert Logan Reynolds III launched Bob Log III in 1998 as a one-dude band. Over the last 25 years, BL3's shown an unstinting belief in the animal magnetism of his outhouse blues-rock and barnyard funk. Onstage, he dons a motorcycle helmet wired with a phone-receiver microphone, which frees his limbs to play guitar and drums. This he does with the ferocity of a backwoods shit-kicker who's just guzzled a bottle of Jack. Spitting lyrics that are often as filthy as his stripped-down sound, Bob Log III gets down in the goo-goo muck and makes his fellow blooz-lovin', Caucasian peers sound like risk-averse charlatans. Bob Log III has an inexhaustible supply of songs whose raggedy hooks snag you immediately, buttressed by fundamentally solid, XXX-rated rhythms. His 2009 album My Shit Is Perfect is no idle boast. With FM Stereochild.  by Dave Segal