ION INDIE MAGAZINE June 2014, Volume 1 | Page 58

By J.B. Bridges Nothing can compare to jumping on your bike and hitting the highway, wind in your hair, the smell of wild honeysuckles growing by the side of the road, dodging the occasional bug the size of a Cold War anti-tank round, with your music just barely beating out the throaty sound of that custom exhaust. Millions do it every day, the die-hard ones--never flinching at the scorching heat, rain or cold, while the "cagers” look on with that wishful look in their eye. They travel to places like Daytona and Sturgis, and thousands of places in between, a "biker brotherhood", a lifestyle, to see other bikers, drink cold beer, and listen to music. And to play music. One of the people that helps make that happen is JB WALKER. Any biker that has ever attended a major bike rally has heard JB WALKER AND THE CHEAP WHISKEY BAND more than once, as they make an annual pilgrimage to the IRON HORSE SALOON in Daytona Beach, FL, to play--along with numerous other biker events. And they haven't missed one for the past 26 years. That's because they