J.B. Beverley and The Wayward Drifters

Country singer/guitarist J.B. Beverley was born in Virginia in 1977 and grew up in the Washington, D.C., area, where he learned to play drums and guitar, becoming a fan of punk rock. He formed a punk band, Bad Habits, in 1993, and the group played around D.C. until it broke up in 1996. Beverley turned more to country music and also, in 1998, began traveling to New York to front the Murder Junkies, replacing the late G.G. Allin. He stayed with the Murder Junkies for over a year, his stint with them ending due to legal difficulties back in Washington. In December 1998 he formed ...