On the eve of our big Champagne of Bands reunion, I talked to the enigmatic Mr. Barringer over email while he was holed up in his underground bunker…

Brendan Boogie:  I’ll start with the question I’ve been asking everyone – what has been your favorite part about working with me?

Bo Barringer:  I was looking forward to working with you because of your sharp wit and deft pop songwriting skills, but I (as I imagine everyone who works with you must…) came to really appreciate your manly musk….yeah, definitely your manly musk.

Brendan:  You were once described by my drummer Justin as “an affable chap” and a “man about town.”  Is that a fit description or would you other terms to describe yourself?

Bo:  Obviously Justin hasn’t talked to my MEandJOANCOLLINS and Mascara bandmates….

Brendan:  Why don’t you give the folks reading a brief history of your musical and creative endeavors.  Try to keep it pithier than Duncan, who answered this question with a 12-page resume I had to edit down.

Bo:  Born. Played Music. Died. (is that too long? ’cause I can probably edit it down a little if you want…)

Brendan:  As Boston’s most beloved Bo, with whom do you relate more – Bo Jackson or Bo Duke?

Bo:  I thought I WAS Bo Duke when I was a kid.  But my world was shattered when i found out Daisy wouldn’t ever be my cousin.  I hated Bo Jackson for all of the “Bo knows” commercials.  You can only imagine how many times, i heard that one…or “Bo don’t know Diddley,”  So I kinda hate him too.  (Even though the Bo Diddley beat is one of man’s great accomplishments of the 20th Century.)  Beau Bridges is kinda cool, but he spells it the wrong way.  (And I wanted to punch him in the Fabulous Baker Boys.)  And don’t even mention that douche-nozzle from American Idol.  So I would have to say Bo Derek.

Brendan:  What was your favorite memory of One Night Band?

Bo:  Playing lead guitar all over the place!  It was awesome. I felt like Slash’s gay British cousin or something.  I mean, how do you guys put up with that(!) Your song was one long guitar solo for me.  And the power ballad…I should have been fired onstage.  The only reason I didn’t solo on Duncan’s song was because he threatened me in the parking lot.

Brendan:  Ever since we’ve worked with Cullen, I have been convinced that this “nicest guy in the world” thing is just an act and that he’s secretly some sort of “Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs” type character.  When we were rehearsing in his house, did you find any overweight lotion-covered women in holes?

Bo:  Why do you think I kept disappearing to “go to the bathroom?”

Brendan:  Other than the Champagne of Bands reunion on Tuesday, what else do you have coming up that the good people should know all about?

Bo:  I’ve been hibernating ever since the One Night Band last summer.  This reunion is a chance for me to get out of the house and let people know I’m still alive…(rumor has it I may resurface the last Thursday in Feb for a solo show at Somerville Armory…)

Brendan:  I’ve described the Champagne of Bands as akin to Voltron in that we are all substantial lions in our own rights, but our power truly comes when we are united into a giant robot with a sword.  Which color lion are you and why?

Bo:  Voltron? Is that like a space age birth control device? Sounds like a futuristic chastity belt.  Birth Control is such an awful term.  I prefer contraceptive myself.  But i’d have to say my favorite color is fried chicken…

Brendan:  What are you most looking forward to about this Tuesday’s big Champagne of Bands reunion at the Middle East Upstairs?

Bo:  Oh, that’s THIS Tuesday? Shit, really?  Cause I have something going on that night.  Damn.  Sorry guys…

Check out the tasty licks of our favorite fried chicken-colored Bo Derek lookalike THIS TUESDAY at the Middle East Upstairs!