Legend of Daphne Blue & the Westernmental Sound

THE DERANGERS’ WESTERMENTAL SOUND One hot Saturday afternoon in 1988, Texas blues guitarist Drew Townson, then freshly relocated to Boston from Dallas, was watching ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ on TV. The music in the legendary Italian western caught Drew’s attention, big time. He jumped off the couch, grabbed his guitar, and began playing in a whole new way. That moment changed Drew’s musical direction forever. In 1989, he started the Derangers (rhymes with strangers), dedicated to playing