This celebrity goo was created by player Erik Bates.
Scott Hardie provided the gooed image, category, and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Erik, and made minor changes to the explanation provided by Erik.

publication date: Thursday, January 6, 2005 (part of Round XXIV)

category: Music

clue: I’m not gonna lie, brother. This Texas goo’s dark secret might burden you. I won’t give it up to you.

explanation: Vaden Lewis was the lead singer of the Burden Brothers (and formerly of the Toadies when he went by Todd Lewis). “Burden” and “Brother” in the clue refer to his new band. “I’m not gonna lie”, “dark secret”, and “give it up to you” refer to the Toadies’ hit song “Possum Kingdom.” Lewis was from Texas. more…

solved by: Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Matthew Preston, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Megan Baxter, Lori Lancaster, Aaron Fischer, E. M., Nadine Russell, and Stephen Ito


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