It's interesting to take a glimpse behind the man responsible for such unforgettable songs as Gonna Hitchhike Down to Cincinnati and Kick the S--- Outta Your Drunk Daddy.

No, not George Jones. Good guess, though.

It is the longest title in the repertoire of our favourite southern rock band with the coolest name that guarantees they won't get any radio play at all - Nashville Pussy.

But it is by no means the band's most "controversial" tune. The latest CD from the band whose name is at least half wrong - they are from Georgia - is called Get Some. If you have to ask "get some what?" you are urged to educate yourself at Nashville Pussy's show at the Starlite Room on Monday.

There may be cuss words. There may be nudity. Alcoholic beverages may be consumed. Burly men who ride large motorcycles may be in attendance.

As rock 'n' roll is so often interpreted as non-fiction, the irresistible questions for singer and lyricist Blaine Cartwright include: Have you ever physically assaulted anyone's alcoholic father? Do you in fact make moonshine on the back porch of your trailer? Are you really the bad-ass, hard-partying good ol' boy you've been made out to be?

The answers are no, no and "not really."

Turns out most of it is just poetry.

Cartwright explains, "For Gonna Hitchhike Down to Cincinnati and Kick the Shit Outta Your Drunk Daddy, I had a girlfriend whose dad was a total jerk and he lived in Cincinnati. When we got our record deal, I thought I'd made it at that point, and I was trying to think of who I should call up and tell to go to hell.

"I couldn't think of anybody. I had forgotten to make enemies! I'd been too busy. But I remembered this guy I can't stand, then I started rhyming Cincinnati and daddy, and it just came out. It's just wordplay for me."

He's got notebooks full of this stuff, he says. He aims not to shock, but to make people laugh - specifically his "jaded" fellow band members, which include yet another new female bassist (Karen Cuda) and Cartwright's wife, guitarist Ruyter Suys. The couple met in a bar in Saskatoon when they spotted each other's matching Motorhead T-shirts.

Cartwright won't go so far to say that what Nashville Pussy does onstage is completely theatre, but allows there may be some exaggeration. Here's a southern rock band fully aware of all the southern stereotypes. They're not afraid to play with them, either.

"My actual life is mostly pretty normal," he says. "I blow my wad onstage. I'm pretty calm outside of that. I guess the band is maybe an amplified version of ourselves. I'm not the kind of guy who's going to hurt anybody.

"Besides that, I don't live in a trailer now. I've actually got a cool house. We have parties and barbecues and we play Skynyrd and drink beer - not much different than Trailer Park Boys, to tell you the truth. It's Trailer Park Boys with a little money."

Not too much money, though. Nashville Pussy continues to be in a position where "you can get by if you work your ass off."

He doesn't sound too bummed out about it. Cartwright (who also expresses admiration for another Canadian import, Corner Gas) did actually live in a trailer once.

He says, "My mom had me when she was 16. My parents both ended up going to college, but they were really young when I was born. I was a mistake. So we lived in trailer park for a while, but they saw fit to get out. It's a place you want to be from, not where you want to go."

If the 41-year-old musician is bugged about anything these days, it's getting banned - not too hard to do when your name is Nashville Pussy, even without the hilariously raunchy songs. It's been both a curse and a blessing.

Cartwright says, "We always thought Nashville Pussy was a great name, but at this point when we're finally getting some tunes that are worthy of airplay, the name is one thing that really holds you back. I don't get a kick out of being banned. I don't want to go back to working in a restaurant or anything."

Besides, he agrees, if you're going to get banned, it's way cooler to get banned for something political than for a few profanities.

Cartwright laughs, "Yeah, if you're banned for political reasons, you at least can get laid by bragging to all the chicks. Oh, yeah, they banned me because I'm such a radical."

Well, there's all kinds of ways to be a rebel these days.