Joe The Plumber (Will Never Go Away): Next Big Nashville Star?

October 30, 2008 8:33 AM 5 comments

We say we’ve had enough of Joe the Plumber, the plumber from Ohio who voiced his concerns about taxes to Senator Barack Obama at a rally and has since become a household name. But Joe the Plumber doesn’t think we’ve had enough of him, and it looks like he’ll be sticking around for a while after November 4.

Yesterday we poked a little fun at him when we learned he had signed with a Nashville publicist, but things are just going downhill from there. Politico reports that we may be seeing a country album from Joe the Plumber as early as January. Say what? 

On Tuesday, Wurzelbacher joined country music artist and producer Aaron Tippin to form a new partnership that includes booking-management firm Bobby Roberts and publicity-management concern The Press Office to field the multiple media offers he’s received over the past few weeks.

Among the requests: a possible record deal with a major label, personal appearances and corporate sponsorships. A longtime country music fan, Wurzelbacher can sing and “knocks around on guitar” but is not an accomplished musician or songwriter, according to The Press Office’s Jim Della Croce.

Someone, anyone… Say it ain’t so. 
Photo by zoomar. 
  • http://www.yewknee.com/ Michael

    The record deal is baffling but the fact that his name isn't even Joe sort of blows my mind.

  • http://nashvillest.com morganlevy

    His middle name is Joseph (thanks, Wikipedia) and I assume he really does go by Joe. But it was hilarious to see that thrown in the article as if no one would even wonder why “Joe The Plumber” is really named “Samuel Wurzelbacher.”

  • http://thisstrangeengine.blogspot.com Walrus

    It's Nashville. Dan Huff and an auto-tune program can make a record that sounds like….any other country record made in the last 15 years, even if it had Joe the Plumber's name on it.

  • tiberiu84

    I think that his next target is a little bit of Las Vegas Plumbing. Politics will always be politics and they will never do something for the honest tax paying citizen.

  • tiberiu84

    I think that his next target is a little bit of Las Vegas Plumbing. Politics will always be politics and they will never do something for the honest tax paying citizen.