These are the final survivors from January 2009. They will now challenge the top 5 songs from other months in a “post season” of some sort that we have not yet decided the specifics of. (Sue us!)

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Interesting notes about the January contest:

• Guest DJ Tony Kinsel’s songs got the most votes in January, so he wins the automatic invitation to return as a guest DJ in February. Tony is well on his way to repeating as Guest DJ of the year on HossTheBoss.com. His pick of Gary Bonnett proved to be pure genius for the contest.
• Guest DJ Eric Malmstrom was the big winner in the 2008 version of this contest with his band Bretheren Sol, so Hoss invited him to be a guest DJ in January. His picks included a rare recording from the late Waylon Jennings and his bands had, overall, the most impressive music industry credentials of any guest DJs picks today. Unfortunately, most of his great picks bombed in the contest during the first two weeks! But that doesn’t mean they weren’t GREAT songs by GREAT bands.
• Guest DJ Kat Moore finished a close second to Eric in the 2008 contest, so Hoss figured she was a perfect choice for the January contest, too. Her picks included several dark songs that do not necessarily reflect her happy, healthy, upbeat personality, but she picked them because, the music biz being what it is, she is pretty confident that the songs won’t get much airplay anywhere else. That kind of strategy is what HossTheBoss.com is all about! Kat introduced us all to some great bands that a lot of people probably hadn’t ever heard of before.
• Hoss has his most successful month of pickin’ to date. Lance Strode and Geoff Union topped his list of great vote-gettin’ picks.