One product Madonna won’t be marketing

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Music fans are thrilled, no doubt, at the news that they can soon smell like Madonna. But for a musician’s product that actually makes sense, we turn to a fellow named Bloodshot Bill. For the uninitiated, Bloodshot Bill (shown here) is the best one-man rockabilly band in the country, laying claim to a raucous live performance and several excellent albums. But along with CDs, records and shirts, he markets his own hair pomade. For a few bucks, a can of Bloodshot Bill’s “Nice ’N Greasy” can be yours.

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