The Beat Farmers

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The Beat Farmers
General information
origin San Diego , California , United States
Genre (s) Country punk , jangle pop , roots rock , country rock , rockabilly
founding 1983
resolution 1995
Website www.beat-farmers.com
Last occupation
Country Dick Montana (Dan McLain)
Guitar, vocals
 Jerry Raney
Role of Dexter Love
Guitar, vocals
 Joey Harris (from 1986)
former members
Guitar, vocals, drums
 Buddy Blue (until 1986)

The Beat Farmers were an American cow punk band formed in San Diego, California in August 1983. They had many followers until 1995 when the drummer and occasional front man Country Dick Montana died. Their music is referred to as the amalgamation of country punk, jangle pop, roots rock, country rock, rockabilly and swamp rock.

founding

In 1983 the Beat Farmers were founded by Country Dick Montana and Jerry Raney. Country Dick Montana was a former drummer for the San Diego bands The Penetrators and The Crawdaddys, while Jerry Raney was the singer and guitarist for The Shames and was part of the psychedelic band Glory in the 1970s. Singer and guitarist Bernard “Buddy Blue” Seigal and bassist Rolle Love were recruited from the group The Rockin 'Roulettes, a local rockabilly band. The band played regularly at the Spring Valley Inn and various venues around San Diego State University. In 1984, The Beat Farmers won the annual San Diego Battle of Bands competition, gaining a fan base that spread across southern California.

The Beat Farmers emerged from the earlier band Country Dick & the Snuggle, founded by Dan McLain, also known as Country Dick. Many San Diego musicians were involved in this band, who later played an important role not only in The Beat Farmers, but also in the neo-traditional country and cow punk scene. The members of the band Country Dick & the Snuggle Bunnies included: McLain, also known as Country Dick Montana, who played the drums and did the vocals. Richard Banke, aka Skid Roper, who played and sang mandolin, washboard; Robin Jackson, who was responsible for guitar and vocals; Paul Kamanski and Joey Harris, who both also played guitar and sang; and Nino Del Pesco, who played bass and also sang.

Harris later replaced Buddy Blue in The Beat Farmers, and Kamanski wrote some of the band's songs. Banke later worked with Mojo Nixon , and Del Pesco formed The Lonesome Stranger with his bandmate Randy Weeks, Jeff Rymes. Joe Nanini and Snake Farm formed together with Barry McBride, who was a member of The Plugz .

history

In 1984 they were signed to Rhino Records once. Their first album, called Tales of the New West, was produced by the Blasters and saxophonist Steve Berlin of the band Los Lobos. It was released in January 1985. The album included cover songs such as Reason to Believe by Bruce Springsteen, There She Goes Again by The Velvet Underground, and Never Going Back by John Stewart. It also contained one of her most famous songs, Happy Boy , which gained national fame through the radio show Dector Demento .

In 1985 The Beat Farmers traveled to England to record Glad 'N' Greasy , a six-song EP for Demon Records . This was co-produced by Graham Parker and deeyboad player Bob Andrews from the band The Rumor . It also included a dance hall version of Neil Young's Powderfinger and Country Dick sang Beat Generation with vocals by Dave Alvin , Nick Lowe , Gene Taylor (bassist) , Dan Stuart and Loudon Wainwright III.

In 1986, The Beating Farmers continued their tour and signed a contract with Curb Records . Buddy Blue left the band that year because he no longer wanted to work with Curb Records. Her big label Debut Van Go was produced by Craig Leon and featured performances by Blue and new member Joey Harris, who previously played with John Stewart, The Speedsters and Country Dick & the Snuggle Bunnies.

A year later, The Pursuit of Happiness was released by Curb Records / MCA . The single Make It Last was played in dozens of country western stations across the nation shortly after its release. The rest of the songs on the album, however, were too rock 'n' roll oriented for the format. The song Hideaway was used as the soundtrack for the movie Major League and the song Big Big Man in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie .

Country Dick dies

On November 8, 1995, Country Dick Montana died of a heart attack while singing The Girl I Almost Married in Whistler, British Columbia. The remaining members of the Beat Farmers decided three years later to break up the band.

1996 by Bar None Records of Hoboken, New Jersey , posthumously a solo album, called The Devil Lied to Me , published by Country Dick. The artists on this album are former Beat Farmers members such as Katy Moffatt , Rosie Flores , Nixon and Alvin.

Later activities

In 2002, Rhino Records digitally reprocessed the first CD Glad n 'Greasy and reissued it under the title The Lost Beat Farmers Recording . An expanded version of Tales of the New West was also released.

The previous members formed some new bands including Raney Blue, consisting of Jerry Raney and Buddy Blue, Powerthud, founded by Jerry Raney and Joey Harris. But also bands like The Joey Show, von Joey Harris, Joey Harris and The Mentals, The Flying Putos, consisting of Jerry Raney, Buddy Blue and Rolle Love. In addition, the band The Farmers was formed by Jerry Raney, Rolle Love and Buddy Blue.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The History of the Beat Farmers . joeyharris.com. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  2. ^ The Penetrators . San Diego Reader. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  3. ^ The Crawdaddys | Che Underground: The Blog . Che Underground. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ San Diego rock royalty to reunite for fundraiser . The San Diego Union-Tribune. May 20, 2010. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 24, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nctimes.com
  5. ↑ Buddy Blue's history of the San Diego band The Rockin 'Roulettes . Trageser.com. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ Bunny call . San Diego Reader. November 6, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ Joey Harris . San Diego Reader. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  8. ^ The Legacy of Country Dick Montana, 20 Years After His Death . Paste Magazine. November 17, 2015. Accessed May 24, 2016.
  9. ↑ Jim Trageser: Music - The Farmers . Turbula. May 2005. Retrieved July 27, 2014.