The Beef Seeds
| The Beef Seeds | |
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 The Beef Seeds in 2013 (LR: Scott "Showman" Bowman, Peet "Bongo Peet" Morgan, Becky "Miss Becky" Johnson, Adam Beale) |
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| General information | |
| origin |
Newport , South Wales , Wales
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| Genre (s) | Pop , bluegrass , country |
| founding | July 2013 |
| Website | http://thebeefseeds.com |
| Founding members | |
| Peet "Bongo Peet" Morgan | |
Vocals, double bass
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Becky "Miss Becky" Johnson |
| Scott "Showman" Bowman | |
Vocals, guitar |
Adam Beale |
| Current occupation | |
Singing, washboard, double washboard |
Peet "Bongo Peet" Morgan |
Vocals, double bass |
Becky "Miss Becky" Johnson |
Singing, banjo, mandolin, harmonica |
Scott "Showman" Bowman |
Vocals, guitar |
Adam Beale |
The Beef Seeds are a British bluegrass band from Newport, South Wales. It was founded in July 2013. The band consists of Peet "Bongo Peet" Morgan, Becky "Miss Becky" Johnson, Scott "Showman" Bowman, and Adam Beale. "Ninja" is a Staffordshire - Chihuahua - mix and he is the band's mascot . He appears regularly in the band's videos. Instruments that the band uses in their songs are the guitar, mandolin, harmonica, double bass, washboard and double washboard, which was invented by front man Peet Morgan.
The Beef Seeds cover version of the song "Royals" (originally by Lorde) was one of several featured in an article entitled "Kiwi Making YouTube Waves With 'Royals' Cover". This article was published by the New Zealand news site "3 News". Additionally, the song received positive reviews from Radio 97.3-FM (KLLC) (based in San Francisco, California) on their website and from the Australian news website Daily Life, which described the song as "nasal" and "harmony laden".
The Beef Seeds' twenty-two videos that they posted on their YouTube page have been viewed more than 1,000,000 times. Given their success, the band hopes to go to the United States to perform their music in a live concert for fans in that country. In particular, her cover version of the Christmas carol of The Pogues - "Fairytale of New York" (in German: "The fairy tale of New York") became a Christmas hit on the Internet. In their version, the name of the song is "A Fairytale of Newport" (in German: "The fairy tale of Newport", given the band). The video follows the band and their official mascot, Ninja, through downtown Newport.
On October 22, 2013, RyanSecrest.com announced a competition to get fans to choose their favorite version of the hit single from Swedish DJ Avicii, "Wake Me Up". The first round of voting began with fifteen covers from fifteen different ensembles, one of which was the cover version of Beef Seeds. On December 17, 2013, RyanSeacrest.com announced that The Beef Seeds had won the competition.
The band is currently working on a project with the RyanSeacrest website to put together a medley of some of their most popular tracks from 2013. Commenting on this, Peet Morgan said: “We have already covered a lot of them, but some are still open. We pondered back and forth to understand what would most likely appeal to the American market. "
Music style and influences
The Beef Seeds create their own mix of pop, bluegrass and country. Front man Bongo Peet stated in an interview with the South Wales Argus: "We take the pop song and take it apart and split it up."
Members
- Peet "Bongo Peet" Morgan - vocals, washboard, double washboard
- Becky "Miss Becky" Johnson - vocals, double bass
- Scott "Showman" Bowman - vocals, banjo, mandolin, harmonica
- Adam Beale - vocals, guitar
Discography
- EPs
- Songs From The Campfire (EP) (released September 30, 2013 on iTunes)
- Keepin 'it Beefy (EP) (released January 27, 2013 on iTunes)
- Singles
- "Royals" (single) (released October 18, 2013 on iTunes)
- "Africa" (single) (released November 3, 2013 on iTunes)
- "Livin 'on a Prayer" (single) (released November 3, 2013 on iTunes)
- "Wrecking Ball" (single) (released November 3, 2013 on iTunes)
- "Counting Stars" (single) (released November 11, 2013 on iTunes)
- "Gorilla" (single) (released November 11, 2013 on iTunes)
- "Story of My Life" (single) (released November 16, 2013 on iTunes)
- "The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)" (Single) (released November 25, 2013 on iTunes)
- "Fairytale of New York" (single) (released December 2, 2013 on iTunes)
- "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (single) (released December 9, 2013 on iTunes)
Videography
- Avicii - Wake Me Up (Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- The Wanted - We Own The Night (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Ellie Goulding - Burn (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Katy Perry - Roar (Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- Union J - Beautiful Life (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Bon Jovi - Livin 'On A Prayer (Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- Toto - Africa (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Lorde - Royals (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop (Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- Bruno Mars - Gorilla (feat.Benji Webbe) (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- One Republic - Counting Stars (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- One Direction - Story Of My Life (Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- Ylvis - The Fox (What Does The Fox Say) (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- The Pogues - Fairytale of New York / Newport (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- Pitbull ft. Ke $ ha - Timber (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Pharrell Williams - Happy (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Avicii - Hey Brother (Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- Eminem ft. Rihanna - The Monster (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Bastille - Pompeii (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
- Lorde - Royals (Official Beef Seeds cover version, recorded live by BBC Cymru Wales, [Valais section of BBC Radio])
- Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- Journey - Don't Stop Believin '(Official Beef Seeds Cover Version)
- Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty (Official Beef Seeds cover version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ This Bluegrass Cover Of Lorde's 'Royals' Is Making Us Live That Fantasy. In: huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2013, accessed January 8, 2014 .
- ^ The Bluegrass Rockers From Newport Who Have Wowed America With Their Covers. In: walesonline.co.uk. December 13, 2013, accessed January 9, 2014 .
- ↑ Kiwi making YouTube waves with 'Royals' cover. In: www.3ews.co.nz. October 29, 2013, accessed January 9, 2014 .
- ↑ Check Out This Bluegrass Cover Of Lorde's 'Royals'! (No longer available online.) In: radioalice.cbslocal.com. October 18, 2013, archived from the original on December 27, 2013 ; accessed on January 9, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hear a Country Cover of Lorde's 'Royals'. In: www.dailylife.com.au. October 21, 2013, accessed on January 9, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Newport Band "The Beef Seeds" Score Festive Online Hit. In: SouthWalesArgus.co.uk. December 19, 2013, accessed January 10, 2014 .
- ↑ ROUND 1: Vote for the Best Cover of Avicii's 'Wake Me Up'. In: ryansecrest.com. October 22, 2013, accessed January 10, 2014 .
- ↑ The Beef Seeds Win Favorite Cover of Avicii's 'Wake Me Up'. In: ryansecrest.com. December 17, 2013, accessed January 10, 2014 .
- ^ Newport Bluegrass Band Set For Big Year in US. In: www.SouthWalesArgus.co.uk. January 6, 2014, accessed January 10, 2014 .
