Beat Farmers

Hubba, Hubba, Hubba

The Beat Farmers were: Country Dick Montana(Dan McLain - 5/11/55 - 11/08/95) - drums, vocals, guitar, accordion, swilling; Rolle Love(Dexter) - beating up on a bass; Jerry Raney - killer guitar, vocals, harmonica, drums; Joey Harris(from The Pursuit of Happiness to Manifold & background vocals on earlier albums) - haunting guitar, vocals, drums, rude duets with Dick; Buddy Blue(from Tales of the New West to Van Go) - bluesy and other guitars, vocals.

The BF family also included Paul Kamanski, Mojo Nixon, Zippy the Pinhead and many, many guests. It also included every wacky fan trying to be the King of the Hillbilly Showdown(or so I overheard a couple of guys that looked like the Hatfields or McCoys saying). I also heard that the Farmers called their fans "Loogans"(spelling?) which stands for losers and hooligans, sounds about right. I called the fans(me too) "Dickheads", whose loyalty rivals that of those other famous "...heads". It doesn't matter what you call us, just that we would have seen them again and again. They were such a great time. So fuck it, raise your middle fingers in salute because
Country Dick would have told you that
"this means We Love You, you maggots".

BF Albums

Tales of the New West (1985)
- Bigger Stones
- There She Goes Again
- Reason to Believe
- Lost Weekend
- California Kid
- Never Goin' Back
- Goldmine
- Showbiz
- Lonesome Hound
- Where Do They Go
- Selfish Heart
- Happy Boy
Glad 'n' Greasy (EP - 1986)
- Powderfinger
- Death Train
- Beat Generation
- Glad 'n' Greasy
- Delayed Reaction
- Big Rock Candy Mountain - (the original 1904 version)
Gutterball Vol. 1 (homemade tape bought directly From the BF at a show, has all the stuff from Glad 'n' Greasy and more - 198?)
Van Go (1986)
- Riverside
- Deceiver
- Powderfinger
- Seven Year Blues
- Blue Chevrolet
- I Want You, Too
- Road of Ruin
- Buy Me a Car
- Gun Sale at the Church
- Bigger Fool Than Me
- Big Ugly Wheels
The Pursuit of Happiness (1987)
- Hollywood Hills
- Ridin'
- Dark Light
- Make It Last
- Key to the World
- God is Here Tonight
- Big Big Man
- Elephant Day Parade
- Rosie
- Texas
- Big River
Poor & Famous (1989)
- Socialite
- Hideaway
- What I Mean to Say
- Wait So Long
- Wheels
- Girl I Almost Married
- If I Can Hold
- King of Sleaze
- The Trouble With You
- Time In Between
Loud and Plowed and... LIVE!! (1990)
- California Kid
- Socialite
- Texas
- Maureen
- Revenooer Man
- Lucille
- Happy Boy
- 20th Century Man
- Blue Chevrolet
- Big Big Man
- Ridin'
- Hideaway
- Selfish Heart
- Big Ugly Wheels
- Roll Another Number(For the Road)
- Hollywood Hills
- If I Were a Carpenter
- God is Here Tonight
- Riverside
- King of Sleaze
Viking Lullabies (1994)
- Southern Cross
- Complicated Life
- Baby's Liquor'd Up
- Garden
- The Woo-Woo Song
- Atomic Age Mutants
- Gettin' Drunk
- Are You Drinkin' With Me Jesus?
- Midnight World
- Why Should I Cry
- A Pretty Woman
- Are You Gonna Love Me
- Lakeside Trailer Park
Manifold (1995)
- Memphis to Nixon
- Doubts About Love
- Mystery
- Country Western Song
- Blue Radio
- Got It Bad
- Whale-Oil-Beef-Hooked
- Texas Heat
- Good For You
- White Veil
- Beer Ain't Drinkin'
- I Could Be Anything
- Can't Remember
- Positively 4th Street
- Distant Horizon

Other Albums

Joey Harris & The Speedsters (1983)
- I Believe in Mary
- You Never Call
- Sally
- Made For Each Other
- Stay Away
- Two People Talking
- Don't Say Love
- Nobody's Girl
- Do You Want To?
- Too Young
Guttersnipes 'n' Zealots - Buddy Blue (1991)
- No Right to Die
- Hey, Morris
- Blind Monkeys
- The Duke of J Street
- Gun Sale at the Church
- Somethin' Inhuman
- Someone You Knew
- Saturday Night
- Anyway
- Upsettin' Me
- Lazy Blues
- Prowlin' Tomcat Blues
Live in Las Vegas - The Pleasure Barons (Country Dick, Mojo Nixon, & Dave Alvin as well as guests that varied on a couple of different tours. These included Joey Harris, Skid Roper, John Doe, Paul Kamanski, Jonny "Fucking" Viau, Caren Abrams & more, more. - 1993)
- Closing Time - Dave
- Take a Letter Maria - Dick
- Who Do You Love? - Dick
- Louisiana Lip Lock - Mojo
- Debbie Gibson is Pregnant - Mojo
- Games People Play - Dave
- Jackson - Dick
- Amos Moses - Mojo
- Gangster of Love - Dave
- Elvis is Everywhere - Mojo
- The Definitive Tom Jones Medley - Dick
The Devil Lied to Me (Country Dick Montana and his friends who included bandmates from the Beat Farmers & The Pleasure Barons and many more - 1996)
- Indigo Rider
- Rich Man's Town
- The Home Front, Part One
- Headed Out For Texas
- Picture of You
- Anywhere
- I Wanted You to Know
- The Home Front, Part Two
- Listen To Her Heart
- Hurt By Love
- Party Dolls and Wine
- It's Only Cocaine
- Green Door
- Trendy Shitbag
- The Home Front, Part Three
- King of the Hobos
- Tweak Twuck/Bum Rap
- Suddenly There's a Valley
- Only Whore Around
- I Should've Been the Captain(? not listed on liner notes)
I have all of the above albums except the Gutterball tape which a friend has(signed Cheers, C. Dick). I was looking at the Official Beat Farmers Site and I saw that a Greatest Hits album was released in 1995 without the BF knowledge. From the songs listed, don't bother. Buy all their albums instead. If you want an assorted album that gives you an idea of the variety of sounds they did on different albums get Loud and Plowed and... LIVE!! . Apparently it was released without the BF permission or knowledge either, but I am glad this one was released because of its variety and the fact it IS live makes it their best album.

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