photo by kevin statham ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON NOV. 16, 1995 By Steve Newton On Halloween day in 1987, I did my first interview with Country Dick Montana of the Beat Farmers. At the time, the big, bearded mountain of a man was looking forward to an All Hallows’ Eve gig in “some giant airplane hanger–type … Continue reading Something I wrote after the death of the Beat Farmers’ Country Dick Montana, who might be my dad
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The Beat Farmers’ wildman drummer Country Dick Montana steals the show in Vancouver
kevin statham photo ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC. 2, 1988 By Steve Newton Picture this: you walk into 86 Street and the first thing you see on stage is a big, bearded mother of a biker-type in a long black coat and cowboy hat. During a raunched-up version of "Lucille", this crazy dude douses the crowd … Continue reading The Beat Farmers’ wildman drummer Country Dick Montana steals the show in Vancouver
Blues-rocker Candye Kane puts aside her porno past
“It was kind of the perfect song for me, just being a big woman and celebrating my size. I mean, I am a whole lotta love.”
Album review: the Beat Farmers, Loud and Plowed and…Live!! (1990)
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 9, 1990 By Steve Newton San Diego's prime providers of rude ’n’ rowdy rock ’n’ roll have finally done it. After years of putting on shows—a lot of them right here in Vancouver—that were so wild they verged on the criminal, the Beat Farmers have released a live … Continue reading Album review: the Beat Farmers, Loud and Plowed and…Live!! (1990)
Nirvana plays the Town Pump in Vancouver (two days after the Beat Farmers)
Twenty-five years ago today—on March 12, 1990—Nirvana played Vancouver's Town Pump on a double-bill with fellow Seattle grunge-rockers Tad. Remember that amazing gig? I don't. For some strange reason I didn't go, although a year later I'd return to the fabled Gastown venue to review Tad, and then six months after that, the mighty Pearl Jam. I've been … Continue reading Nirvana plays the Town Pump in Vancouver (two days after the Beat Farmers)
Vancouver’s Bughouse 5 taps Darryl Neudorf’s talent on Bull Mercury
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, SEPT. 14, 2000 If you so much as glanced at either of Vancouver’s English-language dailies last year, you probably spotted the frequent front-page coverage of the trial wherein local musician Darryl Neudorf accused Sarah McLachlan of not paying him enough for his creative participation in a number of her … Continue reading Vancouver’s Bughouse 5 taps Darryl Neudorf’s talent on Bull Mercury
The immortal words of Country Dick Montana ring true at Steve Earle’s Vancouver show
Some types of music are just made for drinkin’ to, and Steve Earle’s brand of down-home roots rock is one of them.
The Pleasure Barons’ Mojo Nixon promises to catapult Country Dick to the bar
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MARCH 18, 1993 By Steve Newton Ain’t technology grand? Why, with today’s awesome tools of communication, you can phone people from your car, beep their bodies with a pager, or send dirty cartoons to them on a fax machine. Heck, you can even use a speaker-phone to talk to … Continue reading The Pleasure Barons’ Mojo Nixon promises to catapult Country Dick to the bar
Cadillac Tramps don’t let shady pasts colour their future
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON NOV. 28, 1991 By Steve Newton Nowadays, the words “L.A. rockers” bring to mind frightful visions of leather, make-up, dyed hair, and half-assed musicianship. But according to Cadillac Tramps lead singer Mike “Gabby” Gaborno, the L.A. glam-rock vision is something of a myth. “MTV kind of messed up a lot of the … Continue reading Cadillac Tramps don’t let shady pasts colour their future
Country Dick Montana gets a boner for Vancouver at the Beat Farmers’ beer-drenched Commodore gig
The overall feeling in the Commodore Ballroom throughout the Beat Farmers’ crazed set bordered on pandemonium.
The Beat Farmers’ Country Dick Montana expects “large crowds of roaming bozos” in Vancouver
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON NOV. 15, 1990 By Steve Newton If aliens from another world ever happened to beam down into a nightclub where the Beat Farmers were playing, they’d witness an unusual rock ’n’ roll custom that might be mistaken for a strange religious rite. They’d see a rough-looking biker-type poised at the front of … Continue reading The Beat Farmers’ Country Dick Montana expects “large crowds of roaming bozos” in Vancouver