Last August I lost a longtime friend, Scott Vye, who I'd spent decades going to concerts with in the Metro Vancouver area.
Tag: The Beat Farmers
Something I wrote after the death of the Beat Farmers’ Country Dick Montana, who might be my dad
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
The seriously rockin’ Last Wild Sons can’t compete with the Beat Farmers’ comical escapades
The Murphy bros’ good-natured slagging of their fellow bandmate brings to mind the family-style badgering of another rootsy West Coast act.
That time Country Dick Montana sang me a couple of lines from the Beat Farmers’ version of “Angel of the Morning”
By Steve Newton I loved Country Dick Montana. He was a true rock god as far as I was concerned. I got to interview the wildman drummer and sometime singer for San Diego's Beat Farmers three times before his heart-attack death on stage in 1995. I chatted with him in 1987, 1990, and--when he was … Continue reading That time Country Dick Montana sang me a couple of lines from the Beat Farmers’ version of “Angel of the Morning”
The Beat Farmers’ Country Dick Montana offers tips for men and insight into The Pursuit of Happiness
kevin statham photo ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON NOV. 6, 1987 By Steve Newton Devoted fans of serious music should make a point of being as far away as possible from the 86 Street Music Hall this Tuesday (November 10). However, those with less cultivated tastes--and a penchant for rowdy, party-time country rock with a twist--will find … Continue reading The Beat Farmers’ Country Dick Montana offers tips for men and insight into The Pursuit of Happiness
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)
Huevos Rancheros guitarist Brent J. Cooper believes commerce is occasionally a good thing
A few years back Calgary's Huevos Rancheros made my Top 10 with their CD Dig In!, a veritable smorgasbord of guitar-bass-drums delights.
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