BEAT FARMERS CMA Awards 1988 pt. 1

[lamesjim]

Watching this brings me near to tears. I quit counting after my 54th Beat Farmers show. I've seen the best of the best live, but somehow they all pale in concert compared to these guys. The most fun I've ever had with my clothes on. San Diego music has sucked since their demise.

[wallyboo100]

they would never do the C.M.A,s kinda like Steve Earle.

[wallyboo100]

This stuff was so perfect for it,s time! you can stick styx, yes, and that other garbage of the time up your rectum! The best period

[KoolTunes4Daze]

I'm going to catch BOTH Joey Harris' band and Jerry Raney's band...TONIGHT!

Joey...in Spring Valley(playing Ridin')...Jerry... in El Cajon(playing the Riverside medley)...first Jerry at the Downtown Cafe...then cross over to the Spring Valley Inn!

[darbyantle]

I love this song

[louquarm]

This is how the big boys do it!!!

[louquarm]

I'll always love the Beat Farmers as much as I miss them.

And I'll always miss the Beat Farmers AS MUCH AS i LOVE THEM.....

[MuzikMan8691]

My Mom used to go to all the Beat Farmer shows in San Diego. Wish i could have seen them, but then again i was 5 when Country Dick died.

[HumGuitar]

Re-issue the entire Beat Farmers catalog, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Tales of the New West" and "Pursuit of Happiness" prices at Amazon are RIDICULOUS!!!! HIGHWAY ROBBERY!!

Why did Rhino only print 5000 when they re-issued "Tales of the New West"?

[nochu2]

Look at your previous line....MONEY!!!

[DeadEnd0]

This is not at the CMA Awards. The CMA Awards have been at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville since the mid 70's -- this isn't it. The description notes that this is Washington D.C. Also the crowd is very sparse for the CMA Awards --- or even for the VMAs (which were in Los Angeles) as dlvrymon suggested.

This is a great performance, though. Better quality than most of live recordings out there. I wish I could get a higher quality source for these songs to put on my mp3 player.

[joeymad777]

i want to punch the sound guy in the face im a sound guy and theres no excuse for feedback more cymbals in the mix!!!!

[cfbt3]

Lyrics to Ridin'.... Anyone?? Please???

[regcc]

Buy the Pursuit of Happiness.  Lyrics are in the jacket

[cfbt3]

I'll do it!!  Thank you!!

[stockscout79]

That was Martha Quinn introducing them. This was most likely the CMJ (College Music Journal) Awards - not the CMA (Country Music Association) Awards. The Beat Farmers would not have been invited to the CMAs but they would have been at the CMJ awards

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Great video - thanks for posting it. The Beat Farmers rocked back in the day. I wish I could have seen them live but alas I was stuck in Indiana. I loved playing them on my college radio show though.

[FredC1968]

@stockscout79 I suspect you're correct. They where too cool for the Country Music Association.

[HonRevPTB]

@stockscout79 Thanks for clearin that up! I was like what the hell!? LOL! I doubt they were ever invited to teh CMA's & I didn't think the CMA's were ever held in D.C.

Is this guy singin Country Dick cuz it don't sound like him.

[dlvrymon]

That looked like Martha Quinn introducing them, are you sure that was CMA's and not VMA's?

[jayhawks69]

classic!

great, great band!!!

[grabes619]

What a shitty sound man and this is the CMA.. Poor Joey and all that feed-back... Rollie laying it down heavy.. Greastest San Diego band of all-time FUCK Curb records

[WildBillGrover]

Yeah, Fuck Curb! Sounds like you might be a Hank III fan.

[cfbt3]

Please someone post the lyrics to this song! I love this song but can't understand all of the lyrics! What a feel good this thing is.

CB ~

[dmarkpurdy]

Thanks for posting all this. If it weren't for clips like this, no one would believe me when I told them that on a certain night, in a certain club, these guys were the best rock and roll band that ever lived. I was fortunate to see them up and down the West Coast in the 80's, as well as in London, England in 1985, just by chance. The Brits had no idea what to make of them.

[Snit54]

Ditto to all the kudos and thanks for posting!!Opened for and hung out with these guys around this time..Lovely lads all of 'em!

[bodiespizza]

I'm re-opening Bodie's in the afterlife!

[speychuk]

I was working the show the night dick died,will never forget that night at the longhorn saloon.Great footage but someone please kill the monitor guy ,that feedback is hurting me !

[webmasterflash]

He died at the Longhorn Saloon? What city?

[regcc]

Whistler, Canada. Ross, the trail hand, wrote afterward that a few measures before the end of Girl I Almost Married Dick straightened up like something stabbed in the back and then collapsed onto his kit when the song ended. As people crowded around him Jerry started noodling Burning Down the Woods to try to occupy the crowd. Dick tapped out about 10 beats in time with his foot on the high hat before they pulled him away. Classic. The Dude is seconds from death and he's still keeping time!

[christophe555]

Thanks for posting. Best live band no matter what the lineup. RIP CD

[fajadody]

RIP COUNTRY DICK MONTANA AND "BUDDY BLUE" Cant believe these 2 guys are gone!!! Jerry, Joey, and Rolle please live longer. Long enough for me to get to San Diego and see ya guys.!!!

[MDHS1974]

Man, I saw these guys play some horrible dive, deep in the post-industrial wreckage of Oakland, this same year, 1988.

They played late. I flunked a molecular biology exam the next morning, because I was still shit-faced drunk by the time class started.

Never felt better in my life! Long live the Beat Farmers!

Best live band I ever saw.

[HumGuitar]

I love Jerry's solo during "Ridin'".

This is one of the most underrated bands of all time.

"Riverside" is one of my favorites.

[DonLaguna1]

The problem is, this band was never as good without thee Buddy Blue, they still jammed hard though Those people dancing with name tags and ties on...hmmm. Jerry Raney looks like Gene Simmons of KISS and Joey Harris could be a member of some country outlaw band...I'm out. Bring back Buddy's sideburns!

[hdl4ever]

Never saw this.

Thanks for posting.

[buzzingb]

Incredible. WHere do you find this stuf?? THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting. This sure brings back a lot of memories. The best band I have ever seen live!

[jayhawks69]

thank you (part3)...

[beatfarmer23]

thanks for posting. the greatest bar band in the world. RIP Dick