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they made some excellently twangy roots rock on disc. but onstage, the one time i ever saw them in new jersey, it was all yawn, yawn, yawn while waiting for the country dick mini-set, then back to the bar while waiting for the next country dick mini-set. and it was well worth the wait. he was a force of nature.
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 9 March 2004 06:03 (twenty years ago) link
So-so records, but an experience live on stage. I do remember liking their studio recording of Tom Waits' "Rosie" and the Velvets' "There She Goes."
Saw them in the mid-80s in Providence, at a now-legendary show which got them banned from the club for life. After having played a filthy version of "Lucille," Country Dick decided to "ride" someone from the audience. One game concertgoer obliged and Montana got up on his shoulders. The guy gave way to Country Dick's considerable weight, however, and both came crashing down. Montana got up with fire in his eyes (it looked like he was about to slug somebody) and then jumped onto the bar. "You people need some discipline!" he screamed, while banging on some overhead lights with a riding stick. The evening dissolved into chaos and confusion.
He also managed to cut his hand on a Henikein bottle he was flipping around during one song. He went to a local emergency room, got stitched up and skipped out on the bill.
Years later, shortly before his death, the Beat Farmers opened for the Blasters at a different Providence club. The roof started leaking right above the drum kit. Country Dick kept bashing away while the water pounded his skins. He had a big shit-eating grin on his face. That's how I'll remember him.
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Tuesday, 9 March 2004 13:47 (twenty years ago) link
jazzbo's story reminded me of country dick's other great onstage talent - he could chug a bottle of beer without using his hands.
man knew how to put on a show.
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 9 March 2004 15:02 (twenty years ago) link
two years pass...
Bernard "Buddy" Seigal, a founder of the country-rock band the Beat Farmers and a fiery music journalist, has died. He was 48.Seigal died Sunday of a heart attack at his home in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, said Will Swaim, a colleague at the OC Weekly, for which Seigal had written features and music reviews since the mid-1990s.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/8460791/detail.html
― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Buddy was...well, all right. Yeah, opinionated and everything, but still the type of guy that causes me to hate rock'n'roll. Regardless, RIP.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
thirteen years pass...