The Beat Farmers were a cowpunk band who formed in San Diego, CA in August of 1983, and enjoyed a cult following throughout the 1980s and early 1990s before the premature death of lead singer and drummer Country Dick Montana. Their music has been described as an amalgamation of cow punk, jangle pop, roots rock, hard-twang Americana, country-rock, swingabilly, and Creedence swamp-pop. The Beat Farmers discography is extensive but numerous recordings are hard to find or out of print.[1]