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He was the California Kid, the King of the Hobos, the Master of Reality. He was a musicologist and a minister, a cartoonist and a crooner. More than anything, he was an entertainer. McLain eventually became the showman dubbed Country Dick Montana. On Nov. 8, 1995, at the age of 40, he died onstage during a sold-out Beat Farmers show.
During this time, he was also in the short-lived trio the Pleasure Barons with Mojo Nixon and Dave Alvin, The Incredible Hayseeds, Country Dick's Petting Zoo, and Country Dick's Garage. [6] Prior to co-founding the Beat Farmers, Montana put together a band called Country Dick & the Snuggle Bunnies, which included an array of San Diego talent, most of whom would play major roles in the Beat ...
Beat Farmers guitarist Joey Harris and psychobilly buddy Mojo Nixon agreed. “ ‘The Devil Lied to Me’ was a good idea of what he was planning,” Harris said. “What he wanted to do was move away from the Beat Farmers and do a Country Dick show.
I decided to write a story, and after reaching Mojo Nixon on the phone, I knew I had a good one. Mojo connected me with Joey Harris, who gave me the inside dope on the band whose bumper sticker, or pieces of it, still adorns my car. “There are people that are mad that Jerry (Raney) and I haven’t stayed together,” Harris said.
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8 feb 2024 · Montana had a resonant bass voice that dominates the record, even in the presence of such guests as Rosie Flores, Dave Alvin, John Doe, Katy Moffatt, and Mojo Nixon. The material gets more twisted as the disc goes on, until Montana's persona, with its barroom swagger and interest in sex and stimulants, is well established.
29 nov 2015 · They come out and told me he was gone. I was in shock.” It wasn’t cancer or the kidney that killed the 40-year-old Country Dick. He had a blood clot in his leg, which may have been the result of thousands of miles sitting bent-kneed in a van. The Beat Farmers were finished. Soon afterward, Poltz stopped drinking and Mojo Nixon stopped touring.
