The Country Rockers "Free Range Chicken" 1989

Hey, dad! Here ya go - great stuff! Dig it! Amazing Memphis country band playin' it like they used to - featuring 89 year old Gaius "Ringo" Farnham on drums. His take on "Wipeout" has to be heard to be believed! A Wild’n’wooly excursion into Americana direct from Memphis. This combo featured Ron Easley (Tav Falco, Alex Chilton) and two elder statesmen. Unforgettable versions of “Arkansas Twist”, “Rockin’ Daddy”, “Castro Rock”, “Drivin’ Nails In My Coffin” and the original “Love A Rama” (covered by S.C.O.T.S.).Split between demos and more polished material, Free Range Chicken is a wildly eclectic and raucous debut, offering forays into rockabilly ("Rockin' Daddy"), surf ("Wipe Out"), straightforward country ("There Stands the Glass") and the self-explanatory ("Guitar Polka"). ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Funny, silly, definitely rough. A real hoot. Somewhere there's a video of these old-timers doing "Driving Nails in My Coffin". NOT for you Top 40 country music fans. - By Andrew H. Howard (Mason, MI United States)The Country Rockers:
Sam Baird - sangs & plays guitar, dobro / Durand Easley - plays bass & sangs, ukelele, ca-poed guitar, lap steel, co-co nuts, musical handsay, telecaster, organ / Gaius "Ringo" Farnham - plays drums & sangs and : Sonny Williams - Tenor Sax / Alex Chilton - harmonica / Barbara Moler & Paul Tomes - Brass / Roy Brewer - Fiddle / Misty - Tambourine, Triangle / Jim Crosthwait - Washboard / Dr. Glass - Steel Guitar / Lisa McGaughran - bckgr vocals
produced, recorded & mixed by Doug Easley at Easley Recording, Memphis

trax:
1. Rockin' Daddy 2. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It 3. Finally 4. Wipe Out 5. Pistol Packin' Mama 6. See You Later Alligator 7. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin 8. Fan It And Cool It 9. There Stands The Glass 10. Rancho Grande 11. My Happiness 12. Guitar Polka 13. Barrooms To Bedrooms