The Beat Farmers to play Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown

San Diego Americana legends, The Beat Farmers, will be making their debut at the legendary Pioneertown venue Pappy + Harriet’s on Saturday, December 21st. This will mark the first time ever that the band has performed in the high desert.

The surviving members of the classic 80s and 90s Beat Farmers’ line-up, Jerry Raney, Joey Harris, and Rolle Love, along with drummer Joel “Bongo” Kmak, are very excited about playing this storied venue in the California hi-desert.

The Beat Farmers were a big part of the 1980s Roots Rock/Americana movement that included Los Lobos, The Blasters, Lone Justice, and Rank and File, to name a few, and are continuously mentioned as a major influence on many of the acts on the current American scene.

They officially broke up in 1995, following the untimely death of drummer Country Dick Montana, who died on stage in British Columbia, Canada, during a Beat Farmers show. They eventually formed their own bands that play regularly in and around the San Diego area, but there was always a constant demand by the fans for a Beat Farmers reunion.

The demand to reunite became so great that they started having an annual reunion event every January in San Diego called The Beat Farmers Hootenanny, which would bring the band back together for one night to do a classic Beat Farmers set and would also include a variety of guest performers. This annual reunion led to an invitation from the popular Sirius/XM Radio Outlaw Country channel, to be a part of their Outlaw Country Cruise, which included a who’s who of classic Americana bands and artists.

With their 2023 and 2024 Northern California Road Trips, as well as a couple of Outlaw Country cruises and another Hootenanny under their belt, and the demand for classic Americana music at an all-time high, The Beat Farmers are primed and ready to get up to Pioneertown and do what they do best, play a legendary show that will be talked about forever, or at least until they return!