Seeing the Beat Farmers live was a yearly thing for a number of years. The last few years after Country Dicks death I've missed them. The last time I saw them was with the Blasters back in 96. About 3 weeks before Dick Died on stage in Canada. That night I carried him to the bar on my back and I'll never forget watching him stumble across the parking lot to the Van that had been his home for most of his life. He lived hard often getting drunk to the point of not walking. They were a band that lived Rock-N-Roll excess to extrems. Often downing a bottle of the flavor of the week before hitting the stage.