The Be Good Tanyas
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Vancouver, Canada (1999 – present)
The group features Frazey Ford (guitar, vocals), Samantha Parton (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals) and Trish Klein (electric guitar, banjo, harmony vocals). Jolie Holland is a former member and also a frequent guest.
The story of the groups begins in early-to-mid ’90s in the Kootenay Mountains outside of British Columbia, where caravans of tree planters toiled each year to replenish the rich Canadian forests that suffer abuse by the lumber industry. Ford and Parton lived the vagabond lifestyle and made a rudimentary living as tree planters during the summer months and doing other odd jobs or traveling during the winters. When they met at a tree planters’ camp, they discovered a mutual love of music, but ultimately went their separate ways.
A few years later, Klein and Ford hooked up when both were attending music school in Nelson, British Columbia. For a time, the three of them headed in different directions: Ford went to Montreal and then Guatemala, Klein to Vancouver, and Parton traveled south through America with her dog Sherpa by her side, eventually settling in New Orleans. Chance brought the trio back together in Vancouver in the winter of 1999.
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Hillside Festival
Guelph Lake Conservation Area, Guelph, Canada
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Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival 2012
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA, United States
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Nettwerk releases 3 digital singles in North America (previously unavailable)
20 Jul 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thebegoodtanyas
- Nettwerk releases 3 digital singles in North America (previously unavailable) 20 Jul 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thebegoodtanyas
- Nettwerk releases 3 digital singles in North America (previously unavailable) 20 Jul 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thebegoodtanyas
- Kathryn Williams 6 Jul 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/thebegoodtanyas
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