Live from Big Sur Concert Debut Tonight 2/12/21!

Tune in to see Farmer Dave with the new Wizards of the West lineup: 

Ben Knight (guitar, vocals) 
Chad Marshall (drums, vocals) 
Katie Skene (guitar, vocals) 
Lauren Barth (bass gtr, vocals) 
and Michael Fujikawa (percussion, vocals) 

performing live 
from the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA! 
Tonight at 6:30pm 
Tickets Available at Folkyeah.com HERE 
Special merch available through Curation Records… 
Love and Thanks! 
F.D. & WOW

You may not know Farmer Dave Scher, but it’s almost impossible not to have heard him, and that’s before you listen to a note of Farmer Dave and The Wizards of The West. He was a member of Beachwood Sparks and All Night Radio, and has worked with Will Oldham, Kurt Vile, Interpol, Jenny Lewis, Elvis Costello and Animal Collective. That’s quite the CV. And then there’s his agrarian side, as the man behind Farmer Dave’s Roasted Hot Nuts, a toothsome almond snack made from an old family recipe. 

There’s virtually nothing he can’t do based on his first LP in ten years. The music covers so much territory it’s hard to believe the whole thing is over in less than thirty-five minutes. Offering the kind of takeoff that wouldn’t be out of place on The Byrds The Notorious Byrd Brothers disc, “EXEGESIS” takes flight. Heading off into the stratosphere, “Cave Walls” rides in on a wave of guitars and keyboards as Farmer Dave sings, “You have style for miles, it’s plain to see / Reach for my hand and we’ll dive into the sea.” The guitars take over and the song for parts unknown under the hands of companion Brian Knight. Rounding out the band are bassist Brian Bartus and drummer Jud Birza. 

More straightforward (if such a thing can be said about Farmer Dave and The Wizards of The West) “Right Vibration” offers a guitar work of the highest order. “Ocean Eyes” lives in its own time signature (one not necessarily found in the real world). Echo and delay abound amongst the guitars and keys as Dave rambles on undeterred by playing in this everchanging sense of time.

Thanks to Bob Fish for giving us some love! Read the full article here.

Order the February 2021 issue of Uncut Magazine here. Featuring a whopping 8/10 review of our self-titled album! Big thanks to Stephen Deusner.

Thank you to Chris Sawle for this wonderful write up:

FARMER DAVE SCHER may be better known to you from the string of excellent bands he’s both been in and collaborated with down the years. 

He was a member of brilliant West Coast country-psych outfit Beachwood Sparks, who took on Sade’s “By Your Side” and completely won (and actually chaps, while we’re here, could we have a vinyl reissue of Once We Trees, pretty please? Thank you). 

When that band fragmented, he took up with Jimi Hey for one brilliant, self-titled album of the sweetest psych delirium as All Night Radio (my money is on MGMT having paid very close attention to the possibilities outlined by this cracker – oh yeah: vinyl? That too). 

He’s also worked with Will Oldham, Kurt Vile, Chris Robinson, Interpol, Jenny Lewis, *catches breath … hell, even Elvis Costello and Animal Collective – his skills are mucho in demand; oh, and he’s also responsible for Farmer Dave’s Roasted Hot Nuts, a yumsome almond snack made according to an old family recipe. Soul and body, see? Soul and body. 

After a little time away from being the guiding light to a musical project, here at Backseat Mafia we’re pleased to say 2021 is already looking a whole damn sight brighter as he returns with his first outing proper in a decade: Farmer Dave & The Wizards of The West and their eponymous album, due in the racks and ready for some psych love on January 22nd. 

And today we’re pleased to both unveil and premiere the video for the acid pop rush of teaser single “Right Vibration”.

Read the full article here!

And watch the music video for "Right Vibration" here!