{"id":4351,"date":"2018-09-10T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2021-12-13T05:30:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:30:58","slug":"cover-me-beat-farmers-reason-to-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/10\/cover-me-beat-farmers-reason-to-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Beat Farmers: Reason to Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of the rock arrangement of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/roll-of-the-dice-reason-to-believe\/\">Reason to Believe<\/a>&#8221; that Bruce debuted during the Magic Tour, give a listen to The Beat Farmers&#8217; cover treatment from way back in 1985&#8211;it rocks just as hard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cMZLTgR3gbQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Reason to Believe&#8221; featured prominently on The Beat Farmers&#8217; first album,\u00a0<em>Tales of the New West<\/em>, and it was a frequent highlight of their live shows as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7I94-TxKKLw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>It was their novelty song &#8220;Happy Boy&#8221; that was the breakout song from their first album, and that&#8217;s unfortunate because their proper blend and brand of west coast country punk never got the the airplay it deserved. 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