We are finally caught up on our Patreon Voter’s choice posts! Until tomorrow that is. This vote was amusing- we were voting on bands that start with “H”. We had Helios Creed, Hawkwind, and 3 others… and who wins with a unanimous vote? Harm Farm. I had no idea that there were so many Harm Farm fans out there. I mean, I loved the band enough to film them a few times. I even traveled to Chico once.

I might have overdone it with the “brighten the video at the source” method in virtualdub, but hot damn am I excited to be able to actually SEE these Cattle Club videos. Before, it was a game of find the musician under the grain and darkness.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Recording Equipment: Aiwa CV-80 camcorder with a Sony ECM909 mic strapped to the top
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic AG-1980 — Datavideo TBC1000 – ATI TV Wonder 600 USB Adapter — Virtualdub
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video

Harm Farm were a band from San Francisco- they put out a couple of records on Alias back in the early 90s. They were unique because they played this countryish music, but the lead guitar player had this metal sound (and look) and he and the violin would perform “dueling leads”. Melanie Clarin from Donnaer Party and SF Seals played drums and provided harmony vocals on many songs.
The band is also known for being one of Morgan Fichter’s (Camper Van Beethoven, Janes Addiction, Bedlam Rovers) first bands. Her song “I love your spots” is on the Harm Farm demo and is awesome.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Aiwa CV80 and Sony ECM909 mic
Enhanced in Adobe Premiere (Brighness/contrast/exposure), denoise via Neat Video