Member Since: 04/01/2008
Band Website: mothernaturesarmy.com
Band Members: CURRENT LINEUP: Andy Manoff, bass & vocals; Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Eric Bivoino, guitar & vocals; Jef Davis, strat, bowed psaltery, octave mandolin, piano, & every other musical device yet devised; Manton Ivory, keyboard; PLUS assorted unannounced guests including but not limited to: Jack Ripper, strat; John Crowther, crwth; Lyndal Johnson, vocals; Rio, vocals******VINTAGE RECORDINGS******RATHOUSE SESSION (5 song demo, 1990) features Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Gayle Martin, mountain dulcimer & vocals; Jef Davis, bowed psaltery, octave mandolin, percussion; John Crowther, guitar; Katie Stewart, bass; Thom McLaughlin, mandolin******LIVE AT MAMA'S (1992) features Andy Manoff, bass & slide guitar; Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Gayle Martin, mountain dulcimer & vocals; John Crowther, fiddle; Thom McLaughlin, mandolin******LIVE AT THE BLUEBIRD (1993) features Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Doug Maas, percussion; Gayle Martin, mountain dulcimer & vocals; Thom McLaughlin, mandolin & electric guitar; Trish Martin, bass; Buddy Helm, drums******MALIBU FOLK RECORDINGS(1993, 1994) feature Bayard Johnson, guitar & vocals; Dannette Christine, upright bass; Gayle Martin, mountain dulcimer & vocals; Randy Chance, electric guitar; Buddy Helm, drums******ADDITIONAL TRUTHS: ANDY MANOFF won the special instruments category at the Topanga Bango & Fiddle Contest and his song "MARIE" is included in the FASTFOLK recording in the Smithsonian Institute's musical archives; BAYARD JOHNSON has written numerous movies and the novel DAMNED RIGHT (Fiction Collective 2), which has been translated into German with the title SPEED TAXI (FABER & FABER); JOHN CROWTHER wrote Charles Bronson & Chuck Norris movies and is now a cartoonist & one of the world's pre-eminent crwth players; Terik Bivoino is a supermodel with black fingernails; THOM MCLAUGHLIN won the mandolin competition at the Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest; RANDY CHANCE toured Europe with the Lovin' Spoonful; Buddy Helm drummed for Tim Buckley and Frank Zappa
Influences: cro-magnon chants
Sounds Like: Mother Nature's Army
Record Label: Psychorelic Records
Type of Label: Indie