Beanland
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Beanland is a roots rock jam band, based in Oxford, Mississippi, which performed and recorded primarily from 1986 to 1993. Beanland is a legend and favorite among alumni of Ole Miss (The University of Mississippi). The bands influences include The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers Band, as well as old Mississippi Delta Blues music.
Key tunes by Beanland consist of "sellin' The Rain" and "Doreatha", both release and circulated around college radio stations throughout the Southeastern United States. The band has a moderate cult following.
Although they have essentially disbanded, Beanland has played several reunion shows, most recently in 2004 at the Double Decker Arts Festival in Oxford. Original Beanland members John "Jojo" Hermann and George McConnell have both played with Widespread Panic. However, McConnell left Widespread Panic in August of 2006. 2004 saw the release of [1]Beanland: Rising From the Riverbed, a film by Oxford based Cloudscapes Productions. The film tells the story of Beanland through classic footage and interviews with band members and such musical luminaries as producer Jim Dickinson and Rev. Jeff Mosier.
[edit] Discoverography
Beanland 1991 HiCool Records Produced by Jim Dickinson Engineered by Don Smith
Eye to Eye 1993 HiCool Records Produced and Engineered by Don Smith
Rising From the Riverbed - DVD 2004 Cloudscapes Productions Produced & Directed by Scotty Glahn (includes bonus CD sampler of bands from the era)
