New Additions: Buford's Last Pusser by The Hairy Patt Band

Two-member bands were the rage in the early 2000s thanks to The White Stripes and The Black Keys, but garage/punk/lo-fi duos have been around long before that, and Columbus has had a few. The Hairy Patt Band, featuring Joe Patt (later of Them Wranch) and Jason Drenik made a disjointed and dirty ruckus in the 90s, and I recently grabbed their first album Buford's Last Pusser off Amazon. It's loud, weird, jarring and occasionally melodic, far less song oriented than the aforementioned Stripes or Keys, but equally engrossing.

Video: On My Mind by Them Wranch

It's Psychedelic Baby: Royal Pines interview with Joe Patt

Joe Patt has been in a variety of bands for the past several decades, most recently Royal Pines, but also The Hairy Patt band and Them Wranch. Here's an interview with Joe from It's Psychedelic Baby back in 2015:

Do you have any funny or interesting stories from live shows or performances that you’d like to share here with our readers? 

JP: Oh my God, there have been many sad and funny stories over the years with the many bands I’ve been in.  One of my favorites to tell is when Them Wranch was playing in Morgantown, West Virginia back around 2000.  Right before we went on I had an emergency bathroom break because of some awful West Virginia food we’d eaten.  I’m sure it was excellent, but maybe I had too much or it simply didn’t agree with me.  Anyway, I used the backstage bathroom which was actually upstairs and quite a walk from the stage.  I clogged it up and there was no plunger, so it overflowed.  This is all happening while I’m hearing the guys in the band impatiently making noise on stage, waiting for me.  I run down to the bar and ask for a plunger.  They have one and I run back in front of the stage and wave the plunger at the guys telling them I’ll be ready in a minute.  I plunge the toilet and clean up the mess and I don’t really remember playing that night.  We actually ended up spending the night in that apartment above the bar which was great, but unfortunately some meth head lived next door and he was cranking cassettes of 1970’s Pittsburgh Steelers radio broadcasts all night.  We didn’t get much sleep that night!  That’s another thing about the road…  You don’t get much sleep.  “Bradshaw, back in the pocket…”

New Additions: Medium Rare by Them Wranch

Even though we were playing shows around the same time as I was in Columbus in the early '00s, I never got a chance to check out Them Wranch. While I won't be able to correct that mistake, I rectified it somewhat by picking up their sophomore album Medium Rare on Orange Recordings from 2001. Featuring Joe Patt from The Hairy Patt Band (who will come up at some point on the blog, guaranteed), this is the kind of grizzled garage rock I wasn't really into then but have grown to appreciate.

Know Yer Band: Them Wranch

Band: Them Wranch

Members
Vocals/Guitar - Andy "Ranch" Robertson
Vocals/Drums - Joe Patt
Bass/Vocals - Gerald Morrison

Releases
1998 - God Bless Them Wranch 7" (Mind Of A Child Records)
1999 - Beware Them Wranch 7" (Medium Rare Records)
2000 - Big Noise From East Maynard album(Medium Rare Records)
2001 - Medium Rare album (Orange Recordings)