Bad Livers

The Bad Livers were an American band from Austin, Texas, United States, whose inventive musical style defied attempts to categorize them according to existing genres. Their influences included bluegrass, folk, punk, and other musical styles. The original lineup, formed in 1990, included Danny Barnes on banjo, guitar and resonator guitar, Mark Rubin on upright bass and tuba, and Ralph White III on fiddle and accordion. Barnes composed the majority of the group's original songs. When White left the group at the end of 1996, he was briefly replaced by Bob Grant on mandolin and guitar. Barnes and Rubin then continued to perform and record as a duo until unofficially dissolving the band in 2000. The band has neither toured nor recorded since then, but Barnes and Rubin have played a few live shows with Grant in 2008, 2009, and 2014.
==Links to Peel==
Peel discovered the group in late 1991 when he played their version of Iggy Pop's Lust For Life. Further material from the group were played on his shows and he would sometimes use the 'Lust For Life' as part of his DJ set, especially on his 24 June 1999 and 21 June 2001 programmes, where the latter was in Barcelona. After Peel's death in 2004, it was later found out that he had a copy of their album, 'Horses In The Mines', in his Record Collection: B.
==Shows Played==
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*27 October 1991: 'Lust For Life (7")' (Fist Puppet) 
*02 November 1991: 'Lust For Life (7")' (Fist Puppet)
*08 November 1991 (BFBS): 'Lust For Life (7")' (Fist Puppet) (JP: 'Much prefer that than the original')
*14 November 1991 (Radio Mafia): Lust For Life (7") Fist Puppet
*28 November 1991 (Radio Mafia): Lust For Life (7") Fist Puppet
*22 December 1991: Lust For Life (7") Fist Puppet
;thumb|220x220px1994
*01 January 1994: 'Dancing Days (Compilation CD-The Song Retains The Name)' (Safe House)
*07 January 1994: ‘Dancing Days (v/a CD - The Song Retains The Name II)’ (Safe House)
*15 January 1994 (BFBS): Dancing Days (v/a album - The Song Retains The Name II) Safe House
*January 1994 (2) (BBC World Service): Dancing Days (v/a album - The Song Retains The Name II) Safe House
*08 April 1994: 'Time And Time Again' (LP 'Horses In The Mines') Quarterstick
;1999
*24 June 1999: Lust For Life (part of DJ set)
*11 August 1999: 'Lust For Life (7")' (Fist Puppet)
*19 August 1999 (Radio Eins): 'Lust For Life (12"-The Golden Years)' (Quarterstick)
*20 August 1999 (BBC World Service): Lust For Life (7") Fist Puppet
;2001
*21 June 2001: Lust For Life (part of DJ set)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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