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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 11, 2010.
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For a donation of $1, you can get a feeling down deep inside as warm and fuzzy as Ty's beard.
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For a pledge of $5, get your name listed on our homepage as a supporter of good music and possibly a candidate for having a severe drinking problem. Possibly a warm fuzzy feeling also.
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Name on web site and a digital download of the album prior to the release date of the physical album.
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All of the above, plus a physical copy of the CD mailed to you as soon as it's in our hands. (Pickup at a release show of your choice also available.)
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All of the above plus album is autographed by the entire band.
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All of the above plus a special Beer Drinkin' Gospel Revival T-shirt.
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For the low, low pledge of $50, receive all of the above, plus the entire Bearfoot Hooker catalogue, including such classic albums as Sweet Pickle Grits, Life at the Bar and the obscure collection (with 3 previously unreleased Hooker classics) Greetings From Athens: A Drinking Town With A Music Problem. This album is the only location of the degenerative liver anthem I'd Rather 2-Step (Than 12 Step).
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All of the above (unless you already have the old albums and don't need spares) plus a special, drunken song dedication at the CD release show of your choice. Song dedications include a brief (possibly fictional) story about YOU and the details of you inspiring a Hooker song. (Only for the brave. 21 and up only.) Stories will include (at least) one (possibly fictional) embarrassing detail of your life.
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All of the above, except drunken song dedication is made to another person of your choice. Even more embarassing details included upon request. There is no filter on Ty's mouth and Jon's vocabulary is capaciously prodigious. Look it up. Let the roast begin!
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All of the above (song dedications upon specific request only from here on out and limited to 1 per pledge) plus special limited edition autographed print of original album artwork by Ty from Life at the Bar or Sweet Pickle Grits.
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All of the above plus a one-of-a kind Bearfoot Hooker Car Door stage prop from the White Trash Party gig of 2005. This is a pickup only item (Rutledge, GA location) and does not come with any other pledge amount. There's only 1, folks. Goat petting included.
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All of the above plus 25 different Bearfoot Hooker show posters. Come on now, these things are all amazing. pictures are posted on our website. (www.thebearfoothookers.com) duh!
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All of the above plus our drummer Josh Skelton's made from scratch bar-b-que sauce. sweet jesus, y'all, It is so dang good! so good that even 4 of the 6 guys in the band have already slapped their mamas! & since we do have 1 or 2 veggie lovers that probably want to help, I will add it is great on a salad.
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All of the above plus we will write, record, & send you a copy of a song about a topic of your choosing. No lie. This is your chance to have the hookers personalize what they do just for you. the perfect song to listen to while slowly killing your liver?, poetically Immortalize your name in song? a creative cool hooker version of any song you can think of. The possibilities are endless. We do however retain all rights & licensing to the song. Hell If it turns out awesome, we might even put it into our repertoire or maybe even on a future Bearfoot Hooker album.
Pledge $750 or more Pledge $750 or more
All of the above plus a PAID night out with all of THE BEARFOOT HOOKERS. Dinner & an Athens, Ga. Bar crawl. This is worth way more than $750, if you know what i mean. GOOOOOOO DAWGS! We might even introduce you to our good friend Blue. This is only for the serious & fearless! Be forewarned, the night might get crazy. It could even inspire song(s).
Pledge $1,000 or more Pledge $1,000 or more
All of the above plus a VIP trip to The Cheetah Club in Atlanta with the whole band. That's right, you know the place! Oh yeah! We are connected. We will even pay your bar tab. The rest is on you. heheheheh Get it? This isn't just for the guys, it's a great gift for the ladies as well! Trust me.
Pledge $2,000 or more Pledge $2,000 or more
For sharing this much love, you get all of the above, plus you get to commission a painting from our talented frontman Ty (he's the cute, fluffy, big one!). He will paint whatever you want. I mean Anything. He's got mad skills. This is your chance art lovers! Might take some time, especially if we luck up & have more than 1 backers on this. come on somebody help us!
Pledge $2,500 or more Pledge $2,500 or more
We will come & play a show anywhere within a 6 hour radius of Athens, Ga. If you don't get out much, this is your chance. We are all house broken, but after we're done melting your face with pure beer drinkin gospel revery, we can't promise that your house won't be broken. hehehee! just kidding! We promise not to damage anything unless you ask nicely!
Pledge $5,000 or more Pledge $5,000 or more
We will come and play a show anywhere in the United States of America, except NewCastle, Wyoming. That being for legal reasons Ty would like to keep under wraps! $5000 is a huge chunk of cash, but like our good buddy Pheobe Cates of Attractive Eighties Women said on her Kickstarter page, "hey it still needs to be worth it for us." (thanks for the invite Mack)
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Thank you Mrs. Thompson! You are the best! I am so happy the goal was met!
You guys are so close to the goal! I am trying my best to get the news out there! Stout says he wants to make a donation, too!
after reading Mike's comments I realize I've seen the nice polite side of the bearfoot hookers and it scares me. My aunt from Montana pledged so I figured I'd better get to it. Good luck and I can't wait to hear the album!
About damn time! What's it been, five years? You guys were starting to turn into the Brian Wilson of country-rock. Luckily, with this record, you're back on track.
rollin' rollin' rollin'.
Thanks to all of our "Backers", we have hit 30% of our funding goal in 24 hours. But we still have a long way to go. We appreciate everyone spreading the word. Let's keep the momentum going. If we get pledges exceeding the target amount, we might be able to upgrade the CD packaging to include more cool stuff.
We are mixing the new CD as I type. It sounds great and we are all very excited to finally be bringing a disc of new tracks to you, our loyal fans.
Thanks for your support,
The Bearfoot Hookers
Dear Mr. Bell,
I don’t know you so I assume that you do not know who I am either. You are not on the band’s e-mail list so I’m not sure how you got information about our project. I’m sorry that you were exposed to something that you are not interested in or found offensive in some manner. But since you chose to express judgment upon us, I will respond in truth.
My name is Mark Durfield. I am one of the founding members of a band called The Bearfoot Hookers. My wife and I own the small farm in Rutledge where portions of our promotional video were filmed. I am the one in the video wearing the brown leather hat and the goats are all mine. Our property is not designated as conservation use and I pay all of the taxes levied against my property and vehicles by the county each year. While I don’t think the Conservation Use program is necessarily a bad thing, we don’t have enough property to qualify. My wife and I both have full-time jobs that generate the income we live on and pay bills and taxes from. Ours is a “hobby farm” and we do not receive any government subsidies. We cover all feeding expenses, vet bills, and land maintenance costs out of our own income.
The band is not a source of profit for me or any of us. We are not affiliated with any sort of record label and manage our band completely independently with no financial support from anyone but our fans. We generally make enough money from playing shows and CD sales to cover travel, recording and promotional expenses and keep our gear in working order. We do it because we love it. Our great fans support us in many ways and we love them for it.
I can only assume that our appeal on Kickstarter.com offended you because you view it as a request for a handout. The folks that have pledged are doing so because they like what we do and because they support a hard working independent band. It takes money to make a record… much more than the $2,000 we have set as a goal on Kickstarter.com… even on a very tight budget like ours. We exhausted the band funds about mid-way through this project and have been covering expenses out of our own pockets since then, in addition to paying property taxes. Those fans that have made pledges will get something in return. Whether or not that something has value or is worth the pledge of support is up to them. I suspect that all of them would purchase a copy of our new CD anyway so the Kickstarter.com project is simply a “pre-sale” type of arrangement. But the benefit for us is that we can continue working to bring the project to completion... and it will be completed... without further straining our personal bank accounts by having to front money to cover production costs.
So, even though you suggested that my wife and I might somehow be trying to take advantage of you, I’ll accept your apology. Who knows, I might even throw in one of those $500 pledges in your name and write a song for you, because that’s what I do… in addition to paying taxes, managing a farm, working full-time in a factory, and producing records.
It’s OK Mr. Bell… we still love you.
Sincerely,
Mark Durfield
The Bearfoot Hookers
thebearfoothookers@yahoo.com
Nothing says sorry like $2,000
so, wait, i'm confused...can we still take joe bell's pledge?
http://morgan.binarybus.com/lookup/, in case this happens again.
You should apologize, because some simple research—if you know this band at all, you know who the goats belong to—shows that the land is not in Conservation Use. Maybe you should use the resources your tax dollars provide—the Morgan County Web site—to verify your suspicions before you go public with them and undeservedly insult someone.
I will not pledge any money because after watching the setting of your video with the goats, I figure I am probably already paying your property taxes because you have your land in the conservation use. If I am wrong about that, I am sorry. If I am right about it, you should be ashamed.