Joe Bethancourt

Style: Gonzo Appalachian and Country music

Began performing: 1964

Stomping grounds: Arizona and Southern California

Bethancourt --singer, songwriter, folklorist -- and his gonzo mountain humor have been a Phoenix institition since 1964.

Band Members:

Joe Bethancourt - All fretted instruments plus bagpipes and Celtic Harp

Address/Booking:

P.O. Box 35190, Phoenix, AZ 85069

Phone:

E-mail: wtp@locksley.com (J. Bethancourt)

Web: http://www.locksley.com

Label:

Random Factors

3754 W 170th St Torrance, CA 90504-1204

Discography:

Bordertown Ballads (White Tree Productions) (cass.)

Revenge of the Banjo (White Tree Productions) (cass.)

Who Fears The Devil? (White Tree Productions) (cass.)

Celtic Circle Dance (White Tree Productions) (being re-issued)

The Black Book Of Locksley (White Tree Productions) (cass.) (being re-issued)

Naked Banjos (White Tree Productions) (cass.)

Old Red Cat (White Tree Productions) (cass.)

Arizona Road Song (White Tree Productions) (cass.) (being re-issued)

String Concert (Public) PS 5001 (out of print)

With Leslie Fish:

Our Fathers Of Old (Random Factors) (cass.)

Serious Steel (Random Factors) (cass. & CD)

Lock And Load (Random Factors) (cass. & CD)

Anthologies:

357 Miles East Of L.A. (cass.) (Zia)

CactusCon Choruses: NASFIC 1987 (cass.) (WailSongs)

This Train Is Bound For Glory (Carsten) LC 75-751068

Arizona Sounds KDKB Vol. 1 (Dwight Karma) (out of print)

And many, many albums as a sideman.....