Los Mofos (not brand new)

http://www.accordioncrimes.com/players/ac04_jimboyerblurb.html

Jimmy, interviewed by Mike Danner. Jump to minute 45:00 to hear about the formation of the band and its origins...muck.
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It seems like The Freaks have been an integral part of McMenamins music community from the beginning! Can you tell us about the early days of the Freak Mountain Ramblers, and how your relationship with McMenamins came to be?

"The Freak Mt. Ramblers started out in the Fall of 1997, playing weekly at the Laurelthirst Public House for the Happy Hour show that over the years became known as “Church” – 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday nights.

 We played there for a year before we acquired the FMR name, which came about when we made our first CD – we obviously need a name to go along with the CD.

 The original members were Jim Boyer (guitar,vocals), Bingo Richey (guitar, vocals), Dave Reisch (bass,vocals), Paul Bassett (washboard), and myself....."

WTF Roger? Early onset dementia?

https://blog.mcmenamins.com/talking-with-the-freaks/#comment-232

"Then, somehow, we talked Billy Leeds into hiring us back as a trio, but on Sunday evenings preceding Neil Gilpin's Belmont Street Octet. Around that time, the stage was moved to its current position.

 Boyer, Richey and Reisch had been playing together for about six years when David invited Roger North to sit in with Jim Boyer, Bingo, David Reisch, Forest Bloodgood and Paul Bassett.

 Our first gig with with that lineup (ahem, define "gig." IWW) was under the moniker Los Mofos at Crystal Ballroom. 

Billy Kennedy gave us the name Freak Mountain Ramblers soon after that event. 

When I left Portland in 1999, FMR brought Turtle VanDeMarr on board to replace me. 

Then I returned in 2000 for a while, then moved to Joshua Tree.

 At that time, FMR "hired" Alexander Browning to complete the longest-running version of FMR. (bullshit language nonsense etc etc.)

The dates are all written down somewhere and/or kept on the old Laurelthirst music calendars, but that's pretty much how it went down."-----Bingo (Kevin Richey)

https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogs/blogtown/2016/02/08/17556414/remembering-jimmy-boyer-legend-of-tomorrow/comments/1

"ROGER NORTH: I have known Jimmy since 1997, when he, Dave Reisch (bass/vocals), Bingo Richey (guitar/vocals), Forest Bloodgood (fiddle), and Paul Bassett (washboard) were already holding forth every Sunday night for happy hour at the LaurelThirst.

 They had a small but very nice following—I don't know how long they had been doing it, but I think it was not brand new."

https://www.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2016/02/08/remembering-jimmy-boyer-legend-of-tomorrow