The Electric Amish is an Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

-based parody

Parody

A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...

 rock band that takes well-known rock standards and recasts them from a heavily tongue-in-cheek Amish

Amish

The Amish , sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches...

 perspective. The band consists of three fictional characters: Graeber Goodman (born in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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, and settled in Nappanee, Indiana

Nappanee, Indiana

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,710 people, 2,521 households, and 1,792 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,818.9 people per square mile . There were 2,647 housing units at an average density of 717.5 per square mile...

) on electric guitar and vocals; Carl Goodman (born in Berne, Indiana

Berne, Indiana

Berne is a city in Monroe and Wabash townships, Adams County, Indiana, United States, 35 miles south of Fort Wayne. The population was 4,150 at the 2000 census...

) on electric bass and vocals; and Barry Goodman (born in Goshen, Indiana

Goshen, Indiana

Goshen is a city in and the county seat of Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. It is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the northern...

) on drums and vocals. The true identities behind these personas are, respectively, Dean Metcalf (producer of The Bob & Tom Show

The Bob & Tom Show

The Bob & Tom Show is a syndicated US radio program established by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold at radio station WFBQ in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 7, 1983, and syndicated nationally since January 6, 1995....

), and brothers Barclay Grayson and Kyle Grayson — all of central Indiana.

Humor

Much of the humor in their lyrics presupposes at least a passing understanding of Amish

Amish

The Amish , sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches...

 and Mennonite

Mennonite

The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...

 cultures (for example, outsiders are called "the English"). The band rose to stardom (picture a black-and-white star that is not at all shiny) after performing on The Bob & Tom Show, where they can occasionally still be heard (by "heathens" who use electricity and listen to the radio, that is).

Albums

The Electric Amish released their first album, Barn to Be Wild, in 1995, followed by Milkin' It in 1996 and A Hard Day's Work in 1999. They also have a song, "Farmageddon," on the 1998 release Back in '98

Back in '98 (album)

Back in '98 is a comedy album by The Bob and Tom Show, which was first released in December 1998. It is a two-disc set which represents original material recorded during their syndicated, daily radio show and other studio numbers which had not been previously presented on air.-Track Listings:...

, which features items from The Bob & Tom Show. While the band has not released anything since 1999, they continue to perform occasionally (mostly in the Upper Midwest

Upper Midwest

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 US). They record on the DonkeyMonkey label.

Band members

• Graeber Goodman (Dean Metcalf) - Electric guitar and vocals
• Carl Goodman (Barclay Grayson) - Electric bass and vocals
• Barry Goodman (Kyle Grayson) - Drums and vocals

Barn to Be Wild, 1995

1. We Are An Amish Band
2. Black Bonnet Girls
3. Come Together (and Build A Barn)
4. Mennonite Blues
5. Amish Lady
6. My Congregation
7. Barn To Be Wild
8. Amish Country Blues
9. Mennonite Girl
10. A Girl On Theology
11. Give Me Three Pigs
12. Very Amish Christmas

Milkin' It, 1996

1. I Want To Dress In Black & White (And Work Real Hard All Day)
2. Graeber Be Good
3. I Want To Hoe Your Land
4. For Your Mule
5. No More Mennonite Guy
6. Proud Gretta (Rollin' In My Buggy)
7. Big Ol' Horse & Buggy
8. The Parson's Back
9. He's From Goshen
10. Heathen
11. Mush
12. Christmas Time In Amish Land

A Hard Day's Work, 1999

1. Hay Ride
2. Welcome To My Home In Pennsylvania
3. Sweet Home Indiana
4. Parson
5. Graeber Be Good (with Jonny Lang
   Jonny Lang
   Jonny Lang is a Grammy award-winning American blues, gospel, and rock singer, songwriter and recording artist. Lang's music is notable for both his unusual voice, which has been compared to that of a forty-year-old blues veteran, and for his guitar solos...
   
   )
6. Y2K Crash
7. Wear Black
8. All Right Cow
9. Amish Man
10. Donkey Walk
11. What If Tom Was One Of Us
12. Parson Klaus Is Coming To Town