Huevos Rancheros came together in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, during 1990. The instrumental rock & roll outfit originally featured bassist Graham Evans, guitarist Brent J. Cooper, and drummer Rich E. Evans, though the latter eventually departed and bassist Tommy Kennedy took his place. Throughout the following ten years the band issued numerous singles and videos along with multiple albums, building a devoted audience while also drawing notice from MuchMusic and the Juno Awards.
In its early, uncertain period the group produced the six-song release Rocket to Nowhere, issued on both cassette and vinyl. Frequent live dates throughout the Calgary area helped promote the EP and expand the act’s following. The debut full-length album, Endsville, appeared in 1993 on the C/Z label; around the same time the band increased its visibility through additional singles and videos that reached listeners in Canada as well as Europe, Asia, the United States, and beyond.
Mint Records put out the second album, Dig in Mint, in 1995. Radio outlets gave the accompanying singles substantial rotation, while the videos gained exposure on MuchMusic in Canada and MTV in the United States. Evans exited the lineup in 1996 and Kennedy rejoined shortly before the third album, Get Outta Dodge, was completed. That release earned the band a Best Independent Video award from MuchMusic and a Juno nomination for Best Alternative Album. Over the next couple of years the group’s audience grew further, extending into Switzerland and Italy.
Among the tracks that appeared on Huevos Rancheros recordings are “Ace O’Spades,” “Huevosaurus,” “The Short Happy Song,” “Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump,” “Dust Devil,” and “Dead By Sundown.”
