Samantha Parton

The Be Good Tanyas
The Be Good Tanyas performing in Calgary, December 7, 2006
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Folk
Years active	1999 (1999)–present
Labels	Nettwerk
Associated acts	Jolie Holland Po' Girl Frazey Ford
Website	begoodtanyas.com
Members	Frazey Ford Samantha Parton Trish Klein
Past members	Jolie Holland

The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian folk music group formed in 1999 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their influences include folk, country, and bluegrass. The style of music they perform can be referred to as alt-country or Americana.

Formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, The Be Good Tanyas (Frazey Ford, Trish Klein, Sam Parton, and originally Jolie Holland) first played together at tree planting camps in the Kootenays region of British Columbia. They eventually played their first concerts in Vancouver in the late 1990s.

In 2000 they embarked on a North American tour that ran from Vancouver to New Orleans, before returning to British Columbia to record their first album Blue Horse with producer Garth Futcher.

The second album, Chinatown, followed in 2003. Their third album, Hello Love, was released on October 10, 2006.

The Tanyas gained U.S. exposure when the Showtime series The L Word selected one of their songs, "In Spite of All the Damage", for inclusion in the series' soundtrack. A live version of "In My Time of Dying" was also included in the third episode of the third season, in which Frazey Ford was featured as a nun and played the song in the opening sequence. The song "The Littlest Birds" was played during the first season of the Showtime series Weeds and was included in that season's soundtrack. The band's music has also been included in the CTV series The Eleventh Hour and in the feature film Because of Winn-Dixie. Their cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Waiting Around to Die" was also used in an episode of AMC's Breaking Bad. On the episode "Searchers" of the AMC series Hell on Wheels, their rendition of "What Are They Are Doing in Heaven?" was played as the main characters returned to town after finding a kidnapped baby well and alive.