Band Guys & Barflies, by Heather (1974, live at Alexander's)

Band Guys & Barflies

by Heather (1974, live at Alexander's)

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1.	Teach Your Children 02:59	info	download
2.	Sundown 04:06	info	download
3.	Sweet Home Alabama 04:39	info	download
4.	One A.M. 03:24	info	download
5.	Lost in the Ozone 02:52	info	download
6.	Listen to a Country Song 03:07	info	download
7.	For What It's Worth 05:02	info	download
8.	Witchy Woman 04:22	info	download
9.	Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother 04:39	info	buy track
10.	Colorado Suite 06:44	info	download
11.	Holiday Hotel 02:42	info	buy track
12.	I've Been Waiting for You 04:30	info	download
13.	Rainmaker 05:56	info	download
14.	Ohio 06:35	info	download
15.	Jesus Is Just Alright 18:27	info	download

about

"Where were you on November 19th, 1974?" That's the question my longtime friend and ex-bandmate, De Stewart, greeted me with, one recent afternoon. Like I'd have any idea. It was, after all, the '70s. If you remember them, the old saying goes, you probably didn't live them.

Well, it turns out I was making music, on-stage with "Heather", at Alexander's, a popular nightclub...okay, a bar...in Cincinnati, Ohio, just off the University of Cincinnati campus. And how did De know this? Because he'd recently stumbled upon a recording of that night's four-set performance...conscientiously labeled with the date and venue. (We were nothing, back then, if not O-C about our musical endeavors.)

Seriously? A 42-year-old recording of Heather, live? A pair of microphones set up in a bar, recorded on a two-track, stereo cassette. That's it. Talk about capturing a band "raw". It doesn't get any more raw than this. And, guess what? That tape, and that performance, wasn't half-bad. In fact, it was pretty damn good!

Was it perfect? Heck, no. Two microphones in a bar, remember? And, yes, we committed a few of our own musical miscues, throughout the night. But it did capture the essence of a live Heather performance, back in "the day."

And, so, courtesy of five band guys playing for a small crowd of barflies, travel back with me to November 19, 1974...a sampling of songs from Heather, live. Let the nostalgia begin.

Enjoy...

Jack Nimersheim...September 15, 2016

credits

released September 15, 2016

Heather, circa, 1974:
Jim Gaines - guitar, pedal steel, vocals
Ron Sachs - guitar, harmonica, vocals
De Stewart - guitar, bass, saxophone, vocals
Jack Nimersheim - guitar, bass, vocals
Ron Baumgartner - drums, vocals

"Teach Your Children" © 1970, Graham Nash
"Sundown" © 1974, Gordon Lightfoot
"Sweet Home Alabama" © 1974, Ed King
"One A.M." © 1971, Paul Parrish
"Lost in the Ozone" © 1971, Billy C. Farlow
"Listen to a Country Song" © 1971, Jim Messina and Al Garth
"For What It's Worth" © 1966, Stephen Stills
"Witchy Woman" © 1972, Don Henley and Bernie Leadon
"Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother" © 1972, Ray Wylie Hubbard
"Colorado Suite" © 1973, Heather
"Holiday Hotel" © 1972, Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina
"I've Been Waiting for You" © 1968, Neil Young
"Rainmaker" © 1968 Harry Nillson & Bill Martin
"Ohio" © 1970, Neil Young
"Jesus Is Just Alright" © 1966, Arthur Reynolds

Recorded live at Alexander's, November 19, 1974

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Jack Nimersheim Portland, Oregon

60 years.

That's how much time has passed since I first picked up a guitar, stepped on stage and started playing music for the folks "out there." I was 12.

Fortunately for me (and all of you) no recordings exist of those early performances. The albums on this page, however, provide a pretty good retrospective of the music I've helped create, over the past six decades.

Enjoy... ... more

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