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Chronography (1973​-​2013)

by Heather

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Remastered and reissued, June, 2021

What defines a special bond...and band? Check out the "Then & Now" photos, up there on the album cover. From the left: De Stewart, Jim Gaines, moi, Ron Baumgartner, and Ron Sachs. Two pictures, five friends, separated by four decades...but still friends, even after all these years.

The "core four" of Heather (Jimmy, Ron, Ron, and moi) played together from 1971 to 1976. Over the years, a number of other folks (including De, who can be heard on several songs in this collection) rotated in and out as the fifth member of what was, in essence, a five-member country-rock band.

The operative word in the previous paragraph is "together."

For those five-plus years - between practice, live gigs, touring and the recording studio - we were almost inseparable. We were also very fortunate in that Heather spent a lot of time in the aforementioned recording studio...primarily backing other artists but, occasionally, recording our own, original material.

I recently set about restoring some of these vintage Heather recordings. Working off old albums, singles, acetates and demo tapes, I was able to compile a pretty representative audio "scrapbook" of our musical journey.

This Heather "Chronography" includes material from our first trek into the recording studio to cut a three-song demo tape (1972), through our 2013 "reunion" to record three new Heather songs ("Time of Parting", "Distant Light" and "You Can Fly"), four decades later.

Sandwiched in-between are both sides of our 1972 country single ("Monday Morning Truck Stop" and "Country Rain, Kentucky Farm")...nine tracks from our 1973 LP ("Ride on the Music")...and a 1975 single ("Baby Blue"), which charted top-10 in several Midwest radio markets.

I even managed to dig up and restore two live "bonus tracks" from a 1993 benefit "reunion" concert at the historic Hoosier Theater in Vevay, Indiana. Check out those five-part harmonies on "Find the Cost of Freedom". Yeah. That's what Heather was all about, folks.

Given the age and condition of the original recordings, some of these restorations are slightly less-than-perfect. The music, however, still holds up pretty darn well, even after all these years...well, decades.

So, sit back, slip on your headphones or earbuds, crank up the ol' volume control...and enjoy...

Jack N.
Ft. Mitchell, Ky
August, 2013

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released August 15, 2013

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Heather (the "core four"):
Jim Gaines - guitar, pedal steel, vocals
Ron Sachs - guitar, harmonica, vocals
Jack Nimersheim - guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals
Ron Baumgartner - drums, vocals

And our fifth members, at various times, through the years:
Dale Miller - guitar, vocals (tracks 1-5, 12)
Timothy Hawkins - guitar, vocals (tracks 4-14, 19, 20)
De Stewart - guitar, bass, vocals (tracks 10, 13, 16, 19, 20)
John Vester - guitar, vocals (track 15)

Special thanks to...
Jan Hunter - harmony vocals (track 19)

Cover photography:
Ron Norton (1973)
Sherry Baumgartner (2013)

"Colorado Suite" © Jim Gaines, Jack Nimersheim, Ron Sachs, Ron Baumgartner, Timothy Hawkins
"Ride on the Music" "Sing You a Lullabye" "Country Singer's Lament" "Baby Blue" "Time of Parting" "Distant Light" "You Can Fly" © Jack Nimersheim
"Walkin' in a Dead Man's Shoes" © Ron Sachs & Jack Nimersheim
"See Me Laugh" "Didn't Have Much to Say" © Jim Gaines
"The Way" © Timothy & Les Hawkins
"Crazy Gypsy" © Ron Sachs & Finch Carroll
"Three O'Clock in the Afternoon" "And, Again",
"Same Old Country Song" © David Howe & Finch Carroll
"Monday Morning Truck Stop" © Howe, Sachs & Nimersheim
"Country Rain, Kentucky Farm" © Howe, Carroll & Nimersheim
"Willin'" © Lowell George
"Find the Cost of Freedom" © Stephen Stills
"Ohio" © Neil Young

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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.

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