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Back Jack - Back Jack [Colored Vinyl] [Limited Edition]

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Format: Vinyl
Label: RIDING EASY
Rel. Date: 06/14/2024
UPC: 603111763910

Back Jack [Colored Vinyl] [Limited Edition]
Artist: Back Jack
Format: Vinyl
New: Available to Order (2-3 days) $29.04
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Formats and Editions

DISC: 1

1. Track 1
2. Bridge Waters Dynamite
3. Track 3
4. Reefer Madness
5. Track 5
6. Gearhead
7. Track 7
8. Satisfied Man
9. Track 9
10. Assault and Battery
11. Track 11
12. As You Were
13. Track 13
14. Tomorrow
15. Track 15
16. California

More Info:

Over the course of a couple of years in the mid-1970s, several musicians from the St. Louis, Missouri area gave notice to club and festival crowds that they were there to rock the house down. Their cover and original songs were accentuated by a bedrock rhythm section, heavy guitar riffs and tasty solos, topped off with powerful vocals. Rockers that witnessed them agree-Back Jack created solid songs and high-energy performances.Beginning in 1971 as Trellis, the band members changed their name to Back Jack when they saw the bumper sticker that Kim McKinney's dad, Jack McKinney, distributed during his election bid for the Mayor of Pacific, Missouri, home of the core three-piece band: Kim McKinney, Mike Collier, and Hans Myers (RIP).The 1974 version of Back Jack was active from very early 1974 to late-fall of 1974. The core three-piece band, Collier, McKinney, and Myers, recorded several tracks during their tenure and four of those tracks are included on this release. Temporary band members not on the recordings were Gary Reed (piano, RIP), Greg Witt (guitar, keyboards), Paul Cockrum (guitar), and Bill Niehoff (drums).The four-piece, 1975 version of Back Jack was a merging of members of Back Jack 1974 (Mike Collier and Kim McKinney) and another local band, Osage Lute (Jeff Ballew and Mike Lusher). They were active from late-fall of 1974 to late-summer of 1975. Four of the tracks on the Back Jack LP were recorded by these four musicians.
        
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