10057 - HEARTSFIELD (1973)

HEARTSFIELD
''HEARTSFIELD''
1973
58:46

1 I'm Coming Home (Perry Jordan) 03:37
2 Hush-A-Bye (Fred Dobbs) 05:36
3 Gypsy Rider (Phil Lucafo) 04:49
4 Music Eyes (Perry Jordan) 06:22
5 Understandin' Woman (Fred Dobbs) 04:53
6 Just That Wind (Perry Jordan) 05:32
7 The Only Time I'm Sober Is When You're Gone (Perry Jordan, Phil Lucafo) 03:14
8 Please Save Her Life (Perry & J. Jordan) 06:31
9 The Wonder Of It All (Preview) (J. C. Hartsfield) 01:08
10 I'm Coming Home (Live) (Perry Jordan) 03:21
11 The Only Time I'm Sober Is When You're Gone (Live) (Perry Jordan, Phil Lucafo) 03:20
12 House Of Living (Live) (Perry Jordan) 04:40
13 The Wonder Of It All (Live) (J. C. Hartsfield) 02:49
14 Love That Rock N' Roll (Live) (Perry Jordan) 02:48


Art Baldacci/Drums, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals
Greg Biela/Bass Guitar, Vocals
Fred Dobbs/Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
Felix "Flaco" Falcon/Percussion
Tom Geving/Piano, Saxophone
J.C. Hartsfield/Guitar, Mandolin, Violin, Vocals
Perry Cordell Jordan/Guitar, Vocals
Phil Lucafo/Guitar, Guitar (Steel), Vocals
Perry Jordan/Guitars Acoustic & Electric
Beth Reynolds/Backing Vocals
Tom Geving/Strings Arrangements
Mike Lewis/Strings Arrangements, Strings Conductor

ABOUT THE ALBUM/WEBSITE
This is the first album Heartsfield released back in 1973. It was recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, the hottest studio in the country at the time.

"We were lucky to get the studio time there being new boys from Chicago, with the likes of Eric Clapton, CSNY, and the Stones recording in that same period talk about inspiration. We even got to use the Miami Symphony players on a track." says Heartsfield guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Perry Jordan. This is also where the band got their first strobe tuner, a real blessing with 5 guitars going.

The music was created, rehearsed and prepared in an old train station in Southwestern Michigan on a friend's country property. The band slept, ate, rehearsed, recorded, partied, lived the wild life for at least 3 months doing nothing but playing their music and creating the now-familiar Heartsfield sound. Surrounded by a communal group of artists of all kinds it was a magic time with creativity, free livin' and anything goes surrounding the project. Folks brought by food & drink, experimented in variety of sensual joys and danced in the moonlight.

forzandoArts provided graphic design services for the Heartsfield Signature Series and also provides web design and hosting services for Heartsfield.

BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by Erik Hage
Country-rockers Heartsfield emerged during the '70s halcyon days of that genre; however, despite major-label releases and arena tours with the likes of the Doobie Brothers, Eric Clapton, and Fleetwood Mac, the group never experienced the success of peers like the Eagles or the Pure Prairie League. The band's most recognizable tune from that era was "Music Eyes," which hit number 95 on Billboard in 1974. Heartsfield were known for their vocal harmonies and layers of rootsy instrumentation (characterized by accents of pedal steel, dobro, banjo, mandolin, dobro, etc.) and have been credited with influencing such monster '90s acts as the Dave Matthews Band and Phish. The group was also known for their grueling, Grateful Dead-like touring ethic, which saw them playing 300 shows a year throughout the '70s. (And, like that aforementioned group, Heartsfield also had a propensity for extended jams.) Heartsfield disbanded in 1981 after a decade together. Co-founder Perry Jordan reorganized the band in 1999 with new members, releasing the album Rescue the Dog in April of 2001.

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4596 - PERRY JORDAN AND HEARTSFIELD - Rescue The Dog (2001)

PERRY JORDAN AND HEARTSFIELD
''RESCUE THE DOG''
APRIL 24 2001
66:36

1. Temptation /5:15
2. Can't You See /6:43
3. Just So Hard To Do It /5:21
4. Change My Tune /4:45
5. Just That Wind /9:30
6. Forever Has An End /5:30
7. Can't Have It All /4:03
8. See You In My Dreams /4:56
9. Roll With the Punches /5:46
10. Music Eyes/Rescue the Dog /14:47
All Tracks By Perry Cordell Jordan

Perry Cordell Jordan /Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals
Sandra Lee /Vocals, Vocals (Background)
David Moss /Percussion
David Nelson /Dobro, Guitar, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Corky Siegel /Harmonica

REVIEW
by Jesse Jarnow
Rising his band from a nearly quarter-century slumber, songwriter Perry Jordan leads Heartsfield through their first record since the late '70s. The band's sound remains firmly in the decade of their birth, blending country elements with dinosaur rock force to create a populist guitar army. The sound is hulking but retains a surprising amount of grace for its makeup. Jordan's lyrics dutifully move through the clichés that drove the genre out of existence to begin with, though they do so with a certain sincerity. The music remains as tasteful as could be expected for the approach, and the band manages to achieve a classic rock sound that is not so much referential as it is genuine.

BIOGRAPHY
by Erik Hage
Country-rockers Heartsfield emerged during the '70s halcyon days of that genre; however, despite major-label releases and arena tours with the likes of the Doobie Brothers, Eric Clapton, and Fleetwood Mac, the group never experienced the success of peers like the Eagles or the Pure Prairie League. The band's most recognizable tune from that era was "Music Eyes," which hit number 95 on Billboard in 1974. Heartsfield were known for their vocal harmonies and layers of rootsy instrumentation (characterized by accents of pedal steel, dobro, banjo, mandolin, dobro, etc.) and have been credited with influencing such monster '90s acts as the Dave Matthews Band and Phish. The group was also known for their grueling, Grateful Dead-like touring ethic, which saw them playing 300 shows a year throughout the '70s. (And, like that aforementioned group, Heartsfield also had a propensity for extended jams.) Heartsfield disbanded in 1981 after a decade together. Co-founder Perry Jordan reorganized the band in 1999 with new members, releasing the album Rescue the Dog in April of 2001.
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1858 - HEARTSFIELD - Disrupting the Country (2008)

HEARTSFIELD
''DISRUPTING THE COUNTRY''
DEC 9, 2008
CDBY

1 - Pain in the Cash/4:55
2 - Door of Happiness/4:42
3 - Sins of Mexico/5:42
4 - Beep Beep Bye Bye/3:33
5 - Better Days/5:23
6 - Have Some Fun/4:05
7 - Toast/6:27
8 - Got the Country/4:16
9 - Do It Right/5:14
10 - Playing Bars Blues/5:37
11 - To See You Again (First Time)/4:45
12 - The Deceiver/4:42
13 - Troubles of the Hearts/4:27

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1751 - HEARTSFIELD - Here I Am (2010)

HEARTSFIELD
''HERE I AM''
APR 2010
PLANET 49
57:01

01 - Here I Am/0:3:39
02 - New Orleans/0:4:13
03 - One Word/0:3:58
04 - Music Eyes (Feat. Take 6)/0:6:33
05 - Got To/0:6:13
06 - Ridin' On The Rim/0:3:18
07 - Lonesome Town/0:4:42
08 - Did You Know/0:4:08
09 - Lost In A Daze Dream/0:4:36
10 - Kiss Me/0:3:37
11 - Whenever You Can/0:3:50
12 - Time Stand Still/0:3:46
13 - I Pray/0:3:41

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