Back in the late 60s there were some lads from Whatcom County that were having fun playing dance halls, gymnasiums, barns, cafeterias... hailing from American Federation of Musicians local 451 which was the largest per capita local in the nation at the time. We called our band Heart. We even made it on to the front page of the Herald for winning a battle of the bands that offered us the opportunity to perform at the state wide final battle of the bands at the Seattle Arena where we mounted the same stage I had seen Jimi Hendrix play prior. Really got an appreciation for Jimi's ability to put on a show with a sound system that somewhat bathed the stage from quite high overhead and to the rear with no other monitors. Well... Back then the Band that the world now knows as Heart was called White Heart. Somehow they got the phone number of our bassist and gave him a call wanting to see if we would be interested in releasing our dibs on the name. We played our best received show shortly thereafter and then we disbanded a few weeks latter going our separate ways for the most part retiring the name for White Heart to go on and make world famous in a few years. I met and chatted with Roger Fisher (guitarist of Heart) a few years ago after I had mixed a project band he was playing with at the Wild Buffalo and was introduced to him as Eric Jacobson of Heart. Incredibly nice fellow Mr. Fisher. I used to hang with a fellow from time to time when I kept a place in Vancouver BC that was one of Heart's road album promoter folks that would scour the continent for DJ's to play their album. The album under his arm at that time was Dreamboat Annie. Anne, Nancy and I crossed paths in Whistler once when I was mixing a show for the tourist bureau of BC at the convention center. We were moderately big lights and sound in the main room and they were acoustic promoting something or possibly donating their celebrity to a cause in another part of the facility. Apres show there was no load out for me as that I was blessed with what is called a white glove gig in the industry, just twisting knobs for the front of house as opposed to front of house, monitors and lights as I have often enough done, it was down to one of the pubs for a raucous dose of Hells Bells. Shortly after that show was 911 which was rather disruptive to my life in retrospect. Small very intertwined planet at times. Not as much so these days. |
____________________________ Founded by ____________________________ Kurt Aemer Bass & Vocals Robert Heggem Drums Eric Jacobson B3 & Vocals John Zylstra Guitar & Vocals Evolved Into... Robert Heggem Drums Scott Hatch Guitar & Vocals Jim Kink Bass & Vocals Eric Jacobson B3 & Vocals Final Version... Bill Gray Guitar & Vocals Robert Heggem Drums Eric Jacobson B3 & Vocals Jack Perram Bass & Vocals Influences... Beatles Lee Michaels 3 Dog Night Eric Clapton Joe Cocker Bonnie and Delanie sp. Santana Young Rascals Rolling Stones Richie Havens The Doors Show Stoppers Your bird can sing. Chest fever. Crossroads Everybody's Everything Love is a Beautiful Thing Sympathy for the Devil The Bands that were precursors were the Norseman and the Perfect Square. Ken McCleod & Rick Scribner Kurt Aemer and Robert Heggem and Lynne Pig original Drummer |