Artist: Back Jack
Title Of Album: Back Jack
Year Of Release: 1974 / 2024
Label: Riding Easy Records
Country: US
Genre: Hard Rock / Psychedelic Rock
Audio codec: FLAC | lossless

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.

Tracklist:
1. Bridge Waters Dynamite - 03:51
2. Reefer Madness - 02:24
3. Gearhead - 04:07
4. Satisfied Man - 08:24
5. Assault And Battery - 03:49
6. As You Were - 03:05
7. Tomorrow - 06:00
8. California - 07:05
9. She's Been Down So Long - 04:01
10.Over and Over - 06:07
11.Rock N Roll Boogie - 02:43
12.Phonic Voyage - 04:26
13.Silver Star - 01:52

Line-Up:
Mike Collier - guitar, lead vocals
Kim McKinney - bass, vocals
Hans Myers - drums
Gary Reed - piano on Phonic Voyage
Guests:
Greg Witt - guitar, keyboards
Paul Cockrum - guitar
Bill Niehoff - drums