Heartsfield Nails Oil Co. Execs

The Heartsfield Howdy Newsletter had a bit on a planned run for the presidency and features several planks.

One I found of particular interest was the one on what they wanted oil execs, you know, the GRBs from Big Oil to do.

Oil execs have to submit the following:

a) how many $100,000 cars they have
b) how many homes and get-away homes they have
c) how many $1.5 million plus bashes they throw a year
d) number of solid gold fixtures in their homes
e) annual budget for $4000+ hookers used to influence business and government leaders, especially those Congressional members who influence regulations and tax breaks
f) how many times they laugh on the way to the bank at OUR expense.

Well Put Heartsfield. You've Got My Vote. --RoadDod

Heartsfield's the Band!!! In the Final Four!!!

One of my favorite groups is Heartsfield which is based in the Chicagoland-area. They started playing their country-rock music back in the 1970s and are still going strong.

I have four of their albums and got to see them for the first time this past summer at the Round Lake Beach Fest.

Right now, they are involved in the St. Louis Classic Rock.com's 2008 March Bandness Contest. Out of the 64 bands that started, they are in the Final Four. Competition is rather tough at this level. The other three are Badfinger, the Beatles, and Who!!!

Let's go Heartsfield!!! -- RoadDog

Good Times at Beach Fest 2007

Headed over to Round Lake Beach's new Cultural Center last night to see one of my all-time favorite Country Rock bands, Heartsfield. This was the village's third annual, although they didn't have it last year as the center was still in delayed construction.

There is a permanent stage on the east side of the building and a natural amphitheater. Great place to have a concert.

I had some time to kill so walked the grounds. WRLR FM, the area's low wattage radio station (but they broadcast over the internet) was there and doing a fundraising project. The deejays are not paid and get to do pretty much what they like. There are all sorts of shows from sports, talk, morning zoo., new country, old country, head music, polka, Big Band, and so forth. I enjoy listening to this station and can get it over the air here in Spring Grove, about ten miles away.

About twelve vendors were offering food. I went to one of my favorites, Sammie's, and had a $2 hot dog I'd put right up there with Nathan's. It came grilled to perfection and the bun was as well. Then there was a full array of condiments: sliced and chopped onions, pickle wedge, tomatoes, relish, mustard, and ketchup (no ketchup for me as I had the tomatoes). After my second one, I wasn't too happy to hear the owner say their Sammie Burger was a quarter pound of black angus meat. I wish I'd known that before the second dog.

Sammie's started in Chicago, then moved out to the northwest suburbs with one in Round Lake Beach on Rollins Road (they were formerly at the corner of Rollins and Cedar Lake, but that site is now occupied by a Walgreen's- now who would expect a Walgreen's to build on a corner?). There were four locations, but they sold one recently.

Good Times in My Old Town Where I Lived for 17 Years and Taught for 33. --RoadDog

Off to See Heartsfield

Heartsfield, one of my favorite country rock bands of the 70s are back together, and I'm leaving in an hour to go see them at the Round Lake Beach Fest. I have never seen them before, but really liked them on the FM radio back then. I thought I had at least two of their 70s efforts in my record library, and I had four: Heartsfield, The Wonder of It All, Foolish Pleasures, and Collector's Item. They were on major labels for those: Mercury and Columbia.

Perry Jordan and JC Hartsfield formed the band in 1972. They were a couple of southern boys living in the Midwest and avid fans of the country-rock genre. They broke up in 1986 and reformed in 2000. Only Perry Jordan remains of the original group.

Counting the first run, they claim to have performed for millions of people and have released 9 albums, one of the more recent ones a live performance from the House of Blues in St. Louis.

They also will be playing Sunday at the Arlington Heights Frontier Days.

Their website: www.heartsfield.com

Some of my favorite songs by then, and, as far as I'm concerned, their self-titled debut album is a greatest hits compilation: I'm Coming Home, Hushabye, Music Eyes, Understandin' Woman, and the great The Only Time I'm Sober is When You're Gone (talk about your great country titles!!!). You can hear some of their songs on the website.

I'm Coming Home to Some Great Country Rock. RoadDog