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Sun Sep 10
  • The Factory - Chesterfield, MO
  • 7:00pm

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

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KSHE-95 Presents

THE OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS with THE PAT LISTON BAND

One of country rock's more inventive exponents, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils were formed in 1971 by the songwriting team of John Dillon, Randle Chowning, Larry Lee, and Steve Cash, with Michael "Supe" Granda and Buddy Brayfield completing the line-up. The group was originally based in Springfield, Missouri. Their acclaimed 1973 debut album, recorded in London under the direction of producer Glyn Johns, contained the U.S. Top 30 single "If You Wanna Get To Heaven,” while a second success, "Jackie Blue,” came from the band's follow-up collection, “It'll Shine When It Shines.” A 1978 release, “It's Alive,” fulfilled the band's obligation to A&M Records and two years later they made their debut on CBS Records with new members Buddy Emmons and Rune Walle as part of the line-up.

Following a brief hiatus, OMD were reactivated in the late 1980s by Dillon, Cash and Granda, with Steve Canaday (drums/guitar/vocals) and D. Clinton Thompson (guitar). The resulting album, “Modern History,” found OMD with a new lease on life. The band carried on into the millennium with a new line-up featuring Dillon, Cash, Granda, Ron Gremp (drums) and Bill Brown (guitar/vocals). In 1997 the group recorded and released their first album in many years titled “13.”

In 2000, an effort was begun to reissue all of their works. “Time Warp: The Very Best Of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils,” is a 21 track compilation from all of the A&M studio albums. Following that was a concentrated effort by New Era Productions to accomplish the long-awaited reissue of their individual A&M albums “It’ll Shine When It Shines,” “The Car Over The Lake Album,” “Men From Earth,” “It’s Alive” and “Don’t Look Down.” The CBS (Columbia) self-titled album “Ozark Mountain Daredevils” was released in November 2005, thus completing the reissue series of A&M and CBS recordings. For more information, visit www.ozarkdaredevils.com