Teen band from Aberdeen area originally known as the Tradewinds. Members included Jeff Baumgarner (guitar), Jimmy Holwager (guitar), Bob Bartlett (bass), Larry Buck (organ), and Bob Gebhart (drums), with vocalists Mike Heiberger, Eugene Johnson, and Frank Jackson…
They recorded at Ola Belle Reed’s New River Ranch and released a single on Ken-Del Records “J.J. Come Back to Me.” Also released “I’ll Be on My Way” b/w “Make A New Light” on Robert Brown’s CEI Records label.
Missing from photo: Holwager
Bartlett went on to join Dale Coleman’s Expressway, Seventh See, and eventually settled in the Atlanta, Georgia area…
In 2007 the group got together for a well-received performance at their 40th high school reunion, along with other teen rival group the State of Mind.
L-R: Heiberger, Bob Bartlett, David Bartlett, Baumgarner, Buck, Holwager
Baumgarner died of a heart attack in 2008.
1966 Ken-Del 5331 J-J (Come Back to Me) / Can’t Be True
1968 CEI 129 I’ll Be on My Way / Make A New Light
