On October 19, 2002 an Athens Music Reunion celebrating music from the 60's, 70's and 80's was held at Nelson Commons on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

From the musty archives...

Here's a sampling of old Bare & Reichley flyers, photos and a few odds and ends from the late seventies music scene in Athens, OH. [Click on the thumbnail images to open the full-sized versions in a new window.]

Drawn by Donna Neher, Randy & I got a lot of mileage out of this flyer. This and a few others on this page were for our Athens farewell gig on Aug. 24, 1978.	Randy & I ran an open stage at the Back Door for a while. Don't even ask about "Thundering Lizards."
One of our uglier flyers, this one undoubtedly helped fill the room at the Frontier Room, may it rest in peace. Actually, it's still there, still a nice room, but no more beer.	Another of the farewell flyers, this one featured the Woolworth's photo booth shots that we invested in when we saw that our careers were about to take off.
OK, maybe this is the ugliest of our flyers. But, hell, it was just for Mr. Bojangles where we always drank up our earnings in Goebel beer.	You couldn't beat Swanky's for creature comforts. Ivan Faske spared no expense on that front. He borrowed a few of my mike stands one night when Iron Butterfly played there. I never saw them again.
I had top billing on this gig with Kim Richey, but I'm sure that alphabetical order was the deciding factor. She did call me "Mr. Keith", though.	Randy and I sat in with Milena's band for this Zanesville gig. Some of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band sat in on our last set after they finished up at Muskingum College.
I'm not alone in my belief that the Hotcakes were about the best band ever to hit Athens. I have no idea why I have their 8x10 glossy, though. If I did steal it (and I'm not saying I did) it's only because I had never seen a real 8x10 glossy in Athens, and I really liked how shiny it was. I believe this shot was taken in Stewart, Ohio, near the community cow pasture in the center of town.	I can't believe I still had the originals of these Woolworth's photo booth shots. My teenage son nearly choked laughing when he saw mine.
These ads were from the classified section of the April 1, 1977 O.U. Post -- April Fool's edition. That issue had headlines such as "Director of library hopes to have relations", and "Era ends for local hand-release parlor."