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.]

Randy & I got a lot of mileage out of this flyer drawn by our dear friend (and Randy's wife) Donna Neher. This and another 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 old Frontier Room at the old O.U. Baker Center.	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 mic stands one night when Iron Butterfly played there. I never saw them again. Iron Butterfly or my mic stands.
I had top billing on this gig with Kim Richey, but I'm sure that alphabetical order and seniority were the deciding factors. She did call me "Mr. Keith", though. Kim is one of my heroes.	Randy and I sat in with Milena Miller's band for this Zanesville gig. Some of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band sat in on our last set after they finished up their Muskingum College show. I've had worse nights.
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. This shot was taken in Stewart, Ohio, at the one store near the community cow pasture in the center of town. Happy 70th, Pokey!	I can't believe I still had the originals of these Woolworth's photo booth shots. My children nearly choked laughing when they saw these. I expected that.
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."