Backroad Woman

The Kansas City Jammers, Geoff Greif, Bob Thompson, and Jasey Schnaars, started playing together at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1969. In 1972, the released their first LP, "Got Good (If You Get It).
In 1972, Geoff got into graduate school in Philadelphia, and it looked like the Jammers were finished. But later that year, Jasey and Bob recorded a 45 rpm single, “Sing Me That Rock and Roll,” which, surprisingly, went to number 20 on the local (Ohio) top 40 charts and became something of a regional hit for the not-really-existent Kansas City Jammers. On the strength of our “hit single, the almost-one-hit-wonder Kansas City Jammers re-united, with Geoff flying in from Philadelphia for various gigs and recording sessions.
These sessions would eventually yield the album, TRACKS, which was recorded in 1973, but never released because Bob got into medical school, and it looked like it was time for the Jammers to become responsible adults, still great friends, but no longer in the music business together.
Two decades or more go by, and the Internet comes into existence, allowing unusual hobbyists from all over the globe to meet and interact with one another, including those folks who collect obscure recordings by “garage bands” of the sixties and seventies. The first time that we learned that people with such interests had become enamored with the Jammers was when a gentleman from Texas purchased one of our LP’s at a yard sale and then proceeded to call everyone with our last names in every area code in and around the Columbus, Ohio, region, eventually reaching me. He offered to purchase a box of twenty-five Kansas City Jammers records for two-hundred and fifty dollars.
Lo and behold, with the advent of Ebay, the price of the 1972 recording of the Kansas City Jammers LP, “Got Good (If You Get It),” shot up. Collectors from as far away as Japan paid over two-hundred dollars per LP. For the Jammers, this was fascinating, flattering, and somewhat difficult to comprehend.
So now, with the continued interest in their music, the Kansas City Jammers have finally decided to publicly release their 1973 album, TRACKS. Hope you enjoy it!