The Tiers
The Tiers was a four-person rock cover band operating out of Omaha, Nebraska
from 1967–70.
Personnel
| Jamie Murray | guitar & lead vocals |
| Jim Rhone | bass guitar |
| Dan Corkill | organ |
| Dan Calvert | drummer #1 |
| Burt McMahon | drummer #2 |
| Charlie Rehmeier | drummer #3 |
| Ed Napravnik | bass guitar
(sub for Jim) |
| Wes Rima | equipment manager
/ roadie / lighting
/ bouncer |
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Recordings
All recorded concert and studio material of The Tiers was lost in a
tape-duplication studio break-in in 1970. Ironically, we were having
the reel-to-reel tapes transferred onto cassettes for
safekeeping. However, a single cassette recording of a practice
session from 1969 has surfaced (with Jamie, Dan, Charlie, and Ed
Napravnik preparing to substitute for Jim during the fall sports
season). Here are several “in the rough” tracks from that
cassette:
- Feelin' Alright (initial run-through
with Ed learning our cover of the Three Dog Night version of this Dave Mason classic)
- She Belongs to Me (First-time jam
by the band of this song, again with Ed on bass. This cover of Ricky
Nelson's cover of Dylan became a most-requested slow song. A great
example of why we taped practices: the improvised organ part on the
last verse sounded so good that it became a staple of our cover
version.)
- Birthday (Again with Ed on bass. I can't believe I can still sing that high!)
- I'm Tired (We were! From Savoy Brown, working out arrangement...)
- Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodby (The 70s were coming! Ed was trying to learn his vocal on the fly... We covered the Steam version (the ficticious band name used on the original hit single); the Bananarama cover was more than a decade away.)
- Venus (Working on our cover of The Shocking Blue's hit.)
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Memorabilia
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Last updated:
June 6, 2017
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