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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Gregory Heath Business Records, 1971-2007

Sub-Series 1: Client Files

Sub-Series 1.1: Subject Files

Box 1

Folder 1: Antics - Taylorville, 1988-91

Folder 2: American Grand, 1991-92

Folder 3: Automatics, The, 1988-89

Folder 4: Avenger Rocks, 1987-88

Folder 5: Bar Hoppers, The, 1988-89

Folder 6: Beep'rs, The, 1991

Folder 7: Street Talk, 1987-88

Folder 8: BLTs, 1986-88

Folder 9: Trademarks, The, 1988

Folder 10: Celebration!, 1988-90

Folder 11: Centerfield, 1986

Folder 12: Chrade, 1987-91

Folder 13: Class Reunion, 1989

Folder 14: Clockwork Orange/Tight Squeeze, 1987

Oversize material removed to Box 3, Folder 2.

Folder 15: Crazy Johnny, 1989

Folder 16: Curb Service, 1987-89

Folder 17: Double Barrel, 1987

Folder 18: Faded Blue, 1989

Folder 19: Finchley Boys, 1970s

photograph

Folder 20: Flatland, 1987

Folder 21: Flashback, 1988-91

Folder 22: Freddy and the Freeloaders, 1988-90

Folder 23: Full House, 1990

Folder 24: Ground Zero, 1991

Folder 25: Greely Wit, 1991

Folder 26: Hathaways, The, 1990

Folder 27: High Sierra, 1987-92

Folder 28: Hot Set Up, 1990-91

Folder 29: Head Band, undated

Folder 30: Illinois Band - Don Markem's Band, Champaign, 1987

Folder 31: Incogneatos, The, 1986-88

Folder 32: Jenkins, 1987-91

Jenkins Bros. also known as: Bad to the Bone, The Blue Pharoahs, Boneshakers, The Boulevards, The Cheating Hearts, Jinks, Jinx, Silver Shadow

Folder 33: Jungle Dogs, 1991

Folder 34: Late Show, The, 1989-92

Folder 35: Love Rhino, 1987-88

With Big Larry Williams. Also known as "Big Rhino."

Folder 36: Lu George Band, The, 1988-92

Folder 37: Louis Michael, 1994

Folder 38: Mad John Fever, undated

Folder 39: Mighty Pranksters, 1988-91

Also known as Jambanna.

Folder 40: Mistress, 1989-91

Folder 41: Mogan, 1970s

Folder 42: Mickey & the Memories, 1985

Folder 43: Nightriders, 1988-90

Later known as Crossroads.

Folder 44: Nix 86, 1987-88

Folder 45: Pagan, undated

Folder 46: Pat Thomas, 1987-88

Folder 47: Pork, 1989-91

Folder 48: Q-Publik, 1987-92

Folder 49: Ransom, 1990

Folder 50: Red Hot & Blue, 1987-88

Folder 51: Red Shoes, 1986

Folder 52: Reebs, The, 1987

Folder 53: Rough Mix, 1986-87

Folder 54: 180 Band, The, 1987-88

Folder 55: Rhythm Kings, The, 1991

Folder 56: Runner, 1990-91

Folder 57: Route #1, 1991-92

Folder 58: Showcase, 1987-90

Folder 59: Silver Nickel, 1986

Folder 60: Silvertones, 1989-92

Folder 61: Stoney Mountain, 1990

Folder 62: Straightshooter, 1986

Folder 63: Skutlebut, 1990

Folder 64: Skeeter-Z, 1990-91

Formerly known as Eclipse.

Folder 65: Southbound, 1986-88

Folder 66: Southern Transfer, 1989-90

Folder 67: Sundowners, 1986-89

Folder 68: Taxi-Vazion, 1986

Folder 69: Throbbers, The, 1986

Folder 70: Vagabonds, 1986-1989

Also known as Larry Warren & Country Cookin' Band.

Folder 71: Vicious Rumour, 1986

Folder 72: White Lies, 1987

Folder 73: Woodrose, 1972

Folder 74: WQBC, 1988

Folder 75: Yesteryear, 1987

Also known as Yesterday.

Folder 76: Wildchild, 1991-92

Folder 77: Zello, 1989-91

Formerly known as Thin Ice.

Folder 78: 12 Gauge, 1987-91

Folder 79: 1959ers, 1986

Also called 1959 Old Time Rock & Roll Band.

Folder 80: Disc Jockeys, 1987-92

Contracts with various D.J.s.

Folder 81: Fox, undated

Folder 82: Video Release Contracts, 1986-88

Various artists.

Folder 83: Birth, 1973

Song list.

Folder 84: Odd Bands, 1987-92

Various contracts, correspondence, and song lists.

Box 3

Folder 2: Clockwork Orange

Oversized material from Box 1, Folder 14

Sub-Series 1.2: Colors Unlimited Files, 1970s

Box 1

Folder 85: Business Records and Promo Photos, 1970s

Promotional photographs for All Star Frogs, Apaloosa, Beowolf, Bloody Williamson, Cain, Catfish & Crystal, Fletcher, Gadzooks, Gilbraltor, Haymaker's Riot, HeadBand, Maathias, Mother Goose, Mule, New Life, Pontiac Jones, Shakey Jake, Shastain Cole, Blytham Limited, T.S. Truck, Thunderpussy, 303.

Contracts for Catfish & Crystal, Fletcher, Maathias, Mother Goose, T.S. Truck, Thunderpussy, Bittersweet, Boneyard, K.C. Jones, Jammy & James Trio, Outlaw, Rolls Hardly, Uno.

Contemporary Talent articles on Luther Allison.

Greg Heath Agency (Colors Unlimited) band list: Mother Goose, Pontac Jones, Smoke Signal, Boneyard, Thunderpussy, Outlaws, Cain, Sterling, Catfish & Crystal, Chariot, T.S. Truck, Truth, Slaughterhouse, Effic, Fletcher, Jehova, Maathias, Uno, Head East, Volcano, Spice, Dynoflo, Turtle, K.C. Jones, Marz, Stonewood, Arrow Smith, Gilbralter, Rolls Hardly, Black & White, Molasses, Head Band, Morning Morning, Argus, Birth, Apaloosa Band.

Folder 86: Promotional Materials - Various Bands, 1970s

Promotional materials (mostly photographs but also including band biographies and song lists) for Arem Bay, Argus, Attila, The Aeolian Mode, Aura, Bacon Fat, Birth, Catfish & Crystal, Coyy, D.N.A., Dodge Street Band, Eastern Standard Time, Eden Stone, Epitaph, Exchange, Fetish Farm, Fox, Genesys, Happy, The Hound Dog Band, Infinite Blue, Ivory, Jay Barry Group, [Lil Bo Peep], Mogan, Morning Morning, Mudcat, Odyssey, The Other Side, The Ox, Palmer House, Pezband, Rastus, Riot Squad, Rockin' Robin and the American Teens, Short Stuff, St. James, Stronghold, Storm, tongue, Truck, Virgil Hill, The White Raven, Wildflower, Wonder, Earthquake.

Sub-Series 1.3: Celebrations Files, 1990s

Box 1

Folder 87: Contracts and Promo Photos - Various Bands, 1989-92

Folder 88: Promotional Materials and Photos, 1980s-90s

Folder 89: Platinum Entertainment & River North Studios Promo Kit, 1990s

Folder 93: Promotional Materials and Photos, ca. 1980s-1990s

Sub-Series 1.4: Fundraisers, 1986-2007

Box 1

Folder 90: Rich Roberts Fundraiser - Photos and Press Clippings, 2005, 2007

Folder 91: Rich Roberts Fundraiser - VHS tapes, 2005

Folder 92: Special Olympics Concert - Photos & Press Clippings, 1986

Sub-Series 2: Videos, 1980-1999

Box 2

Item 1: Farm Aid VHS, Part 1, undated

Item 2: Farm Aid VHS, Part 2, undated

Item 3: Farm Aid VHS, Part 3, undated

Item 4: Special Olympics Concert VHS - 2 Mystery Bands, 1986

Item 5: Special Olympics Concert VHS - Nightslayer, Taxi-Vazion, 1986

Item 6: Special Olympics Concert VHS - Red Shoes, Nightslayer, Taxi-Vazion, 1986

Item 7: Special Olympics Concert VHS - Tearz, Danny Odum, 1986

Item 8: Special Olympics Concert VHS - Taxi-Vazion; fireworks show; C02; band with singer Cathy Rudd, undated

Item 9: Special Olympics Concert VHS - Southbound, Rough Mix, WQBC Copy, Crowd Video, 1986

Item 10: Special Olympics Concert VHS - CO2, Tearz, Mystery Band, undated

Item 11: Special Olympics Concert VHS - Danny Odum, Head East Jam, undated

Item 12: Special Olympics Concert VHS - Crowd Video, Southbound, Rough Mix, 1986

Item 13: Special Olympics Concert VHS - Mystery Band, Various Artists, 1986

Item 14: Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows VHS, 1986

Item 15: The 59 Band VHS, undated

Item 16: High Sierra Band VHS - Right Stuff Video Promotion, 1986

Item 17: Chrade/Big Richie VHS, undated

Item 18: Celebrations Band Videos VHS #1 - Variety and Top 40, late 1980s-early 1990s

Centerfield, Straightshooter, Southbound, Curb Service, BLTs, 12 Gauge, Red Hot & Blue, Pat Thomas Band, Bad to the Bone, Illinois Band, Showcase, Hot Set Up

Item 19: Celebrations Band Videos VHS #2, late 1980s - early 1990s

12 Gauge, BLTs, Curb Service, Hot Set Up, Red Hot & Blue, Straightshooter, Curb Service (different band).

Item 20: Celebrations Band Videos VHS #3, late 1980s

Chrades, 12 Gauge, Showcase, Flashback, Pat Thomas, Red Hot & Blue, Class Reunion, Faded Blue, Nightriders. Also includes 2 minutes of Die Hard 2.

Item 21: Big Twist, Shy Rock DVD, 1987

Item 22: Special Olympics Concert DVD - Southbound, WQBC, 1986

Disc does not play in all DVD players.  Access copy in same box, created by Library Preservation, November 2014.

Item 23: Special Olympics Concert DVD - Red Shoes, Nightslayer, Taxi-Vazion, 1986

Disc does not play in all DVD players.  Access copy in same box, created by Library Preservation, November 2014.

Item 24: Special Olympics Concert DVD - Mystery Band #1, 1986

Disc does not play in all DVD players.  Access copy in same box, created by Library Preservation, November 2014.

Item 25: 59ers DVD, undated

Item 26: Videocassette - BLT, 12 Gauge, Signs, Curb Service, undated

Item 27: Videocassette - Rough Mix, Vicious Rumour, Street Talk, Signs, Curb Service, Crazy Johnny, Red Hot & Blue, Hot Set Up, undated

Item 28: Videocassette - Jenkins, Incogneatos, Pat Thomas, Illinois, Straightshooter, undated

Item 29: Videocassette - Class Reunion, Faded Blue, Nightriders, Curb Service, undated

Item 30: Videocassette - 12 Gauge, undated

Item 31: Videocassette - Showcase, Last Chance, Sundowners, Eclipse, undated

Item 32: Videocassette - Q-Public, Street Talk, 180 Band, White Lies, Yesteryear, undated

Item 33: Videocassette - Jenkins Bros, Double Barrel, Illinois, Chrade, undated

Item 34: Videocassette - Showcase, Celebration, Flashback, Chrade, Signs, Incogneatos, Blanche Talley, undated

Item 35: Videocassette - unlabeled, undated

Folder 1: Documentation for Celebrations Videos, 1980s-90s

Handwritten notes by Gregory Heath.

Item 38: Scobby Doo VHS - Nix 86, Mabels, 1986

Sub-Series 3: Business Contact Information, 1971-2005

Box 2

Item 36: Business cards, undated

Item 37: Address book, 1970s-2000s

Folder 2: Address book - loose items, undated

Folder 3: Addresses and phone numbers - legal pad, undated

Series 2: Gregory Heath Personal Papers, 1971-2006

Sub-Series 1: Personal Memorabilia, 1971-2015

Box 1

Folder 94: Peppermint Rainbow Band Photo, ca. 1960s

Folder 95: Articles By or About Greg Heath, ca. 2007

Folder 96: Buddy Guy Blues Photo, 1998

Folder 97: Press Clippings - Danville Music Scene, ca. 1960-2000

Folder 98: Alexander Wayne Jenkins Obituary, 2020

Folder 99: Chief Illiniwek vol. 1, iss. 1, Fall 1998

Box 2

Folder 4: Press Clippings - Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows, 1970s-2000s

Folder 5: Press Clippings - Daily Egyptian (SIU Carbondale newspaper), 1971-73

Folder 6: Press Clippings - Celebrations Agency, 1980s-90s

Includes photos and personal notes.

Folder 7: Press Clippings - REO Speedwagon, 1972-73

Folder 8: Press Clippings  - Tons 'O' Fun Band, 2006

Folder 9: Stage Crew Specifications, 1988

Charlie Daniels Band, Danville Civic Center, Special Olympics Benefit

Folder 16: Concert and Festival Flyers, 2003-2015

Flyers from 2003 Sweetcorn Festival; 2014 Gifford Tornado Relief Concert; 2014 Champaign County Fair; 33rd Annual Vietnam and All Veterans Reunion, Kokomo, Indiana; K Rockfest (undated).

Folder 17: Photographs of Bands, 1970s-1980

Photographs of "1959" The Old Time Rock n Roll Band; The Varieteers; The Stone Country Band; Dynaflo, and Another Lick.

Folder 18: Photographs and Notes, 1971-2013

Including copy of Greg Heath email (2005); List of Greg "Flea" Heaths Bands (some) Colors unlimited, Carbondale, IL (1971); Photograph of Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows (1970s); and miscellaneous personal photographs and copies of photographs, with notes (1971-2013).

Folder 19: Luchenbach, Texas - photographs and information, 2015

Folder 20: Willie Nelson photograph and flyer, 1989

From Sept. 1, 1989 Willie Nelson and Family show at Danville Civic Center.

Box 3

Folder 4: Press Clippings, 1984-2014

Copies of miscellaneous press clippings regarding Greg Heath, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mike Massa, Concert in the ParkING Lot, Music at the Landing, Blues at the Crossroads, and Phases of the Moon Music and Arts Festival.

Folder 5: Photographs (copies), 1949-2014

Copies of photographs and notes regarding musicians, bands, and concerts, including Ruby Jones, "Ruckus" Band (1979-1983), Griz Fest 2014, Special Olympics Concert, and Willy Nelson Concert (1989).

Folder 7: Concert Posters and Photographs, ca. 2013-2015

Sub-Series 2: Sound Recordings, 1957-1980s

Box 2

Folder 10: The Buckinghams - Kind of a Drag/You Make Me Feel So Good, 1966

Folder 11: The Cobras - Try/Goodbye, 1966

Folder 12: Jim Foley - My Isle of Golden Dreams/He'll Only Hurt You, undated

Folder 13: One-Eyed Jacks - Sun So High/Love, 1970

Folder 14: The Shades of Blue - Not the Way Love Should Be/You Must Believe Me, 1967

Folder 15: Larry Williams - You Bug Me, Baby/Bony Moronie, 1957

Reel 1: Scott Davis, Undated

Acetate Tape Reel; R D Studio, Champaign IL

Reel 2: Keith Harden - Latin Satin, Stand Up (Unedited), Undated

Acetate Tape Reel; Kieth Harden - Lead and background vocals, all guitars; Rick Cummings - Drums and humor; Bobby Durham - Bass; Rob Berry - Clarinet, Fender Rhodes, Marimba, Conga; John Van Halla -Trombone; Frank Slavato - Trumpet; Mike Sutherland - Sax; Horns arranged by Rob Berry.

Box 4

Item 1: 1959 (The Old Time Rock N Roll Band) - Vol. 1, ca. 1985

12 inch LP

Item 2: Dan Fogelberg - Souvenirs, 1974

12 inch LP

Item 3: Finchley Boys - Everlasting Tributes, 1972

12 inch LP

Item 4: Head East - A Different Kind of Crazy, 1979

12 inch LP

Item 5: Pork Live!, 1980s

12 inch LP

Item 6: REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity, 1980

12 inch LP

Item 7: REO Speedwagon -  You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish, 1978

12 inch LP

Item 8: Starcastle, 1976

12 inch LP

Item 11: John Philip Sousa Marches in Dixieland Style by Bob Crosby, 1950

33 1/3 RPM 10 inch Disc

Item 12: Flathead 6 - Bad Spell, 2006

Compact disc.

Item 13: Punky Ice - Ice on the Keys, undated

Compact disc.

Sub-Series 3: Posters, 1972-2006

Box 3

Folder 1: Posters and Flyers, 1972-2006

Posters, flyers and photos relating to Vermilion County Handicapped Association, Red Lion Inn Reunion, Special Olympics Concert at the David S. Palmer Civic Center, Iliana Bluegrass Association, 12th Annual Skin & Scoot and Hot Rods, Balloon Classic Illinois (June 9-11, 1989), Septemberfest 1991, Finchley Boys - Everlasting Tributes,  REO Speedwagon & Mark Almond concert (Apr. 22, 1972), Down Home, and Willard Cratchlow Band with handwritten note by Gregory Heath.

Folder 2: Red Lion Reunion Memorabilia, 2006

Includes Red Lion 40th Anniversary matchbook and coaster.

Folder 3: Concert posters and photographs, ca. 2010-2015

Posters and flyers related to Taste of Danville (2012); WOP Heart for Life Memorial Ride (2010-2012); Blues at the Crossroads (2014); Champaign County Fair (2014); Thunder Ride; and Hambone and the Rhythm Monsters.

Series 3: Alan York Papers, 1970-2015

Sub-Series 1: Personal Memorabilia, 1970-2015

Box 1

Folder 100: Correspondence, Texas Festival Programs and Flyers, and CU ROR Festival Program, ca. 1970s-2023

Box 2

Folder 21: Alan York Biography, Photographs, and Correspondence, 1970s-2015

Includes 5-page biography (1992); two photographs (1970s and 2015); and correspondence (2015).

Folder 22: Photographs from Ruby Gulch Bar, circa 1971

Folder 23: Alan York Legal Declaration, 1995

Legal declaration regardng the name "Captain Rat."

Folder 24: Jay Anthony "Tony" Stough Obituary, 2004

Folder 25: The Fabs, 2007-2008

Band flyers and photograph.

Folder 26: The Fabulous Chevelles, 2015

Band flyers and photographs.

Folder 27: "Just Us" Press Clipping, circa 1970s

Folder 28: Albert King Photograph, 1971

Folder 29: The Subterraneans, circa 1992

Band photograph, flyers, press clippings, and song list.

Folder 30: Sunsinger Band, 1974

Band photograph.

Folder 31: The Tyrones, 1990-2015

Photographs (copies), flyers, and narrative about the band.

Folder 32: Uranium Savages, 1990

Press releases and photographs (copies).

Box 3

Folder 6: Poster - Gonzales Main Street Summer Concert Series, 2015

Poster featuring The Fabs, Redneck Jedi, Kyle Wane Kutscher Band, and The Sieker Band. Summer Concert Series in Gonzales, TX.

Sub-Series 2: Sound Recordings, 1972-1985

Box 4

Item 9: Dan Fogelberg - Home Free, 1972

12 inch LP

Item 10: Dan Fogelberg - High Country Snows, 1985

12 inch LP

Item 14: Voices of a Grateful Nation, Vol. 1 Texas Rock, Blues, and Folk, 2008

CD.

Item 15: Voices of a Grateful Nation, Vol. 2 Texas Country and Americana, 2008

CD.