John Herdt Music
MP3 files of my music that you can download for free.JOHN HERDT COMMERCIAL CDS
See Discography page for complete list of songs on these CDs.
ICE WATER
DESERT RADIO
PLACES WE LOVED
THE WINTER CANDLE
HORIZON MILES
OCTOBER SKY
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Wishful Thinking
That’s Cool
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SHADOW FADES AWAY
ACROSS THE BORDER
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The Touch
Across the Border
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JOHN HERDT PRIVATE RELEASES
See Discography page for complete list of songs on these CDs.
JOHN HERDT INTERVIEW ON KOOL RADIO, AUGUST 10, 2007
This radio interview was conducted by the great Denny “Big Daddy” Anderson on KKMA Kool 99.5 FM as part of the promo for the 2007 Tommy Bolin Music Festival in Sioux City. Interviewed were guitarist John Herdt and Fest organizer Trace Keane. John plays parts of some Tommy Bolin tunes in the second half of the show.
John Herdt Interview on KOOL Radio, 8-10-07
JOHN HERDT AND BOBBY BERGE
Bobby Berge and I met in 2001 and in the following year I played guitar in his band at the 2002 Tommy Bolin festival in Sioux City. Since then we have done quite a few studio and live recordings together. Bobby played drums on five tracks on my 2004 Gather CD, some of which are available above for MP3 download. Here are some other tunes we worked on. John Herdt: guitars and bass; Bobby Berge: drums. We also have some tracks posted from a live jam at Tom Thorsen’s studio in Brighton, CO recorded during Bobby’s trip to Colorado in 2006. You can check out some tunes from that jam by clicking here.MIRAGE LIVE IN EVERGREEN 1984
I got Mirage together in 1983 after touring with Ruckus playing commercial rock. I wanted to get back into intense instrumental rock. I had written a lot of our material before Mirage, but these guys were such good players that I count the Mirage versions as the definitive ones. This audio is from the last time we played together except for a single reunion show a year later. We played this at Mike’s mountain home in Evergreen, CO, and recorded straight into a cassette deck, the only edits were to cut out pauses between tunes. John Herdt: guitar; Steve VanDewater: guitar; Paul Molnar: bass; Mike Mixter: drums. All material ©1984 John Herdt except “Country Jam” improvised by the band, “Animal Behavior” by Steve VanDewater and “Cover Tune” which was our version of “Put It This Way” by Colosseum II.RARE AND UNRELEASED
Ratchet Jaw John Herdt & Wally Z with Al Robinson
A 2004 single by John Herdt & Wally Z with bassist Al Robinson. John Herdt: guitars; Wally Z: drums; Al Robinson: bass. ©2014 Al Robinson, Wally Z and John Herdt.
Wild Dogs Acoustic Duet (MP3)
Wild Dogs Acoustic Duet (CD Quality)
In August 2004 I bought a new Taylor acoustic guitar and I recorded Tommy Bolin’s beloved “Wild Dogs” just to see how it sounded. As I was listening to the playback I got inspired to overdub a lead track immediately with my Ovation Elite acoustic. John Herdt: guitars.
Morning Papers
I wrote the rhythm guitar and drum part for this tune on April 28, 2007 for a jam with Big Jim Wilson, who was in Denver for a few days from Athens, Georgia. He was too hung over to jam so I finished it myself. John Herdt: guitars, bass and drum programming.
John Herdt With The Naybors 3-8-89
On the evening March 8, 1989 I went to jam with some friends who had a band called The Naybors. They played great original rock songs and some choice covers around the Denver area at clubs like Herman’s Hideaway. This recording was made in their rehearsal space, which was a storage unit on Wadsworth near I-70 in Denver. The Storage Unit of Love we called it. We set up with two microphones going straight into a cassette deck. This is a funk jam that just popped out between some covers. They were more of a song band than a jam band, but they jammed like crazy on this one. All live, no edits. John Herdt: lead guitar; Sean Hedgecock: rhythm guitar; Mark Hedgecock: lead singer, shouts and whistles here; Jay Saperstein: bass; Larry Blackburn: drums.
THE BOBBY BERGE PROJECT LIVE AT THE 2002 TOMMY BOLIN MUSIC FESTIVAL
The 2002 Tommy Bolin Music Festival was held on Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10 at Chataqua Park in Tommy’s home town of Sioux City, IA. Bobby Berge (Tommy Bolin, Buddy Miles) pulled together a band of players from around the country to open the show on Saturday afternoon as the first of six bands including headliner Rick Derringer. I was playing with a broken right hand which resulted from a motorcycle wreck I had a month before this show. We only had one rehearsal, but everyone was well-prepared going in and the rehearsal was productive and lead to a solid show. Bobby Berge: drums; David Hare: vocals; John Herdt: guitar; David Napier: baritone sax; John Birch: alto sax; Sam Irish: bass. Jim Dandy Mangrum and Johnnie Bolin from Black Oak Arkansas sat in on vocals and drums for some songs. Photos from the show are on my Photos Page »