As for Robert Hazard…one of my alltime favorites. The Heroes were the first live band I ever saw -September 1986 at JFK Stadium(RIP-remember THAT place?) I have that first 5 song EP on cassette, LP, and CD, a feat that is only duplicated in my music collection by…uh…Wham!-Make It Big(there goes my credibility, right?) I have his other old records on vinyl too. Definitely some fantastic songs on there. A lot of it sounds dated, but then I pretty much still exist in the 80s mentally, so what's the difference? His new solo country/bluegrass/Dylan worship material is actually really good for what it is, not necessarily the type of thing I'm normally into, but he's such a good songwriter, it's hard not to like. It was a shock when he first emerged with it though. I saw his first area show with his new sound and was like “….” for a good part of the show, until he ended with “Darling” and “Out of the Blue” and made me forget anything else had happened. I did have the chance to meet him that night, and my signed Out of the Blue Cd (the first EP plus a bunch of stuff from his other 2 80s records released on cd for the first time) is a highlight of my record collection now. Was very saddened to hear of his death last summer, was always hoping he'd buckle and play a full set of Heroes material someday. Saw The Hooters pay tribute and cover “Escalator” a few months back, and it was excellent and sounded even better than that Atlantic City video. I still spin his old songs at my DJ gigs with some degree of frequency.

As for Robert Hazard…one of my alltime favorites. The Heroes were the first live band I ever saw -September 1986 at JFK Stadium(RIP-remember THAT place?) I have that first 5 song EP on cassette, LP, and CD, a feat that is only duplicated in my music collection by…uh…Wham!-Make It Big(there goes my credibility, right?) I have his other old records on vinyl too. Definitely some fantastic songs on there. A lot of it sounds dated, but then I pretty much still exist in the 80s mentally, so what's the difference? His new solo country/bluegrass/Dylan worship material is actually really good for what it is, not necessarily the type of thing I'm normally into, but he's such a good songwriter, it's hard not to like. It was a shock when he first emerged with it though. I saw his first area show with his new sound and was like “….” for a good part of the show, until he ended with “Darling” and “Out of the Blue” and made me forget anything else had happened. I did have the chance to meet him that night, and my signed Out of the Blue Cd (the first EP plus a bunch of stuff from his other 2 80s records released on cd for the first time) is a highlight of my record collection now. Was very saddened to hear of his death last summer, was always hoping he'd buckle and play a full set of Heroes material someday. Saw The Hooters pay tribute and cover “Escalator” a few months back, and it was excellent and sounded even better than that Atlantic City video. I still spin his old songs at my DJ gigs with some degree of frequency.