News:
There's a group on Facebook for Right Or Happy!

This news is a little old now, but Ryan Adams posted his top albums of 2011 on Facebook in December and Zeitgeist/The Reivers' "Translate Slowly" got a nice review (despite the error crediting Kelly Bell with bass on the album) as one of his longtime favorite, formative albums:
Dec. 21:
"#5 DRA [note- "DRA" stands for David Ryan Adams]-Album of the Year.... The Reivers..."Translate Slowly"....... The Reivers spin some kind of hypnotic weave of two guitar patchwork that instantly draws you in and settles you. They share two vocalists, John Croslin- like Lou Reed if he were from Texas and probably enjoying a stoney afternoon drive to a bowling alley someplace in Texas, and Kim Longacre- endlessly cool in her observations and sexy in her verse without even trying (don't get me started-)... this is a band the world didn't deserve. They could write entire records about houses and probably did and you would cry like a little baby. Kelly Bell plays bass on this ( i think ) and the steady and rad Garrett Williams played the drums.
I think pretty much my first three years making music was trying to emulate the cool and laid back vibe of this band. When they went for excitement it was still so believable and the melodies and the rushing tones would drag me in. This record starts and it sounds like you entered a surprise party. Never leave home without it. Endlessly great."

Upcoming Shows:

  • None currently scheduled.

See the 2011 archive and 2010 archive for info. on recent shows.

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The band has been in the studio recording off and on, but there's no word on any completion date for the album.

There are new official Reivers shirts for sale - there are still some left. If you're interested in getting one, send an email to kickwoodmusic(at)gmail.com with the size you want. They're $20 each, including shipping in the continental U.S. (more elsewhere).

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Brief Summary of the Last 20 Years (Or, What Have The Reivers Been Up To Since They Broke Up in 1991?):

All the band members, to some degree, have been involved in music since the band called it quits originally. John Croslin, especially, has stayed in the music world as a very prolific producer and engineer and also co-founded a band called Fire Marshals of Bethlehem. Cindy Toth has played in a variety of Austin bands, while Kim Longacre and Garrett Williams have only sporadically recorded over the years. More detail is available in the members' individual discographies on this site:
-John Croslin
-Kim Longacre
-Cindy Toth
-Garrett Williams

In 2001 Kim, Cindy, and Garrett played together as part of the ad-hoc band 86'd at Austin's SXSW music conference (see News Archive Pre-2002). The Reivers fully reunited for a performance at John Croslin's 2002 wedding (see News Archive 2002). The albums Saturday and End of the Day were remastered and rereleased in 2002 with bonus tracks and new liner notes (News 2002-2003). In February of 2008 the band reunited for 2 sold out shows in Austin and have performed occasionally since, before adding a keyboard player (Eric Friend) and changing their name for a second time in August of that year - this time to Right Or Happy.

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About The Website:
This website was founded in April 1998. It's an unofficial website, though the band members are aware of it and are appreciative. It serves mainly as an archive of information about Zeitgeist, The Reivers, and Right Or Happy and a place for news on the musical activities of the individual band members. There is an announcement list at Yahoogroups called StarTelegram that is used to notify of significant updates to the website and any other significant Reivers-related news. (The little "Updates" link up on the top right of this page will also tell of any website updates). There is also a Reivers discussion list at Yahoogroups called theReivers.


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