| Unfortunately,
I didn't make a practice of saving news items until late 2001
(which, apart from the SXSW semi-reunion, wasn't a big year
for Reivers news anyway). Here are the main stories of that
year:
- From
the June 22, 2001 Austin Chronicle:
"Croslin
the Line":
You've heard the rumors that the newness and sincerity
is returning to Austin, and guess what? they're true! John
Croslin, the Zeitgeist/Reivers founder-turned in-demand producer,
has come back to Austin. "Yes, I'm back in Austex," he e-mails,
"and as far as I know, I'm back for good. (I came back for
the parking.)" Cros says he had a great time in San Francisco,
where he's been living for a couple years now, and is happy
he got to work with, among others, Beulah, John Doe, Carlos,
Mates of State, and For Stars, who are in town next week at
the Mercury with Mark Eitzel. "But I still don't like Barry
Bonds," he adds. No word on any Reivers reunions in the works,
nor of any activity on the part of his previous band, the
Make, for that matter."
- March,
2001 - Reunion:
Kim,
Cindy, and Garrett reunited at the 2001 South By Southwest
Music Conference (SXSW) in Austin as part of an "all-star
revue of Austinites" who had bands in the Eighties. The
temporary band was called "86ed" and included our very own
Kim Longacre and Cindy Toth from Zeitgeist/The Reivers,
plus Mike Hall, Randy Franklin, and Joey Shuffield from
the Wild Seeds, John Dee Graham and Alejandro Escovedo from
the True Believers, Kathy McCarty from Glass Eye, and Steve
Collier from Doctor's Mob. 86ed did a 25 minute set, including
a version of "Freight Train Rain" with Michael Hall on vocals.
Garrett joined the band for the encore of "Sweet Jane",
doing the lead vocals, as he had done way back in the murky
past with The Reivers on the occassions they played the
song. Check out some pictures
from the event and read some articles
about it. Cindy also played bass with Violet Crown during
their SXSW showcase.
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