Episode #47 - Roots of the Demon - Part 5

This week we continue our in-depth exploration of the individual
musical and life journeys that culminated in the creation of
Night Demon.  We pick up the story in Ocean City, Maryland,
where a chance meeting resulted in Dusty meeting Shane Mac.
Together, the two of them formed New Liberty, an ass kicking riff
rock band hellbent on living the '80s rock star dream. 
After another chance meeting at a singer/songwriter event, New
Liberty were invited to Ventura, California to record a demo.
Still chasing their pipe dream, Dusty and his bandmates piled
into an ancient, decrepit RV and moved cross-country. By chance,
they were slated to record their demo with Armand in his studio.
Armand and New Liberty hit it off famously, both musically and
personally, and Armand joined the band soon after. In this new
configuration, New Liberty developed a strong local following and
played numerous searing gigs, many of which Jarvis attended as a
fan. Meanwhile, Jarvis was pouring his musical energy into Jeff
Hershey and the Heartbeats, exploring different musical terrain,
lifting his musicianship out of a one-dimensional rut, and
learning volumes about other styles of music, showmanship, and
European tour life. Eventually, however, Jarvis began feeling
that the Heartbeats project had run its course and was left
feeling uninspired. At around the same time, New Liberty imploded
when the shifting music industry climate conspired to prevent
them from parlaying their homegrown success into something
bigger. A perfect storm was brewing. The time was nigh for Night
Demon.


 


Become a subscriber today at nightdemon.net/subscriber. This
week, subscribers have access to the bonus content below:


Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats streaming audio tracks &
video

New Liberty streaming audio tracks & video

Shane Mac streaming audio track

New Liberty & Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats live photos



 


New Liberty - https://www.facebook.com/newlibertyband/


New Liberty on ReverbNation -
https://www.reverbnation.com/newliberty


New Liberty "Devil on the Loose" -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441eFjsGNdM


Army of Freshmen "Body Parts" -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1iG6azUPjw


Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats -
https://www.facebook.com/jeffhersheyandtheheartbeats/


Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats on Bandcamp -
https://jeffhersheyandtheheartbeats.bandcamp.com/


Jeff Hershey and the Heartbeats "Knock You Down" -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGFzMoQaR2Y


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