IT'S ONLY LOVE - Target Live 1989

[Tomcaatt]

last of the local "bigtimers"target ,"southern" creed , larry rasberry and the high steppers keith sykes, big star, and a buncha more ill never remember again ,high cotton , miss kittys, poets , THE COZMIC COWBOY, yosimite sams, POPEYES record room! haha

[Tomcaatt]

CLUB KIZER!

[Tomcaatt]

ALIGAHPOS! yea haha

[Tomcaatt]

Remember the peaches concerts? jimi my brother and i went to messick together.

GREAT group , better than surviver !

[TipperWhore]

Target, the store was back in the 1960's. Google is your friend. Alighapo's was not.

[TipperWhore]

Target, the store was back in the 1960's. Google is your friend.

[sabace]

magic !

[Survivor567]

Im just listening to this because I listen to Survivor and I luv Jimi Jamison's voice but this song is cool :P!

[KIMLWALKER]

Anybody know if Target's albums are available on CD anywhere? I'd kill to get a copy!!

[zolak16]

AWESOME!! Tommy Cathey & Greg Morrow are AMAZING together!! When can we see the whole show??

[BBQkrewe]

JIMI FOR PRESIDENT ! ! ! ! !

[owlman007]

Man, it has been twenty years since this show.

How long until we get to see the rest of the video?

Does anybody know if this was the show where Natchez-

"Smoking Memphis Music" opened the night?

[GretschBluezDrummer]

This is an awsome video, brings back way too many memories. I wish I still had my copies of their LP's, long gone now...Anybody remember the "TNT" concert? Trower "N" Target? Eddie Money opened up for them. What a great show that was. Thanks so much for posting this. I had a friend of mine that used to call up Rick Dees when he was a radio jock in Memphis, and became a regular character on Dees' show. Wow this takes me back. Thanks again!

[staxsrecords]

Jimmy (Jimi) Jamison never sounded better. I remember going to Club Kaiser and High Cotton to see TARGET perform. I know Alex Chilton of the Box Top did pretty well. Big Star went on to be one of the most influential bands. Where has everyone gone. I guess they all went the way of The Shell, Poets Music Hall etc.

[olemempho]

talk about memories! wow.....i loved Target back then and still do today. I remember going to Peaches in Memphis and got a copy of Disco Duck by above poster RickDees77! Wow what good memories. Memphis rocked!

[wshbgwally]

Me and Timbo did the lights for Target..best place was Poets. Jimi had a great apartment in East Memphis...woke up one morning there after a gig...mustard all over my shirt; pants...don't remember a thing. I never saw Jimi again...lol About Buddy..the best guitar player ever out of Memphis. A big road trip in those days was driving to Oxford, MS...lol...what a blast! Me and Tim kept Heineken in business.

[guitarman1960]

Great video. I happened to be at this show. I also caught them many of times back in the 70's every chance I could. I was in a band also and we would cover some of their great songs.

[JimBodie1]

Great performance Jim, wish you the best as always.

Bodie

[Leather66]

Awesome voice! :)

[GVal]

Oh, yeah, I wanted to add that we were in northwestern Washington State! Just about as far away from Memphis as you can get, but the power of TARGET carried all the way across the country! Again, thanks so much for posting this...it just made my freakin' week, hell, Month! Perhaps YEAR!

[GVal]

I was in a band when I discovered the first TARGET album back in '78. I brought it back to the band house and right away we ended up covering "Working Song" and their version of "99 and a 1/2"!! When CAPTURED came out, we covered "Runaway". These guys rocked so hard, we couldn't believe it!! We, had a double guitar attack as well and these two guitarists were um...instrumental (sorry:-) in helping us find our own sound back then. I think I saw them open for Sabbath in Seattle. Weird, huh?

[RICKDEES77]

The guy with the mercedes was probably Buddy Davis, the guitarist. I remember Target at Peaches records 1st anniversary concert in April of 78--also by the lake in Audubon park a couple of times. I played their second album "captured" to death--they were local heroes in east Memphis

[scubadude72060]

Dude, Flashback, wow I was at the Peaches show, in the back lot right? I remember Audubon park show as well, Damn do we know each other? Are you the real Rick Dee's?

[BBQkrewe]

i remember that!!! i think i saw you at the Audobon park pavillion firin' up a fatty in '78!!! we were playin' frisbee golf!

[RICKDEES77]

The guy with the mercedes was probably Buddy Davis, the guitarist. I remember Target at Peaches records 1st anniversary concert in April of 78--also by the lake in Audubon park a couple of times. I played their second album "captured" to death--they were local heroes in east/suburban Memphis

[FLgrl101]

I heard Jimi singing at Audubon Park way back then. The Target album is special with me. I gave it to my 20 year old son this year. He is still trying to find a turntable to listen to it. Thanks for letting him hear it and seet it on you tube! Still rocks!

[mikesvo57]

Wow! I am blown away! I also wore my Target lp, out...then a second copy. But I'm not from Memphis. Would you believe I discovered this band when I was 19, while going through the bargain bin at a local inde record shop in Glendale CA. I took a chance on a cut-out copy (DJ promo copy) and loved it. I also bought Captured the same way. I sure wish there was more....I turned many friends on to this band....Thanks

[bostuckey]

somebody in mempho show me some cobra with jimi and the krokus boys tommy and mannie looking at u looking at me or blood on your money.luv mempho!!!!!

[MichaelBassPlayer]

There have been several times that Memphis Music really had some things going on...but I feel that in the 1980s it sort of all started coming togehter...respect for the fore runners support for each other. "Memphis Memories" is on the right track..there is a great deal of material that wasnt even released from Memphis in the 1980s that would blow you way ...

Stay tuned Michael

[BBQkrewe]

THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!!! Man that brings back the good ol' "daze"!! remember seeing Target at Poet's, Solomon's and Night Moves just to name a few (don't remember some of them all that clearly though lol!!) They were so ahead of their time and didn't get the recognition they deserved. Like the other guy said, I played Target and Captured so damn much I wore them out!!(and I thought the Captured album cover was smokin' LOL!) Jimi's voice was and IS one of the best ever! Thanks for the memories!

[MemphisMemories]

Love the chat going on here! I went to the trouble of posting these clips so folks would get in touch and share their own experiences. Thanks for making it happen.

[MichaelBassPlayer]

I am just waiting to see if you have some footage of Mike Crews doing Drugs on stage ...lol.

Thanks for the Memories ...

Michael Ps Working on a Memphis Music Forum are you interested ?

[ppechak]

Creed was a band with Jimmy Rusadolf on guitar and at one time Bill bass on drums. Great band but not Target.Great time to be in Memphis Tn.

[jaybedwell]

They were actually called Southern Creed at first, then dropped the "Southern" to try and gain more national appeal.

[MichaelBassPlayer]

Just a question ...Anyone remember that before the nation wide Creed that there was a Memphis Creed ? Christ...Target and Creed I owe you guys so much.

Thanks for the music and being who who are ! Michael Hutchison

[HitachiinHikaru]

first of all i would have to dis - agree with your first comment , but thats ok. lol your second comment yes i remember them they are all very good friends of mine with whom i keep in touch with todat. you may want to look up ab band called.. LORD TRACY. this is who the guitarists is currantly playing with. ( jim russidof ) those were the days huh ?

[MichaelBassPlayer]

Yes I am aware of lord tracy. I saw their gigs at the stage stop as 3D. Before they became tracy lords and then Lord tracy because of law suit threats.Of course being a bass player how could I not know about Lord Tracy. Last I heard Wolf was playing for the clut...John Miller,who was the manager for the group I was in was on VH1 talking about it.

[MichaelBassPlayer]

Creed. I had the pleasure of seeing them as well as playing a few shows with them at Club Televison at 380 beale. I completely enjoyed their orginals......but just as important the thought that thhier choice of cover material was very clever. They did one of the best version of coast to coast I have ever heard. Creed was a great band to play with,they were very supportive to us as a "newer" band.

[bostuckey]

if u were a bass player in mem at this time i probably know u.we opened for creed lots at the madison house. remember that.DOUBLE BARREL,AND LATER SEDUCER.THEY ALSO DID THE DOORS RIDERS ON THE STORM&WHITER SHADE OF PALE!!!

[scubadude72060]

the same one with Bobby and Mike B and Kevin on drums ?seems I remember your name?I did their backdrop

[bostuckey]

BO STUCKEY

[mccluth]

Great stuff! I love the two Target albums. Played 'em to death...

[MichaelBassPlayer]

Target Albums were the first idea that one could create orginal music that people would actually listen to in memphis Tn.

[dixiebop]

I was at this concert in '89, which was held at a popular Memphis nightclub. Don't know if it's worth mentioning, but I still have my Target T-shirt I bought that night. They were one one of the best bands that came out of Memphis during this time.

[DORK80SCHRIS]

Too bad Jimi doesn't sing his ass off like that anymore :(

Great vocal!

[loramarie1025]

are ya kidding me? Jimi is a friend of mine and I go see him ALL the time in concert and he STILL rocks...and he does sing his ass off just like that! :)

[montyollie]

You are a friend of his?  OMG I adore him. He can do no wrong. Where does he play these days and under what name? I'd love to see him live!

[theEnglishbeat]

I used to live in a condo complex in east Memphis in the summer of 1983. This character from TARGET ( i think it was the bass player) would drive up to see his girlfriend in a silver Mercedes Sedan wearing orange and white striped pants and a heavy metal t shirt. He looked like one of the guys in Zebra. HA HA!

[pennyloafer]

some high school gym!!

Did Target the store have to pay royalties for the name?

[MemphisMemories]

Gym? Hardly. Club NightMoves, Memphis.

You are correct that the band's name predates the store, tho! Target formed in the very early '70s. The joking reference to their "10 year reunion" refers to it being 10 years after they "graduated" (broke up the band).

[Arehaines]

Target actually existed in Minnesota in the late 60s or early 70s.

[jschaef94]

Can you tell me when this will be coming out on dvd?

[andydear]

Where was this filmed?

[MemphisMemories]

Club NightMoves, Memphis, Tennessee, USA