Never heard of a guitar pop band from Kentucky.

I don’t know much about this U.S. state to be honest. Sure you can joke and say everyone knows KFC. But I am talking about music. Especially the type of music that interests me.

So I was surprised when I found that sometime in the 80s there was a four-piece called The Side that released a 7″ by themselves. An EP of four songs: “Jimmy” and “Burnt Pages” on the A side and “Watching the World” and “The Forgotten” on the B side.

Thanks to Youtube I have listened to just one of the tracks, “Watching the World”, which sounds great.

The uploader mentions that he thinks the band hailed from a town called Bowling Green. It looks like a very nice town. The biggest city, closer to it, is Nashville in Tennessee.

About the band we know a few details thanks to the back of the record sleeve.

It tells us that they were formed by Christian Breeding on bass and backing vocals, Scott Stewart on drums and backing vocals, Tommy Shriver on lead guitar and backing vocals and Robert Allen on guitar and lead vocals.

All of the songs were recorded and mixed at Midsouth Recording Studio in Woodburn, Kentucky. They were engineered by Stephen Webber and were mastered at Nashville Record Productions.

That’s all there is. Anyone can help me with more info about them? Anyone seen a copy of this record at all? Seems rare!

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Listen
The Side – Watching the World