Target (American band)

In the early 1970s, Jamison was playing in a band called Omaha with Roy Howell. Omaha consisted of Howell (songwriter, electric guitars, mandolins, mandolute), Jimi Jamison (lead vocals), Tommy Cathey (Bass), Walter Polk (Drums), and David Mayo (Tack piano). They had released the song "Open Mind," which was recorded, engineered and quick-mixed by J.R. Williams at Trans-Maximus (TMI) Studio in Memphis. However, several band members wanted to explore the chances of performing original music and ended up backing David Beaver on his Combinations project (released under the moniker D. Beaver). Eventually, they decided to break out on their own and formed Target.[3]

Target started and became an arena local band playing live constantly building up their reputation. Eventually they were signed by A&M Records. They cover the song "99 and Half" on their first album [originally from Sister Rosetta Tharpe and her mother (Katie Bell Nubin) with Sam Price Trio in 1949]. The group's Free- & Lynyrd-Skynyrd-influenced sound went down well live, but this didn't translate into the kind of record sales that had been hoped for.

The second album (Captured, 1977) saw the band's sound become a little more sophisticated and expansive, and the band went out on tour once more, playing with Boston on this occasion. However, A&M were unimpressed by the sales figures for Captured and dropped Target from their roster. Target struggled on without a record deal until the early 1980s, before finally calling it a day. They won many loyal fans over their time together, and continued to pack venues down the years whenever there was the occasional Target reunion (as in 1989).[4]

In Range was recorded in the autumn of 1979: it took the band about two to three weeks to do this third album and it was released by Scape Music Label in 2017.