Wilderness reuniting for benefit concert
In the 1970s, people bought music on vinyl rather than iTunes. Fans couldn’t download singles; they purchased the whole album in a store.
Auto-tuned vocals didn’t dominate the radio waves. Music was simple then.
Waterloo has a chance to go back to those simpler times this Sunday when Wilderness, a late 1960s and early 1970s local rock band, reunites.
Tom Weilbacher, Kurt Haberl, Eric Johnson, Steve Kish and Kevin Kelly are getting back together for a multitude of reasons. The band played all over Monroe County and in Missouri.
Talk of a reunion started because Kevin Kelly’s mother, Jeannette, celebrates her 90th birthday this month. She enjoyed the band and liked to watch them perform. The guys started talking about possibly playing for her.
From left are Tom Weilbacher, Eric Johnson and Steve Kish during their high school days as part of a musical. (submitted photo)Then, they thought it would be a good idea to do the concert as a benefit for the Monroe County History Museum in memory of Deb Johnson, Eric’s late wife. Her family requested donations to the museum.
“It was a little bit hard to find time in our schedules…>>>
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