The Reivers

The Reivers began their existence as Zeitgeist, among the many melodic, jangly pop rings to emerge from the fertile Austin, Tx music community through the 1980s. Led by performers/guitarists John Croslin and Kim Longacre, Zeitgeist debuted in 1985 using the recording Translate Slowly, including their cover of Willie Nelson’s “Blue Eye Crying in the torrential rain.” Soon after the record’s launch, the group was slapped having a cease-and-desist purchase by another music group known as Zeitgeist, a Minneapolis-based percussion ensemble which experienced kept the name much longer; honoring the William Faulkner book, they truly became the Reivers. With Don Dixon generating, the band documented 1987’s Saturday, adopted two years later on by the guaranteed End of your day. 1991’s Pop Beloved was the Reivers’ last record; after their break-up, Croslin continued to create the music group Spoon.