SHIVER rock band Reunion 2012
Dr. Jay Bowman reunited with his high school rock band, SHIVER, for another garage band rehearsal on "Swanson's Farm" in the middle of cornfields and wind turbines in rural Illinois. SHIVER began their regular reunions in 2007 with an eye on performing for their 35th Abingdon High School (Abingdon, IL) class reunion in 2010. We did a two-night stand for the class reunion and also played for a party at The Birches in Kalamazoo, MI (where Jay's Kalamazoo Orthodontics is located). We played the same 3 sets of 70s rock in the same venue (Abingdon American Legion Hall) where we had last performed together 35 years previous.
After the reunion gigs, the boyz from Illinoiz thought that was the end of the road, but au contraire, everyone was on-board for more fun and music. Sadly, our singer, Dave Darmer, suffered a stroke only a few days before our reunion rehearsal in 2012. The other "brothers" soldiered on, rockin' the corn, and preparing for future performances. SHIVER consists of Dave Darmer-vocals, Frank Adrian-lead guitar, talk-box, vocals, Alan Swanson-bass, vocals, Steve Riney-guitar, Lyle Dowell-drums, Jay Bowman-keyboards, vocorder, Kenny Moore-electronics, and Roger Reno-industrial light and magic. Shelley Onion settled in as our surrogate singer while Dave is on the mend.
