Formed in 1972 by J.C. Hartsfield and Perry Jordan, Heartsfield toured throughout the '70's, spreading their infectious brand of foot-stompin', good-time southern rock to Michigan, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, California, Colorado, Georgia, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in a tour de force of 200-300 dates per year. They played every club, festival, concert hall and college campus and were overwhelming favorites on FM radio stations around the country.