Firefall

Firefall
Firefall in 2010
Background information
Origin	Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Genres	Country rock, pop rock, soft rock
Years active	1974–present
Labels	Atlantic Records
Website	Official site
Members	Jock Bartley Mark Andes David Muse Sandy Ficca Gary Jones
Past members	Rick Roberts Larry Burnett Michael Clarke George Hawkins Tris Imboden Kim Stone Johnne Sambataro Chuck Kirkpatrick Scott Kirkpatrick Greg Overton Steve Hadjoupolos Bob Gaffney Mark Oblinger Dan Clawson Bruce Crichton Steve Manshel Bil Hopkins Bray Ghiglia Jim Waddell Bob Fisher Jace Hill Chris Ball Kevin Alban

Firefall is a rock band that formed in Boulder, Colorado in 1974. It was founded by Rick Roberts, who had been in the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Jock Bartley, who had been Tommy Bolin's replacement in Zephyr. The band's biggest hit single, "You Are the Woman", peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard charts in 1976. Other hits included "Just Remember I Love You" (#11 in 1977), "Strange Way" (#11 in 1978), "Cinderella" (#34 in 1977), "Headed for a Fall" (#35 in 1980), and "Staying with It" (#37 in 1981) with female vocalist Lisa Nemzo.

In 1973 Rick Roberts and Jock Bartley first crossed paths when Bartley was on tour with Gram Parsons as a member of his backing band The Fallen Angels. Both The Fallen Angels and Roberts were performing in New York City at the same venue on consecutive nights. After the two were reunited back in their native Colorado, Roberts was impressed by Bartley's guitar work and the duo soon began practicing together. Encouraged to form a band, they contacted bassist-singer Mark Andes (a former member of the bands Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, who had temporarily retired to the mountains outside Boulder, Colorado), and Washington D.C. singer-songwriter-guitarist Larry Burnett, whom Rick had met in his travels earlier that same year, and coaxed them into joining their band, which they christened Firefall in 1974.