Blackfoot are a Southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. They were formed in 1972 and were contemporaries of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and tried for years to make it as a Southern rock band, although they were more popular as a hard rock outfit[citation needed]. They had a number of hit albums in the 1970s and early 1980s before their popularity started to wane. They had broken up by 1984, though not before former Uriah Heep keyboardist/songwriter Ken Hensley had joined the group during their last couple of years together. Frontman Rickey Medlocke revived the name in 1987 with a new backing group and released two additional albums ("Medicine Man" and "After The Reign"). In 1996 Medlocke disbanded the group, and joined Lynyrd Skynyrd. In 2004 a second resurrection of Blackfoot took place with founding members Jackson Spires, Greg Walker and Charlie Hargrett. Medlocke was not available, however, a... Leia mais