I Can See Clearly Now Recorded 1999 by Jon & Joe Fussinger as The Highland Band 2:24
Shine The Light From End of the Line CD: Originally written circa 1986 by Jon Sheffield, this song features Les on lead guitar/drums, Jon on lead and backing vocals/acoustic guitar/bass. In 1999, I added backup and other percussion tracks and also cleaned up and added effects to the original 2 tracks. 3:22
Thats My Girl From End of the Line CD: Originally written and recorded circa 1986 by Jon Sheffield, this song was rerecorded by the short lived Highland Band in October 1999. It features Jon Sheffield on guitars/lead and backing vocals/bass, Joe Fussinger on drums/backing vocals/tambourine, Joy Fussinger on backing vocals 2:24
Wasting Time From End of the Line CD: Written in August of 1999 by Jon Sheffield and recorded with Joe Fussinger and Jon Sheffield that same year 3:05
Another Closed Door From End of the Line CD: Written in 1999 by Jon Sheffield and Joe Fussinger. Lyrics by Jon Sheffield & Joe Fussinger. 3:03
Innocent Eyes From End of the Line CD: Originally written circa 1985 by Les Soltecsz, this song featured Les on rhythm guitar, Jon Sheffield on drums/backing vocals/tambourine/maracas, Rick Warsing on Lead Guitar, Brett Schultz on Bass. In April of 2000, I removed all tracks except the lead guitar and some of Les's rhythm guitar and rearranged and rerecorded all other tracks featuring Joe Fussinger on drums. The lyrics were rewritten by Joe Fussinger. 3:30
Leaving Me Blue From End of the Line CD: Written in August of 1999 by Jon Sheffield and Joe Fussinger, this song features Jon on Lead and backing vocals/lead, rhythm and bass guitars, oh and cow bell. Joe Fussinger on drums/backing vocals. The lyrics were also rewritten from the concept version by Joe. This version was recorded April 16, 2000. 2:17
Time Goes By From End of the Line CD: Written circa 1986 by Jon Sheffield. Originally recorded with Joe Fussinger circa 2000 3:46
It's Me From End of the Line CD: Written circa 1984 by Jon Sheffield. This was originally called "You'll See" but was rewritten in 1999 to this version. 3:11
End of the Line From End of the Line CD: Written in October of 1999 by Jon Sheffield and Joe Fussinger, this song features Jon on Lead and backing vocals/lead, rhythm and bass guitars, Joe Fussinger on drums/backing vocals. This song was written about a bar that was once in the Cincinnati area called the End of the Line where people would take the trolley into Cincinnati and where it turned around in northern Kentucky, this bar was at the end of the trolley line. 2:56
Just a Closer Walk Recorded in 2000 by Jon and Joe Fussinger as The Highland Band 3:12

The Story

The Highland Band was formed around 1999 and only stayed together for a period of about 6 months. Originally named the IMTA band as a joke from Jack Fussinger’s (Joe’s brother) old club from the 70s “International Marijuana Tokers Association”, at Joe’s suggestion it was renamed Highland Band to commemorate the street our grandparents lived on. This band only played one live gig at Three Cheers Bar in Hebron Kentucky. After disbanding, Jonathan Sheffield and Joe Fussinger continued recording original songs and released a CD called The End of the Line under the Highland Band name and then joined other band members Mike Wyric and Bob Fancher to form the Mystic Creek band.

Highland Band

Artists : Joe Fussinger, Jonathan Sheffield, Joy Fussinger
Genre : Classic Rock

Jonathan Sheffield: Bass Guitar, Lead/backup Vocals
Joy Fussinger: Guitar, Lead/backup Vocals
Joe Fussinger: Drums, backup vocals

The only known recording made with all 3 members of this group is this original song That’s My Girl – the Highland Band version on this page.

From Joe Fussinger September 2021:
That brings back a lot of fantastic memories. I’ve played in several bands since our days together but never had more fun than those days writing and recording those songs.
My two favorite songs we recorded weren’t even any of our originals but instead were I can see clearly now, and Just a closer walk with thee. If you remember on Just a closer walk, I had Tanya who sang backups along with me, I recorded both Tanya and myself singing different verses at the same time you sang the last verse. I love that arrangement.
Had a blast recording with you Jonathan.