Reid Johnson of the band Schooner joined Aaron Keck on Live & Local this week, ahead of a show at Cats Cradle Back Room to celebrate the twentieth-anniversary re-release of the band’s debut album “You Forget About Your Heart.”

Visit SchoonerMusic.com.

Reid Johnson launched Schooner in the early 2000s with a set of four-track recordings. Shortly thereafter, he formed a full band with Tripp Cox, Billy Alphin, and his sister Kathryn Johnson. It was with that lineup that Schooner released “You Forget About Your Heart,” quickly establishing itself as one of the premier bands of the Triangle’s post-millennium music scene.

“It was kind of a magical time and it was a lot of fun,” Johnson says. “We toured a good bit for the three years that we played together.”

That original lineup dissolved in 2007, but Johnson has kept Schooner going in various forms ever since. Pandemics and computer glitches have conspired to delay a new album, but the band did release a single, “Hang Out On The Bottom,” as recently as 2020.

But now, Johnson and the band are returning to their origins. With a nudge from a friend and record-store owner in Alabama, Schooner is re-releasing that acclaimed debut album – on vinyl now, for the first time ever, packaged with three previously unreleased demos, photos from the period, and liner notes by Grayson Harver Currin.

Purchase the album at 10000HzRecords.com.

And on Saturday, November 2, the band’s original lineup will reconvene together on stage, for the first time in 17 years.

“It’s like riding a bike,” Johnson says. “Of course we were very rusty musically, but it felt like riding a bike, getting back together with everybody.”

Saturdays show will begin at 8:00 p.m. at Cats Cradle Back Room, with Summer Set and Moon Racer opening.

Visit CatsCradle.com for tickets.

Reid Johnson stopped by Live & Local this week to discuss the album and the show. He also played three songs live in the studio: “Carrboro,” “There’s Enough To Do,” and “This Machine Is Running Out.” Listen:

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