Heartland encompasses a variety of musical influences including Johnny Cash, Alabama, Van Halen, Elvis Presley, AC/DC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Sam Cooke just to name a few.

Each member of the band grew up absorbing a rather diverse musical diet and those varied influences have helped shape the full-bodied, robust sound that defines Heartland's musical persona.

Like all young bands Heartland practiced, performed and dreamed of stardom. However in 1997, they got their first taste of that dream becoming a reality when they performed at the final June Jam, the annual concert held in Ft. Payne each year by country music legends Alabama.

There are six guys in the band and everybody six has different things to look at, everybody has their own little thing and everybody is very good at what they do.

And as opposed to having one focal point, they have six. There are a lot of different things going on. When they get up there, they like to really give people something for their money. It's not like they are just listening to the CD, they are getting the whole package.