The Reatards (in this case just Jay Reatard, really) got some early help from drummer Greg Cartwright and engineer Jack Yarber in getting their early EPs off the ground. Note: The two declined to take the Reatard surname as they already had one... to be continued, I'm sure. Instead of explaining what Greg (guitar, vocals) and Jack (guitar, vocals) went by, let's cover their first mutual band the Compulsive Gamblers, a quintet formed in Memphis at the onset of the nineties.
Together with Bushrod Thomas (drums), Fields Trimble (bass), and Greg Easterly (violin), they played blues and punk inspired garage rock and released three themed EPs without snagging a good record deal for a full length album. They did, however, collect an album's worth of material from previous sessions ironically titled Gamblin' Days Are Over as it saw release two years after the band dissolved.
Jack Yarber was also a member of another band, Johnny Vomit & the Dry Heaves, before the Gamblers. They didn't release much but left a notable impression on the Memphis punk and garage scene.
Here is the discography surrounding Compulsive Gamblers's debut album:
Joker (1992 EP)
Church Goin' (1992 EP)
Chokin' on a Lude (1993 EP as Johnny Vomit & the Dry Heaves)
Gamblin' Days Are Over
Good Time Gamblers (1996 EP)
Thanks for the Ride! (2005 EP as Johnny Vomit & the Dry Heaves)
Running in a Rat Race (2006 EP as Johnny Vomit & the Dry Heaves)
"Sour and Vicious Man" by Compulsive Gamblers
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