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: Never met Crosby...met and toured with The
: Buffalo Springfield though.
:
: My post SAC days started at the end of 1968
: when Randy Seol and I quit the band over a
: disagreement to fire our crooked manager.
:
: We both rejoined the band we were in prior
: to SAC called Waterfyrd Traene, which in the
: interim had changed their name to The Public
: Bubble.(they once opened for SAC and LOVE at
: the Hullabaloo in Hollywood where Arthur Lee
: asked Their flute player Steve Bartek to
: come up and Jam with LOVE) That name then
: changed to Buffington Rhodes. (Named after
: Stephanie Buffington, Arthur Lee's
: girlfriend and muse for the song Stephanie
: Knows Who).
:
: After a year of solid rehearsal and writing
: we debuted at the Shrine Exposition Hall
: opening for Procal Harum, The Chicago
: Transit Authority and non other than Arthur
: Lee and LOVE.
:
: We played the following week at the Whiskey
: A Go Go opening for Ten Years After, Chicago
: (again) and Alice Cooper.
:
: We went into the studio twice. Once with
: Dave Hassinger and then with Bill
: Lazarus....all the tapes were stolen....we
: never had a release and have never found the
: tapes. The band broke up shortly thereafter.
:
: In 1969 Steve Bartek and I and longtime
: friend Dave Gluck started writing songs
: together...(Steve and I had written many
: songs together prior to SAC which became SAC
: songs.)
:
: We went into the studio with Dennis Dragon
: who I knew from the Beach Boys tours and had
: remained friends with.
:
: We had a band called Calamity...which was an
: appropriate name. It lasted maybe 6 months.
:
: In the 1970's Steve and I got back together
: with Randy Seol and formed an experimental
: jazz rock avant garde ensemble called Little
: Red Rocket. We went into the studio (Wally
: Heider's) and recorded several songs for an
: odd show called Capt. Ben Schlosberg's
: Magnificent Balloon Uprising! One of the
: tracks was used as ABC In Concerts theme
: during the 1974 California Jam. We also
: appeared in that show...with the
: Balloon...don't ask!
:
: We later wrote a 26 song rock musical about
: PT Barnum called Barnum. We shopped it
: around untill our idea was stolen and turned
: into a saccharine Broadway musical...dreck!
:
: In the late 70's I ended up playing with a
: slew of country acts...it started with one
: gig in San Diego where bass player Bob
: Mosely asked me to fill in for him while he
: went on tour with Neil Young...I did that
: circuit until 1980 or so.
:
: But, in 1979 Bartek and I teamed up again
: with a female singer - song writer named
: Bascha (aka Beth Marlin Leichter). Along
: with guitarist James Harrah and drummer Brad
: Swanson and keyboardist Clay Benard we
: formed Speed Bumps. This band recorded some
: 50 tracks with Dennis Dragon. Beth was
: financing the whole shebang. We nearl got
: signed to A&M records when the bottom fell
: out. Beth had signed with a management
: company that the record company didn't like
: and the Danny Elfman told A&M that he didn't
: want Bartek to be playing in Speed Bumps
: anymore. Oingo Boingo was about to bust
: loose.
:
: In 1982 Mark Weitz, Lee Freeman, Gene
: Gunnels, Leo Gaffney and myself did a show
: at a local club called the Music Machine as
: The Strawberry Alarm Clock. They had put an
: ad in the paper saying "coming
: soon"...we thought WTF...and called the
: club...they said they were hoping we'd call.
:
: Mark decided he didn't want to do it anymore
: and Leo and Gene also bowed out.
:
: Lee and I called Randy Seol and got James
: Harrah on guitar and then Peter Wasner on
: keyboards.
:
: In 1983 we played at Harrah's in lake Tahoe
: for a week. Also on the bill was Sammy Davis
: Jr and Loretta Lynn...go figure.
:
: Anyway, SAC played fairly regularly
: throughout the 80's and 90's.
:
: After Harrah left to go on tour with
: Madonna, guitarist and Walton's cast member
: Jon Walmsley came on board along with Public
: Bubble drummer, Bruce Hubbard. Jon left to
: tour with Richard Marx.
:
: Clay Benard came in on Keys along with Howie
: Anderson on guitar and in 1987 we made a
: national appearance on Solid Gold.
:
: We were in and out of the studio mostly with
: Dennis Dragon and got a song called Love
: Story on an album called Footprints for
: world hunger.
:
: In 2001 we played a show in San Diego with
: Moby Grape and others. We had Bruce on
: Drums, Randy Seol on vibes and drums, Gene
: Gunnels on percussion along with Lee, Howie
: and I.
:
: There was a bunch of time off after that.
:
: In 2003 Paul Marshall asked if we would do
: a show at Amoeba Records in Hollywood to
: herald the release of the Beyond the Valley
: of the Dolls DVD.
:
: So, Paul, Lee, Randy, Gene, Steve and Howie
: and I played.
:
: More time off...Lee was in Ill health. He
: had all sorts of complications from his
: alcohol abuse and smoking...bad shape.
:
: In 2005 we were approached by PBS and TJ
: Labinsky to appear on a special they were
: doing. We contacted Ed King, Greg Munford,
: Mark Weitz, Randy and Steve and we all
: agreed to do it. When the contracts were
: deliverd via FedEx for us to sign they did
: not include our agreed upon requests. when
: we questioned them they said we'd have to
: take their word for it. Ed King told them on
: the phone that "We Pass"!
:
: In 2006 Randy, Steveand I started writing
: and recording some stuff. I said we should
: call Mark and Howie and Lee and do SAC.
:
: A show came up in Philly with the Vanilla
: Fudge and the Iron Butterfly...we were all
: set to do it but the agent that got us the
: gig went nuts on the promoter and they
: cancelled us out of the show.
:
: In 2007 Roger Ebert called us and asked if
: we could get the original SAC lineup to play
: at his 9th annual overlooked film festival
: in Champagne, Ill. He said they'd do
: whatever it takes to make it happen.
:
: I called Ed and we decided it would be a fun
: reunion.
: We called Paul Marshall as it was his songs
: in the movie and Gene Gunnels called to say
: he wanted to come too.
:
: We had 9 people on stage...including a very
: sick Lee Freeman.
:
: The show was a success.
:
: We ended up playing allot of shows that year
: and then began recording our album, Wake Up
: Where You Are.
:
: Soon Lee was too ill to do anymore shows so
: we carried on without him.
:
: Steve had to leave the band in 2010 as his
: work with Danny Elfman on film scores and
: other projects were too much for him to
: handle. Not to mention we were using his
: studio to rehearse and record in.
:
: He finished the album with us and it was
: released in Feb. 2012.
:
: We continue to write, record and do shows if
: we feel we like the venue or cause.
:
: We played The LOVE RIDE 29 on Oct. 21st 2012
: and we recently played at the Saban Theater
: in Beverly Hills for a Roger Ebert Tribute
: where the screened the movie BTVOTD.
:
: We have rehearsals today and tomorrow....new
: material coming
: --Previous Message--
: I know that the original band Disbanded in
: 1971 and made a brief comeback circa
: 1975.What sorts of endeavors were you guys
: up to when you weren't jamming
: together?Other bands or just general
: business interests?Also,ever by any chance
: encounter David Crosby much up and down the
: strip back in the day?
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