Now….. The moment you have all been waiting for - WE HAVE A NEW BASSIST!!! Jerry Mayal has been rehearsing with us for about 5 months now. He is in an all instrumental progressive band, (along the lines of King Crimson), but was eager to join our ranks as well, after checking out our set list. He hails from Northeast Philadelphia, but now resides in Collingswood, New Jersey. His main influences are Jack Cassidy (Jefferson Airplane; Hot Tuna) Jack Bruce (Cream) and John Entwistle. Can you see how well he fits in? Out of the 5 bassists we auditioned, Jerry meshed the best. And believe me, we auditioned some very accomplished and established bassists. So welcome to the line up Jerry. We hope you stick around for a long, long, time. In the meantime, look for Jerry's official debut with the band in about a month or so, and we will let those of you on our mailing list know when and where.

So, what have we been doing in the off time? Well, actually, there was no time off. We have been in the studio, recording our first full length CD. We hope to have it released by the spring. It will consist of 2 covers and 8 originals written by Mike including 1989's release of "Got Something Good Going", 1996's "Psychedelic Schoolgirl", and the very first original composition release " Kind Of A Funny Song" written way back in 1982, and released in the fall of 1986. All versions were re-recorded with the current or recent line up, but stayed true to original form. Some sessions Chiz was unavailable for, so our good friend and sensational jazz drummer Scott Adams sat in. Listen for Scott on "Psychedelic Schoolgirl" and a remake of Blood Sweat and Tears' "I'll Love You More than You'll Ever Know". And also thanks to our good friend John Treucsh for helping with backing vocals thru-out the album.

We often get asked why we never play in Philadelphia anymore. Well, it was like this: There was an agent who basically had the whole Center City area locked up. If you weren't one of his bands, you did not play. If you were a club owner who used his bands on a regular basis and then decided to use another band who was not with him, he would strong arm you into using his bands only. Therefore, it was virtually impossible for an independent band to play in the city, unless it was a showcase for free. That agent has since passed away about 2 years ago, and the floodgates have been opened within the city for independent bands. So, yes, we will be looking to play back in Philadelphia again. And we will be adding some new material as well returning to our jam songs. What is a jam song? It is one of those songs that go over 6 minutes with the musicians improvising for the bulk of it. Those of you from the old days remember us playing 15 minute versions of Cream's "Spoonful" or Humble Pie's "I Don't Need No Doctor", extended Jams like that. Well, now the format has been broken on the circuit, look forward to us playing a different jam song each night. " Nantucket Sleigh ride" by Mountain, "I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes" by Ten Years After, and Frampton's "Do You Feel Like I Do", will be some of the tunes you can look forward to, as well as performing a concept album ( Tommy, for example) in it's entirety on special nights. So we got a lot lined up in the season ahead of us.

Chiz has assured us that almost everything has been corrected and restored (still just a little bit of tweaking to do), and he even added all the old photo archives, including his 40th Surprise Bash to the gigs page. He also put an updated guestbook on the site so go ahead and sign it!. He are even posted a new message board again, as we love hearing what you guys have to say, as well as a special page where Mike and Chiz can post what is going on in the wicked little heads, as it's the best way to stay updated on what we are doing and where we are playing...

WE'RE BACK PEOPLE!!! And we want to welcome all of you back. That's all for now, and as usual, KEEP ON ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD!!!

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