Later in 1969, Szymczyk was music coordinator for the George Englund movie Zachariah (which was released in 1971), based on the 1922 novel Siddhartha by writer Hermann Hesse . Szymczyk arranged for the band to appear in the movie, with two James Gang songs, “Laguna Salada” and “Country Fever”, also…
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In 1969 Roger Abramson went to JB’s, a small club in Kent, Ohio, and advised Belkin Productions to start a Management division with the James Gang and the band Silk, which included Michael Stanley .
On June 9, 1968 the group played a concert in Detroit at the Grande Ballroom opening for Cream . At the last minute, Silverman informed the others that he would not be joining them. The band, desperately in need of the money, took to the stage as a trio. They…
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Just days later, shortly after the new year of 1968, a friend of Schwartz’s, Joe Walsh (from a band called The Measles), knocked on Fox’s door and asked to be given a tryout as Schwartz’s replacement. Walsh was accepted and the band continued as a five-piece for a short time…
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Around Christmastime of 1967, Schwartz, who was found to be AWOL from the army and was breaking up with his wife, decided to leave the band and move to California, where he ended up forming the band Pacific Gas & Electric .
Drummer Jim Fox first played with the Cleveland -area band the Outsiders but left them in 1965 to attend college. After they had a national hit the following year with ” Time Won’t Let Me ” (no.5 on the Billboard Hot 100), Fox returned temporarily to play with them after…
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