While Iron Butterfly was touring in Europe with Yes in early 1971

While Iron Butterfly was touring in Europe with Yes in early 1971, Doug Ingle announced his intention to leave the group. Ingle had grown tired of endless touring and wasn’t totally on board with the band’s new guitar-oriented blues and soul direction. The remaining four members cut the 45 rpm single, ” Silly Sally ” (with Bushy eventually being replaced on the record by a session drummer, at the producer’s prompting). Putting forth a horn-based sound more characteristic of groups like Blood Sweat and Tears , the single failed to chart and proved to be their last recording before their mid-1970s reformation.