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Baker first met Elvin Bishop in 1967, when she was singing at a jam session of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, of which Bishop was then a member. [3] She moved to San Francisco in 1968, living with one of her sisters, [9] and joined Elvin Bishop in his new band, which he formed in January 1969. [10]
Bishop does not sing lead vocals on the track. He felt that his gravelly voice would not do the song justice; he invited vocalist Mickey Thomas, who was a background singer in his band at the time, to sing it. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in May 1976. [4]
Elvin Richard Bishop (born October 21, 1942) [1] is an American blues and rock music singer, guitarist, bandleader, and songwriter. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 2015, and in the Blues Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 2016.
John Michael Thomas (born December 3, 1949) is an American rock singer. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists of Jefferson Starship and Starship.Prior to joining Jefferson Starship, he was a member of Elvin Bishop's band as a backing and occasional lead vocalist.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was an American blues and blues-rock band from Chicago. Formed in the summer of 1963, the group originally featured eponymous vocalist and harmonicist Paul Butterfield , guitarist Elvin Bishop , bassist Jerome Arnold , and drummer Sam Lay . [ 1 ]
The album accompanying this release contained re-recordings of some of the Starship's biggest hits, songs originally from Thomas's tenure in Jefferson Starship, as well as "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" which Thomas originally sang during his time in the Elvin Bishop Group in 1976. [1] Female vocalist Stephanie Calvert joined the band in 2006 ...
Earl Stephen Bishop (born November 14, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and guitarist. His biggest hits include " On and On ", " It Might Be You ", and " Save It for a Rainy Day ". He contributed musically and appeared in many motion pictures including National Lampoon's Animal House .
Mickey Thomas (who had sung lead on Elvin Bishop's "Fooled Around and Fell in Love") was invited to audition and then joined the group in April 1979. [13] Pete Sears and Craig Chaquico of Jefferson Starship in Central Park in 1981. In 1979, the band released their first album without Marty Balin or Grace Slick, the gold-selling Freedom at Point ...