I was fortunate to grow up in Cleveland and saw that band from the time I was 16 when Glenn Schwartz was the guitar player. When he abruptly left town in 1967 (He was AWOL from the Army) Walsh took over, and the guitar player who was second banana to Schwartz (who was a great player and landed well with Pacific Gas & Electric) immediately quit. The James gang had a gig opening for Cream, and on the day before that show Ronnie Silverman, the aforementioned second banana, quit. They decided to go it as a trio, and that's how it stayed. The album that had Funk #49 on it came out In July 1970, just before I went into the Army. In fact they were the last band I saw live before leaving for the Army on a Monday morning (with a hangover).

That drummer, Jimmy Fox, had the most wicked right hand I ever heard. And it you remember the mention a few weeks ago about The Outsiders, Jimmy was their original drummer.

Cleveland has had a rich music history!