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British short-lived late 60s blues/R'n'B band led by .

In the spring of 1969, former frontman Art Wood started rehearsing with a new band that included younger brother Ronnie (about to leave ), Ron's former / colleague Kim Gardner, and former pair Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones. Needing a name in order to get some gigs, Art Wood plumped for . The group played several gigs in May, including a show at Surrey University that saw them augmented by Long John Baldry and Ron's colleague in , Rod Stewart. When Art Wood was notified by the Fontana label that he was still under contract and owed them some music, a line-up (including Rod Stewart, but apparently with Ronnie Lane replacing Kim Gardner on bass) went into Philips Studios. But the Fontana rejected the recordings as not up to snuff. At this point the rest of the band stayed together as , while Art Wood abandoned the music business to return to his original occupation as a graphic designer. In 1995 these tapes were issued as (CD single) & (12" EP).

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