EWB years

Our years (1974-1983) with Gerald (Jerry) Bennett were pleasant.  We became a "local" group finding jobs in the Houston area.  Jerrel found more time to write and create songs in our recording studio.  We released at least one LP a year during this time.  We produced and sold them from the bandstand as well as in the local record shops.  We also were perfecting our ability to synchronize our live performances with pre-recorded drums and vocals.  Our ability to blend our original songs with "covers" of the popular music of that time helped build a formidable mailing list.  Even tough "stardom" eluded us, we were successful.

One of the skits that we performed regularly was a song (written by Ray Stevens) called "Its Me Again, Margaret.  (see pictures).  It was about an obscene phone call.  It became so popular with our audiences that we had to put a limit on the number of times we would perform it each night.

 

From May 1976 through May 1979, the Steak and Ale on the Southwest Freeway hired us for three years.  They actually expanded the lounge area of the restaurant while we were there.  There was a big celebration on the third anniversary. 

Another Club that we performed regularly was the Railhead Restaurant on Richmond Avenue in Houston.  The club was considerably larger than the Steak and Ale.  However, the business situation there was different.  One day the management called us in to say that the club was "making too much money"!!  You see tax laws were different in those days and large investors could get considerable tax advantages from "losing" money in some of their venture capital investments.  The Railhead was one of those ventures.  Shortly after we left the gig, the tax laws changed.  The restaurant went out of business!