Sweathog was an American rock band. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music.
Group members Lenny Goldsmith and David Leonard Johnson first met in 1967 while Johnson was playing in a group called The Persuaders; after Johnson did a stint with the Beach Boys and Dr. John, he reconvened with Lenny and formed Sweathog along with Barry Frost, who at that time was playing with Lee Michaels and had been in Lenny's band in San Jose. The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture Dr John (also Dr John Creaux) is the Stage name of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr Lee Michaels (born 24 November 1945, in Los Angeles, California) plays the Hammond organ, Piano, and Guitar Robert Morris "BJ" Jones played with Johnson in Blue Mountain Eagle and was invited to join Sweathog. In October of 1970, Sweathog became the house band at The Chronicle, a night club in the San Fernando Valley managed by Ed Jordan. The San Fernando Valley or The Valley is an urbanized Valley located in the north-western section of the city of Los Angeles California, United States Soon after they released two albums on CBS Records in the early 1970s, and are best known for their hit single "Hallelujah", which hit #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public This article is about the record label founded in 2006 For the earlier CBS Records label see Columbia Records. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. A hit single is a recorded track or single that has become very popular Record chart are a method of ranking Music according to Popularity during a given period of time Sweathog was signed to the Premier Talent Agency and became a top opening act for Black Sabbath, Emerson Lake & Palmer, The J. Geils Band, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Grand Funk Railroad and more.
Band members
- Lenny Lee Goldsmith (vocals, keyboards)
- Robert Morris "B. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. J. " Jones (vocals, guitar)
- David L. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Johnson (vocals, bass guitar)
- Barry "Frosty" Frost (drums)
Discography
- Sweathog (CBS Records, 1971)
- Hallelujah (CBS, 1972)
References
- Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. Joel Carver Whitburn (born November 29, 1939 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) is an American Author and music historian 7th edn, 2000
- Sweathog at Allmusic. com
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