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At least know we know what became of that awesome yodeller/hammond player after Focus split up.

All the good ones get out as soon as they can.
I ain't goin nowhere.

J.J.'s drum machine is much more laid-back than Sly's.

They are scraping the damp, wormy, cockroach infested circle of dead grass that lay underneath the barrel. The barrel has been removed to a new location.

He is here tonite…he gonna give you something Santa Monica done never seen…here he is, the magnificent one, the one and only one…

He raided laidbackness to high art..
"Naturally" is a good one for fans of old-school drum machines, on a level with "There's a Riot Goin' On"

Have they still got the screwdrivers stuck in em?

Fortunately the fat one had the DAT of all their songs in his pocket.

Yeah but everybody hates Radiohead.

It's the backbone of the country full stop.

That was their best album! It had all the good songs on it!

Yeah but if you're 'only joking' you should at least be funny.

Hey man, while scanning this lengthy post I saw the words 'Steely Dan' - I hope you weren't casting aspersions on them

No.

Boys of Summer is superb, don't be stoopid!

Gram Parsons' opinion counts for fuck all, except when it comes to Emmylou Harris.

"the counterculture that had started so psychedelically was already turning rootsy and rust-colored"  - Put a 'u' in "colored" and that's a damn good summation of the lay of the land at that particular time. 

I can't be bothered reading it again, but I think you are right - it's like the author left an introductory paragraph out.
And in any case, shouldn't a man with a name like Kevin McFarlane be writing about minor league baseball rather than shitty indie groups?

Hey, Stephen Stills is (was) a damn fine guitar player!