The ‘Original' Group

They had existed as a group
Called the Soul Giants
They had a leader named Davy Coronado
Who played tenor sax, and I
Was brought in as a substitute
Guitar player because, uh, ray
Collins, who was the lead
Singer with this group
Had had a fight with the
Other guitar player and
Had beaten him up and, uh, they
Had a job, a weekend job
And Ray called me and asked
Me to come down and
Substitute and so, after playing
With them and, uh, enjoying the experience
And liking what I heard, I
Suggested that we develop, uh
Original material and try and
Make records davy coronado, who, um well, he
Was absolutely correct, he
Said, "If you try and play original material
You'll
Get fired" Because in order to keep a job
In a bar band in those go-go days
You had to just play what was on the
Radio or these stupid little dance songs he
Said, you know, "I can't do
This, uh you know
I need to earn a living" And so he
Left and I convinced the guys to
Learn some original songs and Davy
Was right, we got fired, every place
We worked we got fired but eventually
We got a record contract
And I don't know whatever happened to Davy