band after a falling out with his brother Matt and Ferguson and was replaced by Jimmie Randall. Randall introduced a brighter bass sound and helped increase the band's overall volume. Matt Andes left after Jumpin' the Gunne, and he was briefly replaced by Starr Donaldson (born September 23, 1950) in 1974. A replacement was soon found in John Staehely (born 25 January 1952, Austin, Texas), who had played on Feedback, the Spirit album that followed Ferguson and Andes's departure. Staehely's overdriven guitar was a significant change from Matt Andes's Ry Cooder style slide guitar. After the band broke up, Ferguson recorded several solo albums, which yielded the hit singles "Thunder Island" and "Shakedown Cruise". He then scored TV shows and several movies. Mark Andes joined Firefall and then Heart. Smith went on to have a career as a session drummer, and played with Spirit in the 1980s, and Boston from 1994 to 2000. Reunion The original line-up temporarily got back together around 1992. In a July 1995 interview in Vintage Guitar Magazine, Mark Andes recalls: "Curly Smith called me up and noted that it was the twentieth anniversary of when that band had formed; Steve Lukather took us into the studio and we recorded a lot of new material, but it didn't go anywhere". They began recording again in 2005 in Santa Barbara at Jay Ferguson's studio. The 2005 recordings were eventually put out as an album, Big Chain'', on Blue Hand Records. The music was co-produced by the band and engineered by Ferguson. Discography Albums Singles "Run Run Run" - No. 27 (US), No. 30 (Canada) No. 42 (Germany), No. 6 (UK), "Shake that Fat" "Ready Freddy" "Rock Around The Symbol" "I Wanna Love You" "Where Is The Show" "Big, Busted Bombshell From Bermuda" See also List of Asylum Records artists List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States One-hit wonders in the UK References External links Official homepage 1971 establishments in California Musical groups established in 1971 Musical groups from Los Angeles Rock music groups from California Asylum Records artists