in the summer of 1966, to be replaced by Duane Yates, formerly of the Capris. Meanwhile, lawsuits were settled that resulted in the prohibition of Clint West using the name "Boogie Kings", though he had earlier released an album on Soileau's Jin label, Live at the Purple Peacock. To integrate Duane into the band and present him to the band's followers, a new album was recorded at Sam Montel's Baton Rouge studio entitled Blue Eyed Soul. This was released in the fall of 1966. Although consisting mostly of cover material, the album featured a single, "Philly Walk", written by Ned Theall, which achieved respectable regional success, no mean thing in the face of the so-called "British Invasion." At this time in the South, the Music Business was a little behind the rest of the U.S.and Montel Records achieved success with "regional distribution" rather than National Distribution. Many songs were "territorial hits", usually 100 mile radius of the producing company. Montel's success was that from Houston to New Orleans and everything in the south Louisiana corridor. This was usually a test area for music on Montel and some other southern labels/producers and sometimes the record releases would be a giant hit in these areas but have no more sales potential outside because of the limited distribution/exposure of the record label. Though mostly covers, the performances recorded did not come across as token album filler, but genuine interpretations of the material by the band. The personnel - Jerry Lacroix (vocals and sax), Duane Yates (vocals and trumpet), Ned Theall (trumpet), Norris Badeaux (lead sax), Dale Gothia (sax), Dan Silas (baritone sax), Bryan Leger (organ), Jack Hall (guitar), Gary Dorsey (bass), and Kenny Yetman (drums) – are considered by many who have known the band since inception to be the definitive Boogie Kings personnel. This roster constituted the group in its most unchanged form in the years that the band made several recordings, as well as the faces the public saw during the years of its expanding popularity from public appearances. In the Spring of 1967, Gary Walker was introduced into the group, and the three singers performed as "The Three Kings". Jerry laCroix left the band in May 1967, though any void in the act was filled by Gary Walker. A live album had been recorded at Galveston's Bamboo Hut but, by the time this was released, Jerry was briefly with the