to apologise for his white ancestors' involvement in the slavery that had oppressed members of Carter G. Woodson's family. Following the reconciliation, both sides of the family developed the Black White Families Reconciliation (BWFR) Protocol, using the creative arts, particularly drumming and storytelling, with the aim of healing racial divides within black and white families who share a surname. Ed Bogas (born 1942) composed soundtracks for Peanuts and Garfield TV cartoon specials and for Ralph Bakshi's film Fritz the Cat. Rand Forbes (January 28, 1947–December 23, 2020) became a software engineer. He worked as an Oracle database administrator, and owned a software development company. He later lived in the Cleveland, Ohio area, close to Craig Woodson. He died in 2020 following a lengthy illness and after contracting COVID-19. Discography Albums {|class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" width="33"|Year ! rowspan="2" width="215"|Title ! colspan="2"|Peak chart positions |- !style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|UK !style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|US |- |align="center"|1968 |The United States of America Released: 1968 Label: Columbia Formats: Compact disc, vinyl |align="center"|— |align="center"|181 |} Singles "The Garden of Earthly Delights" / "Love Song for the Dead Ché" (CBS 3745, UK, 1968) "Hard Coming Love" / "Osamu's Birthday" (Sundazed, 2004) References American experimental rock groups Musical groups established in 1967 Musical groups disestablished in 1968 Musical groups from Los Angeles Proto-prog musicians Psychedelic rock music groups from California