Tragedy struck in 1974 when a fire broke out during a discothèque gig at Gulliver 's nightclub in Port Chester , New York , killing dozens of people including the band 's keyboardist and lead singer . Caravello escaped and was credited with saving another person , one of the band 's female singers . It was determined that the fire had been started by a thief in an adjacent building hoping to cover his tracks
Gulliver 's nightclub
Gulliver's nightclub fire
Eric Carr