▁in ▁Philadelphia ▁on ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁Florida . ▁After ▁a ▁week ▁in ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁brother ly ▁love , ▁they ▁decided ▁to ▁for go ▁Florida ▁and ▁help ▁form ▁Elizabeth . ▁Some ▁interesting ▁guitar ists ▁aud ition ed ▁for ▁the ▁band , ▁including ▁future ▁rock ▁star ▁Tod d ▁Rund gren ▁who ▁was ▁with ▁Wo ody ' s ▁T ruck ▁Stop ▁at ▁the ▁time ; ▁and , ▁Nick ▁James on , ▁soon ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁founder ▁and ▁guitar ist ▁of ▁The ▁American ▁Dream ▁( both ▁were ▁Phil ly ▁bands ). ▁Within ▁a ▁month ▁or ▁so ▁of ▁landing ▁in ▁Philadelphia , ▁Ste w key ▁left ▁Elizabeth ▁to ▁join ▁Tod d ' s ▁new ▁band , ▁The ▁N azz . ▁Of ▁note , ▁L inda ▁C ohen , ▁a ▁Philadelphia ▁classical ▁guitar ist , ▁was ▁Elizabeth ' s ▁first ▁drum mer ▁( br ief ly ). ▁During ▁the ▁spring ▁and ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁she ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁Michael ▁K ac ▁from ▁M andra ke ▁Memorial ▁and , ▁together , ▁performed ▁as ▁a ▁classical - pop ▁fusion ▁guitar - har ps ich ord ▁du o . ▁L inda ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁of ▁lung ▁cancer . ▁M andra ke ▁Memorial ▁and ▁Elizabeth ▁shared ▁the ▁stage ▁many ▁times . ▁ ▁Post - El iz abeth an ▁life ▁After ▁Elizabeth ▁dis band ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁the ▁band ' s ▁members ▁purs ued ▁various ▁musical ▁and ▁non - mus ical ▁endeav ors . ▁H ank ▁went ▁on