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Original Founding Members:
Ron Crosser: Lead Guitar, Keyboard, Vocals
Larry Crosser: Drums, Vocals
Sam Mabe: Guitar, Vocals
Rich Preteroti: Bass Guitar, Vocals
Roger Freed: Vocals
Additional Members:
Ken Bowman: Lead Guitar, Vocals

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“This group was formed from remnants of the Ticons, Ronnie and the Shadows, and the Chex. We had a permanent gig at The Brunswick. Les and Snooky Miller liked us, and we were drawing some large crowds. We even had The Buckinghams (“Kind of a Drag” and “Don’t you Care”) down there for a few nights. The only problem was that the dance floor was too small, and it was always very crowded.

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The original bandstand was behind the bar, at the end of a tunnel-like, very small dance floor. Bill Black, who owned the Black and Warner clothing store above the Brunswick, offered to let us remove a wall in the basement and build a new, larger stage closer to the entrance. That allowed for a much larger dance floor. We had people lined up on Main Street to get in after that!

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Roger left the band and we added Ken Bowman from The Chex, on lead guitar and vocals, and I (Ron) moved to Keyboard and Guitar. I was also working at Porter Music Company and attending Findlay College. I left the band in 1966. Larry also left and went with Life, and then Fresh Air. Rich also left. I believe Sam went on to form That Damn Band with Tom Schute, Bobby Nash, Percy Davis, and Dave Dudley.

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What a great run!”