The band toured on the Downhome Rhythm Kings package with Brinsley Schwarz & Ernie Graham (ex Eire Apparent), who were all managed by Famepushers.
Help Yourself, Ernie Graham (vocals, guitar) and his guitarist Jonathan "Jojo" Glemser, moved into Headley Grange in 1971, shortly after Led Zeppelin IV had been recorded there.
[1] The line-up was amalgamated to include both Graham (who had just released his eponymous solo album backed by Help Yourself and Brinsley Schwarz) and Glemser, both of whom were guitarists, so Treece switched to bass.
Sean Tyla, who had been the band's roadie, helped with some of the songwriting during this period, notably "American Mother," and "All Electric Fur Trapper" on "Strange Affair" which was based on a fairy tale he had written.
Shortly after completing the album, the band left Headley Grange, Tyla moved in with ex member Ken Whaley, and they formed Ducks Deluxe.
In 1973, the band proposed touring with Roger Ruskin Spear, the Flying Aces and Vivian "Spiv" Morris, in a vaudeville show called "Happy Days", which was to be held in a circus tent.
[9] They re-formed for "The Amazing ZigZag Concert" on 28 April 1974 with a core line-up of Morley, Treece, Whaley and Charles with Burton and Leonard guesting.
"[10] Dave Thompson of AllMusic said that "familial comparisons to Man notwithstanding, [Help Yourself] was always closer to the British pub rock ideal than many of the movement's better-feted icons ever could be.
[citation needed] In 2000, he issued a solo album, Dream Arena East (Treece 1), and then joined Ken Whaley in 'The Archers', which evolved into 'The Green Ray'.
They issued three albums: Soft Cloud (2002) SC001/FYPC15, Back from the Edge (2006) Gray 11 with Aaron Liddard, and the live Classic Rock Club, Cheshunt, 5 January 2008 with Nick Saloman of The Bevis Frond (Effigy 2008), and a DVD with Barry "The Fish" Melton guesting.
Having been newly married, he took a job as a chauffeur and ended up running a UK subsidiary of a Swiss electronics company as managing director for more than 25 years.