Herbie Rich (February 23, 1944 – May 12, 2004) was an American multi-instrumentalist from Omaha, Nebraska, who was a member of The New Breed, The Electric Flag, and the Buddy Miles Express.
[3] Another member of The Flag, Peter Strazza referred to Rich as a monster, an unbelievable musician who could play any instrument.
He had a dual role, playing both saxophone and organ until Stemsy Hunter came on board in the beginning of 1968[8] Rich had really been brought into the band as a sax player and to increase the breadth or the horn section.
Unwise to what was taking place, Buddy Miles and Mike Bloomfield who were in another room, slept through the whole event.
His organ solos can be heard on "Hey, Little Girl", and their rendition of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" with Buddy Miles on vocals.
[16][17] In addition to Miles and Rich, the group included his brother Billy Rich on bass, Jimmy McCarty on lead guitar, who was formerly with Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Terence Clements on tenor sax, and Virgil Gonsales on baritone sax.
[18] Rich played organ on The Buddy Miles Express debut album, Expressway to your Skull which was released in 1968.
Other musicians present were Harvey Brooks on bass, Phil Wilson and Buddy Miles on drums, and James Tatum on sax.
Rich played on other songs like "Lover Man", Hey Joe", "Fire" and "Foxy Lady".
[24] Carter Shelter of Paste in his May 15, 2017 article, noted his organ playing on "Fire" adding a new dynamic to the song.