By the time he was 14, Condello was already a key player the Phoenix music scene, playing in the Stage 7 Club's house band although four years underage.
[2] Condello formed a group called Hub Kapp and the Wheels, fronted by comedian Pat McMahon, that played garage rock, although their act was mainly a spoof of both the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
[3] In 1967, Lee Hazlewood signed Condello's band, named them Last Friday's Fire, and released through his LHI Records three singles with them.
[4] In 2012, Elton Duck's only album, through a crowdfunded effort, was officially issued for non-commercial use to benefit the Mike Condello Music Scholarship Fund.
[4] Working as a session musician, Condello played on records of several artists, such as Jackson Browne, Juice Newton and the Tubes.