After Johnson did a stint with the Beach Boys and Dr. John, he reconvened with Lenny and formed Sweathog along with Barry "Frosty" Smith, also known as Bartholomew Eugene Smith-Frost, who at that time was playing with Lee Michaels and had been in Lenny's band in San Jose.
Jones (November 9, 1942 – June 15, 2013)[1] played with Johnson in Blue Mountain Eagle and was invited to join Sweathog.
In October 1970, Sweathog became the house band at The Chronicle, a night club in the San Fernando Valley managed by Ed Jordan.
Frank Barsalona signed Sweathog to the Premier Talent Agency and became a top opening act for Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The J. Geils Band, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Grand Funk Railroad and more.
Of the four original members, Frosty relocated to Austin, Texas (where he died in 2017), Goldsmith is in the real estate business in Malibu, California, and his sons Taylor and Griffin are in the band Dawes, Jones died June 15, 2013, in South Dakota at age 70, and Johnson owns an advertising agency, ReMIX Media Group, in Aspen, Colorado.