the band was seen by producer Ron Haffkine, which led to a new five-year management contract with Jerry Ross Productions and a deal with Heritage Records.
Unable to get a meeting with Jerry Ross the band went to a jam session at Steve Paul's Scene, where they met Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox and another person.
They took a job as house band at the Silver Dollar throughout the remainder of 1969 and 1970, and worked most nights a week at the Georgetown nightclub, also playing one-off shows at venues including the Greenbelt Armory, the Bladensburg Firehouse, St. Mary’s Church in Landover Hills, St. Ambrose Church in Cheverly, and The Wedge (a teen club in the Bethesda Youth Center in Montgomery County, Maryland).
The band also headlined concerts at the Falls Church Community Center in Virginia on March 7, 1970 and the University of Maryland's Ritchie Coliseum on April 30, 1970.
After a short break, Chris and Doug Grimes began auditioning musicians at The Keg later that summer and organized a schedule of nightclub dates in Boston, Massachusetts.
Throughout 1973 the band played at The Bayou, The Keg, and The Crazy Horse, with appearances from former members Pick Kelly, Mike Zack, and Jan Zukowski.
In 1975, Brandt and founding member Chris Grimes both left the band, to be replaced by drummer Steve Riley of Revere, Massachusetts and guitarist David Namerdy of Arlington, Virginia respectively.