[1][3] Meador's tastes gravitated towards bands such as the Rolling Stones, the Animals, the Kinks, and the Yardbirds, whose lead guitarist, Jeff Beck greatly influenced his playing.

[1] Consequently, the band's sound owed more to the blues-based approach of the Rolling Stones and the Animals than the pop ballads of the Beatles and Dave Clark Five.

[4][5][6] According to former drummer Tim Justice, "Jimmie also remembers something that I didn't, that he played bass on our first and earliest recordings, 'Beg Borrow and Steal', and 'Here I Cannot Stay', both written by Seab Meador.

[7] They also made an appearance on Channel 11 (KTVT) playing at the popular teen nightspot, the Panther Club in Fort Worth.

[3] Towards the end of the year fellow Oak Cliff musician Jimmie Vaughan, later of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, did a several month stint with the group and later played for another garage rock band, the Chessmen.

[1][3] Tom Brown, president of Vandan Records heard the Gentlemen play at LouAnn's Club in Dallas, and wondered if the band could do some writing with him and Gene Garretson, his arranger.

After several weeks, the band came up with two songs, "You Can't Be True", a ballad and the hard-rocking fuzz-drenched "It's a Cry'n Shame".

[1][2][5] According to Justice: Tom Brown had two thousand copies pressed and sent them to several deejays he knew in places such as Detroit, Philadelphia, and Boston.

[1] A few weeks later Brown showed the band members a copy of the January 1967 edition of Record World Magazine, which included the B-side song "It's a Cry'n Shame" alongside "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane, in its Four-Star Rating column of hits to watch.

[1][3] The song received airplay on KLIF and KNOK radio stations in Dallas, upping the band's local profile considerably.

[1][3] Danny Sanchez, later with the Roy Head's band, replaced Meador on lead guitar, but the group lost momentum after Seab's departure.

The Song has been featured on Little Steven's Underground Garage and on Sirius Satellite Radio and on Bill Kelly's Black Hole of Rock and Roll on New York's WFMU.