He also cut "But I Try" with The James Gang (unreleased until 2013), and "Rockin' With the King", with Canned Heat, in late 1971.

However, his own records weren't selling, and a fourth (apparently planned as his third) and final album for Reprise - Southern Child - was dropped from release.

The tracks to all of Richard's Reprise sessions, including the Southern Child album, were finally released on CD in 2005 by Rhino Records.

To wit, the 7 minute, one-chord instrumental, "Satisfied, Sanctified, Toe-Tapper", was a standout.

Richard recalled: "I left Reprise because I felt that the producers didn't have me at heart.