They were made up of members from Jeff & The Notes and Jimmy Cavallo & The Houserockers, etc.. Guitarist John Latocha left the group and was replaced by Bob Canastraro.
They then changed their name to The Magnificent Seven and carried on for about a year until Canastraro was replaced by Chuck Wheeler from a group called Surprise Package.
The venues the played at included The Place, Campus Inn, Captain Mac's, Ungano's, The Bitter End and The Shack.
[2] Their sound has been described as one with heavy rhythm, blasting brass, Latin undercurrents and similar to Blood Sweat & Tears through to Santana.
[3] By the beginning of 1970, the group had already played at the Bitter End in New York, Gilligan's in Buffalo, the Aerodrome in Schenectady and The Club in Rochester.
So he did that and sang and played with them for an hour, but the next morning he got a call from Chuck Mellone asking him if he wanted to join the group.
In California, the artists he worked with included Hoyt Axton, Glen Campbell and the group, New Riders of the Purple Sage.
[15] In September 2010, John Latocha and Chuck Sgroi were in the State Street Band backing Jimmy Cavallo.