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Elvin Bishop

March 26, 1975 · Record Plant Sausalito

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Mickey Thomas was on vocals, a year before "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" would reach number three and make him famous; he'd go on to front Jefferson Starship. Bishop's band played the Record Plant on March 26, 1975, the third consecutive day at the studio following Peter Frampton and Suzi Quatro. The lineup, Bishop on guitar and vocals, Johnny Vernazza on guitar, Bill Slais on keyboards, Fly Brooks on bass, Donny Baldwin on drums, catches the band on the direct road to their breakout hit.

Session
Type
Live Broadcast
Date Recorded
March 26, 1975
Date Broadcast
March 26, 1975
Archive note

KSAN 95 FM broadcast. Tom Donahue series. CENSUS 2026-05-31: Confirmed and verified. KSAN 'Live At The Record Plant.' Best source: Wolfgang's Vault (URL1, full personnel), full audio on YouTube (URL2). Personnel: Elvin Bishop (vocals, lead guitar), Johnny Vernazza (guitar), Bill Slais (keyboards), Fly Brooks (bass), Donny Baldwin (drums, vocals), Reni Slais (backing vocals), Mickey Thomas (vocals). Mickey Thomas — sang lead on Bishop's 1976 hit 'Fooled Around and Fell in Love,' later fronted Jefferson Starship. DATE RESOLVED: Wolfgang's and YouTube both date it March 26, 1975. ArchiveGrid MP&D reel 345 cataloged as March 27 is probably off-by-one. CLUSTER: third day of March 24-26 1975 run (Frampton 24, Suzi Quatro 25, Elvin Bishop 26). Distinct from Bishop's 1973-07-08 broadcast. ARTICLE: see Articles table (Published).

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