This was a great band that Uncle John and myself started after leaving Johnny Winter. 
From Left to Right:  Uncle John Turner, drums; Mike Kindred, piano; me in the center, Bruce Bowland, vocals; and John Stahely, guitar.  Were we together in 1970 and 1971.

We were the first band in Austin to wear Rock & Roll clothes. This was a very cool band.  We were a little vain, somewhat arrogant, we had to be cool above all else.  People loved us.  Sex, drugs, and rock & roll.  We got pissed if the wind blew our hair out of place.  We had all of our clothes tailored, even our blue jeans. Bruce and myself are still best friends and I love the guy.  We were the crazy ones.  We did tend to get high now and then.  (Hey, we were young and couldn’t die.) The girls loved this band -- no complaints here.  This was the biggest band in Texas that didn’t have a record out.  We were the ones who brought Stevie to Austin when he was in Blackbird; later I joined that band.

 

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