The Kingbees
New York-based contemporaries of the Vagrants and the Myddle Class, this superior R&B group comprised of Danny Kortchmar aka Danny Kootch (guitar), John McDuffy (organ/vocals), Dickie Frank (bass) and Joel Bishop O'Brien (drums). The quartet completed three excellent singles during its brief existence, which included notable versions of Four In The Morning and Lost In The Shuffle, also recorded, respectively, by the Youngbloods and Blues Project. McDuffy replaced Al Kooper in the latter act following the Kingbees’ disintegration in autumn 1966. Kortchmar and O'Brien resurfaced in the Flying Machine, a group which also featured James Taylor, and were later reunited in Jo Mama in the wake of the guitarist's spells in the Fugs, Clear Light and City.