Adams, Kent State University Press, 2002, pp. Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection, Deanna R. Fox formed the group with a few fellow Kent State University students, guitarist Glenn Schwartz and bassist Tom Kriss.They both did go through the revolving doors of JIMMY FOXs rock group, the early JAMES GANG. A member of the James Gang and PG&E for a total of 3 years. Then Glenn and Den both went playing in other local bands. Schwartz died on November 2, 2018, at the age of 78. Dan knew what weve long known, that much of Glenns best guitar work is on the ASFB recordings. But Janis was pretty rude and nasty to them and I know they didn't like Janis or her music".Remembering Glenn when the James Gang started in Cleveland he was fantastic and during some riffs the huge b* player would hold him upside down over the stage. He later joined the Los Angeles based blues band Pacific Gas & Electric and, in 1970, scored a national. Schwartz left the James Gang in late December 1967 when he moved to California. They didn't mind I talked about Jesus because they liked the music. Schwartz (Ma November 2, 2018) was an American guitarist who first came to the attention of rock music audiences as the original guitar player of the James Gang, based in Cleveland, Ohio. At the time, the bikers really liked my music and style of guitar playing because it was so out of control like they were. We put some on Janis Joplin but she didn't like it and took them off. As per Stevenson, Schwartz said: "I had some Christian friends who had some round stickers that read 'Real Peace Is in Jesus' and we stuck those all over our clothes. Some time later he professed conversion to Christianity, saying "I was finally blessed by mercy for I heard the Gospel of Christ."įollowing his conversion, his zealous, new-found faith was not accepted well by the band, his family or his friends.
While in Los Angeles on tour with the James Gang in 1967, Schwartz strolled onto the infamous Sunset Strip and stopped next to a small group of people listening to street preacher Arthur Blessitt, according to Stevenson's book. As of 2016, Schwartz has brought his celebrated guitar playing – and preacher-style stage presence – back to Cleveland bars regularly and has gone back into a Nashville studio with Auerbach. Changes at venues and increasing health issues kept him from playing live for a few years after 2010, but Schwartz returned to the stage for a 75th birthday show and an impromptu jam at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with Joe Walsh and The Arcs, featuring Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Through the 1990s and 2000s, Schwartz played weekly blues gigs every Thursday at Major Hoopples just outside Cleveland's The Flats neighborhood, often with his brother Gene playing b*. All told, Schwartz recorded four albums with the Freak Band before leaving it in 1980. Larry Hill is explored in the book, Fortney Road: Life, Death, and Deception in a Christian Cult by Jeff C. Tired of the rock and role lifestyle, he left PG&E to join a pioneering Gospel rock group All Saved Freak Band, which was the musical evangelistic arm of an Ohio religious group-turned-cult, the Church of the Risen Christ, headed by Larry Hill. He later joined the Los Angeles based blues band Pacific Gas & Electric and, in 1970, scored a national top 20 hit with the song "Are You Ready?". Schwartz (Ma– November 2, 2018) was an American guitarist who first came to the attention of rock music audiences as the original guitar player of the James Gang, based in Cleveland, Ohio. All lead vocals by Chet Florence except “Love Truth and Desire”, “Movin’ On”, and “Waitin’ on You” by Buddy.For the meteorologist, see Glenn Schwartz (meteorologist). Schwartz was an American guitarist who first came to the attention of rock music audiences as the original guitar player of the James Gang. We listened to it and said,”YEAH!” … next song. When we got to the studio the next day Tom Baker said, “Oh by the way, I put the background vocals on the song.” Tom had written and sung all three harmony parts and laid them into the track. One night we finished the track and lead vocal for “Jesus Knows” and went home. We started rehearsing and gigging and recorded a full-length album produced by Tom Baker, recorded at Motion Picture Sound, Cleveland Ohio.
It consisted of Bill and Jeff Jeric on lead and rhythm guitar, Chester “Chet” Florence on bass and vocals and myself on drums and vocals. We decided to write music and have an all original band.
Bill’s brother, Jeff was only 16 but he played like a grown man and brought youthful fire. I said, “Let’s jam and see what it sounds like”. They wanted to know if I would be interested in joining them in a band. Now Bill tells me he and his brother Jeff have been rehearsing with a bass player/singer named Chet Florence.