A Spooky Tooth Family Tree

"Waitin' For The Wind" and "Evil Woman" were staples of my musical life back in the day and interestingly enough, this particular line-up of Spooky Tooth wound up branching off into some very interesting directions.  "Spooky Two" was actually the second and final album by the band's original line-up, after one pre-Gary Wright release as Art.  

The band on this record was: 
Mike Harrison - keyboards, vocals Gary Wright - organ, vocals Luther (Luke) Grosvenor - guitar, vocals Greg Ridley - bass, vocals Mike Kellie - drums

'Waitin' For The Wind'

Greg Ridley left after this record and wound up joining Humble Pie for their best period (in my opinion), here's Greg taking lead vocals on one of the first classic live albums of the 70s.

'Four-Day Creep' (live)

Luther Grosvenor soon realized that nobody could pronounce his name anyway, so he changed it to Aeriel Bender and replaced Mick Ralphs in Mott The Hoople.  That's him in the middle with the top hat below.

'Walking With A Mountain' (Live)

I'm sure everyone remembers Gary Wright's huge solo success in the mid-70s with "Dreamweaver" but I was always partial to his earlier solo work, like this one.

'The Wrong Time'

For me the most interesting member was typically the drummer and in this case, Mike Kellie doesn't disappoint.  He played on a variety of great rock records as a sideman (as did Gary Wright) before he joined up with Peter Perrett and formed the legendary band, The Only Ones.  That's Mike on the far left in the leather jacket.

'Another Girl, Another Planet'

Peter and Mike had an admirer in NY Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders, who recruited the pair to play on this classic.

'You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory'

And let's not forget "second-generation" Spooky Tooth guitar player Mick Jones, who was on board for what I feel was the band's last solid album.

'Wildfire'

After a brief stint with Leslie west, Mick became the most commercially successful of the bunch with the band he designed... Foreigner.

'Fool For You Anyway'