Also known as: Poor, The
Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USA
This band evolved out of the Denver based Soul Survivors when Allen Kemp (guitar, vocals), Pat Shanahan (drums) and John Day (keyboards) relocated to L.A. and hooked up with Randy Meisner (bass, vocals) and Randy Naylor (guitar, keyboards) to form the Poor. It didn't take long before they signed with managers Charlie Green and Brian Stone (who also handled Sonny & Cher and the Buffalo Springfield ) and issued a debut single ('Once Again' b/w 'How Many Tears') on the Loma label in late 1966. In the spring of 1967, the group issued a second single on the York label, which features an excellent v…