Origin: Swansea, MA, USA
This Boston area band evolved out of the Ebb Tides in 1967 when members Robert "Benny" Benevides (guitar), Tony Taveira (bass) and Donald Smith (drums) recruited Wayne Gagnon (vocals, guitar) and Ronald Medeiros (keyboards). Originally known as the Flower Pot, they were very popular with the area's large college crowd and the first group of the time to play live in the Boston Commons. The then headed down to New York City in the hopes of getting a national record deal, which they were able to secure with Mainstream in late '67; however, the record company directed them to lose their moniker du…