They turned out to be my favorite bluegrass band even after all these years. Eric and Bob and John and I (along with a number of others, Roger Sprung and Lionel Kilberg of The Shanty Boys, Joe and Willie Locker, et. al.) used to play together in Washington Square before they formed the band. John and I were both learning to play guitar at that time.

If memory serves me right, Eric left when there was an opening in The Tarriers. That was when Erik Darling, who replaced Alan Arkin, left. Again, if memory serves, Marshall Brickman joined the group and I think he replaced Clarence Cooper.

Art, wasn't it Alan Arkin with The Tarriers when they had their hit singles?