We finally realized the group wasn't going to make it with its current personnel because of different ideas. I'm not condemning them, and I still don't, because whatever they want to do is fine. I just didn't want to be part of it. We tried to get back together again to do the live tapes because we knew we had to do it. It was not successful and it became very bitter. It was more or less those three against Bud and me. They immediately tried to get another bass player and piano player and keep the name. Bud and I threatened to sue because we all owned the name Fever Tree. So that put them out of commission. Then they got another group going, but nothing ever really happened with them which is hard to believe because they are all incredibly talented people. MK: Actually, several things led up to the break up of Fever Tree. In 1968, we were really breaking nationally. Also, at that time, LSD 25 and marijuana were very popular. It was the "in" thing to do. Dennis, John, and myself were amusing ourselves quite regularly with these drugs. Late 1968 Rob, Bud, Scott, and Vivian discovered to their amazement that we were involved in this activity. Rob Landes immediately quit the band and flew back to Houston. Bud wasn't quite as upset. We continued touring for six more months, as a four piece, then finally, Bud left the band. It was time to fall back and punt. At the end of 1969, Dennis and myself moved to Los Angeles. That is where the second incorporation of the band began. Kevin Kelly played drums, Kenneth Blanchette played bass, and Grant Johnson played keyboards. We played for another year and a half and things were getting quite good. We finally solved our legal problems and, bust as I was going to tell Dennis the good news, he was leaving his apartment in a Bekins van. He said he was tired of L.A. He didn't have the nuts to tell me, face to face.