The T-Bones were an American,

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recording group, existing from 1963 to 1966. The studio recordings of all of their albums but the last were done by

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session musicians, The Wrecking Crew. They should not be confused with

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mid-1960s

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of the same name. In Britain, the name "U.S. T-Bones" was used for the Liberty Records group. When the T-Bones had a hit in 1966 with the single " No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)", Liberty Records quickly recorded an album of the same name using session musicians from The Wrecking Crew, but those musicians were not willing to go on tour to promote the album. They were making sufficient money doing sessions in Los Angeles. So Liberty created a different "public" T-Bones group to appear on record covers, TV, and in concert. The "public" T-Bones were

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, Joe Frank Carollo, Tommy Reynolds, and Gene Pello. None of them played on the hit record, nor did they play on the next album, ''Sippin' and Chippin''. However, the "public" T-Bones did record the T-Bones' final album, ''Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)''. Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, and Tommy Reynolds later formed the 1970s soft rock trio

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. "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" was based on the

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from a

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for

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. The tune reached No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and its follow-up, "Sippin N Chippin", peaked at No. 62; the accompanying album hit No. 75 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Members, December 26, 1963

Tracks: "Draggin, "Shut Down", "Boss Drag", "Revv' Buggy", "Hey Little Cobra", "Six Banger" *

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- leader * Steve Douglas - saxophone * Ervan Coleman - guitar *

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- guitar *

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- guitar *

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- *M. Ray Pohlman - *

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- drums *

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Members, December 9, 1965

Tracks: "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)"; "Chiquita Banana"; "Fever"; "What's In the Bag, Goose"; "Let's Hang On" *

, leader *

, OM, arranger *

, guitar *

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, drums *

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, percussion * Ervan Coleman, guitar *Buddy Clark *

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, electric bass guitar *

, upright bass * Harold "Lanky" Lindstrot, engineer *

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, * Martin Berman *Roger Harris, copy *Robert Ross, copy * Joe Saraceno, producer

Members, 1966

* George Dee * Danny Hamilton - Lead guitar *

- Rhythm guitar * Gene Pello - Drums * Richard Torres - Organ ''KRLA Beat'', Volume 1 No. 48 February 12, 1966
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/ref> Album: ''Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)'' * Joe Frank Carollo — Bass *Danny Hamilton — Guitar *Judd Hamilton — Guitar *Gene Pello — Drums *Tommy Reynolds — Keyboards / vibraphone / percussion

Albums

*''Boss Drag'' (1964) - Liberty LRP-3346/LST-7346 *''Boss Drag at the Beach'' (1964) - Liberty LRP-3363/LST-7363 *''Doin' the Jerk'' (1965) - Liberty LRP-3404/LST-7404 *''No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)'' (1966) - Liberty LRP-3439/LST-7439 *''Sippin' and Chippin (1966) - Liberty LRP-3446/LST-7446 *''Everyone's Gone To The Moon (And Other Trips)'' (1966) - Liberty LRP-3471/LST-7471 *''Shapin' Things Up'' (1965) - Sunset SUM-1119/SUS-5119

References

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