The T-Bones (mid 60s US pop group)

The T-Bones were an American recording group on Liberty Records, existing from 1963 to 1966. The studio recordings of all of their albums but the last were done by American session musicians, The Wrecking Crew. They should not be confused with Gary Farr's British mid-1960s band 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 Judd Hamilton, Dan Hamilton, 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 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" was based on the melody from a commercial for Alka-Seltzer. 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. Tracks: "Draggin'", "Shut Down", "Boss Drag", "Revv' Buggy", "Hey Little Cobra", "Six Banger" Dave Pell - leader Steve Douglas - saxophone Ervan Coleman - guitar Tommy Tedesco - guitar Glen Campbell - guitar Lyle Ritz - M. Ray Pohlman - Plas Johnson - saxophone Hal Blaine - drums Perry Botkin, Jr. - Frank Capp - Tracks: "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)"; "Chiquita Banana"; "Fever"; "What's In the Bag, Goose"; "Let's Hang On" Dave Pell, leader Perry Botkin, Jr., OM, arranger Tommy Tedesco, guitar Victor Feldman Hal Blaine, drums Julius Wechter, percussion Ervan Coleman, guitar Buddy Clark Carol Kaye, electric bass guitar Lyle Ritz, upright bass Harold "Lanky" Lindstrot, engineer Evelyn Roberts, Martin Berman Roger Harris, copy Robert Ross, copy Joe Saraceno, producer George Dee Danny Hamilton - Lead guitar Judd Hamilton - Rhythm guitar Gene Pello - Drums Richard Torres - Organ 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 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 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 2457/8. ISBN 0-85112-939-0. The T-Bones (UK), AllMusic "American Federation of Musicians contract, #306 Boss Drag, December 22, 1963" (PDF). WreckingCrewFilm.com. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Tedesco, Denny (Director). The Wrecking Crew (DVD extras) (DVD). "NO MATTER WHAT SHAPE (YOUR STOMACH'S IN) by THE T-BONES". SongFacts.com. Retrieved August 11, 2015. "American Federation of Musicians contract, #536, The T-Bones, December 15, 1965" (PDF). The Wrecking Crew. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Song Hits Magazine, May 1966 - Page 20 T-BONES are in good shape, JUDD HAMILTON KRLA Beat, Volume 1 No. 48 February 12, 1966 - Page 15 From Commercials T-Bones to Success