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Arista released two further singles by the band, "Musician (It's Not an Easy Life)" and "Memory" which featured the non-album track "So Much for the Past", written by Brent Mydland, on the B-side.
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as a member of the Dead in 1994. Leadon rejoined Mudcrutch when that band reunited in 2007. Stinson became a country session musician, and was a member of
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in 1979, and was the band's longest-tenured keyboardist, remaining with the group until his death in 1990 at the age of 37. Mydland was inducted into the
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executives gave the band the song to record after concluding that none of the other tracks on the album they produced had single potential. Arista head
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himself co-produced the single with Tom Sellers; the rest of the album was produced by Sellers and Silver.
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the week of October 2, 1976. It is ranked as the 70th biggest hit of 1976.
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Index

L to R: Tom Leadon, Harry Stinson, Greg Collier, Brent Mydland, John Batdorf
Tom Leadon
Harry Stinson
Brent Mydland
John Batdorf
Los Angeles
California
Rock
country rock
pop rock
soft rock
Arista Records
John Batdorf
Tom Leadon
Brent Mydland
Harry Stinson
country rock
hit
Wham Bam Shang-A-Lang
John Batdorf
Batdorf & Rodney
Brent Mydland
Grateful Dead
Tom Leadon
Eagles
Bernie Leadon
Tom Petty
Mudcrutch
Harry Stinson
Phil Hartman

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