MUSIC QUIZ FROM LOONEY’S TUNES SHOW MAR 17, 2024 #265

*This band, originally named Chocolate Hair, scored a big hit in 1970, but after getting signed to a record label, was asked to change their name largely because management was nervous about the potentially racist interpretation of their original name.  Name the band...    (and Chocolate Hair is not what I'm looking for...😁)
 
*After a rather long layoff from this great late 60's, early 70's band's success, this exceptional guitarist cut a blistering rock album in 1988 with his band named after him.  For this album, he included a pianist and a second guitarist, both of whom would join the next edition of the old band when they reformed.  Name the artist and his previous band...
 
*We'll enjoy a song from the 60's written by the leader of the group about the truly complicated affair his wife was having at the time.  The object of his wife's desire ironically received songwriting credit for the track.  Name the band, its leader and extra credit for the name of the co-writer...
 
*Bands break up, stay broken up, but sometimes...they get back together..  Such was the case with this band, but in between the time of breakup and reunification (5 years), two of the band's members released a most excellent album under a different name.  Name the band that broke up, got back together and extra credit for the name of the group that released the one album during the breakup...
 
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Three Roses by America vs I Saw Her Again by Mamas and the Papas
 
ANSWERS
1. Sugarloaf
2. Dickie Betts, Allman Brothers Band
3. Mamas and the Papas, John Phillips, Denny Doherty
4. Moody Blues, Bluejays (Justin Hayward & John Lodge)
Battle of the Bands : Mamas and the Papas won with 57% of the votes