 Jerry Corbetta, founder, keyboardist, and former lead singer of the melodically and lyrically oriented "Green-Eyed Lady" group SUGARLOAF. Life after Sugarloaf was just as artistically lucrative for Jerry when he released a solo album for Warner Bros. Jerry has thrived as a performer/ writer and record producer in the '80s,and since 1992 has performed worldwide with "The Rare Earth, Iron Butterfly, Sugarloaf All stars. Peter Rivera, former singer and drummer for the '70s Supergroup RARE EARTH, recorded over seventeen albums, had top ten hits with "Get Ready", " I Just Wanna Celebrate", and the two-record set " RARE EARTH IN CONCERT" which went double platinum; " Willie Remembers" and "Ma" went gold. With Peter on the drums and at the mike on lead vocals, Rare Earth sold over twenty-five million records. Rivera has been called the premier rock drummer/vocalist of the '70s. Mike Pinera, former lead singer and guitarist for IRON BUTTERFLY and THE BLUES IMAGE, received his first gold record for the Blues Images' "Ride Captain Ride", a classic radio mainstay, which he wrote and sang. After The Blues Image split, he went to join Iron Butterfly, the first group ever to be awarded a platinum album. Their legendary hit, " In A Gadda Da Vida" stayed on top of the charts for fifty-six consecutive weeks. Pinera later went on to discover and produce BLACK OAK ARKANSAS, resulting in a gold album. He also contributed his considerable talent to ALICE COOPER for two tours and two albums. Dennis Noda is a funky rockin' bassist with a high visibility factor. His early musical career found himself in CANNIBAL & THE HEADHUNTERS who achieved international acclaim with the hit " Land of a Thousand Dances". He later went on to become an in-demand musician performing with Edwin Starr, Al Wilson, Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night),Joey Molland (Badfinger),Bobby Kimball (Toto), and numerous others. Dennis served as Music Director for Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees; Otis Day and the Knights (National Lampoon's Animal House; "Shout "); and for several tours of the 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Show, where he became friends with Mike Pinera and Jerry Corbetta, and along with Peter Rivera, joined the now famous " Rare Earth, Iron Butterfly, Sugarloaf All Stars".
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