Their unusual instrumentation, combined with Nancy Nevins’ distinctive, expressive voice, helped separate them from the flood of psychedelic bands emerging from California.
Sweetwater was one of the most innovative and promising American rock bands of the late 1960s, yet it remains one of the great “what might have been” stories in rock history. Blending rock, folk, jazz, classical, and world music into a unique sound years before such combinations became common,
Rick Derringer, born Richard Dean Zehringer on August 5, 1947, in Fort Recovery, Ohio, was an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist, and producer whose career spanned over five decades. Raised in a musical family, he developed an early interest in music and learned to play guitar by the age of nine.
The first African American male to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Louis Gossett Jr. is a highly acclaimed American actor, best known for his versatile performances across film, television, and stage. Born on May 27, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York, Gossett grew up in a creative environment; his father was a porter and his mother was a nurse’s aide. Gossett discovered his passion for acting at an early age and attended New York University on a basketball scholarship, where he initially studied acting.
