McKendree Spring was a prototypical cult band from the early 1970s -- perhaps folk-rock's answer to Three Dog Night, as the band relied on putting its own stamp on other people's (Neil Young, James Taylor, Tom Rush) compositions. What set McKendree Spring apart from fellow acts was Mike Dreyfuss, who may have been the first full-time electric-fiddle player in any band.
Ironically, it was Slutsky who dumped music for a different medium (television, in which his production work landed him seven Emmys). McKendree went solo, and Dreyfuss relocated to Cleveland, contributing magazine stories to Northern Ohio Live and performing on occasion with local rocker Cletus Black.
