From the music stage to Washington D.C. and back again. That's the last 50 years in the life of Lincoln Bloomfield Jr.In the ever-evolving landscape of music, w
by Christopher Hoffman, Sinclair Broadcast GroupKelakos, named for their lead singer and guitarist George Michael Kelakos Haberstroh, were three high school friends from Cohasset, Mass. who released their lone album - 1978's "Gone Are the Days" - which garnered positive reviews upon release. And then they just disbanded.
Now, 45 years later, Kelakos went back into the studio to regain the magic, the love of playing together once again that ultimately turned into their new 12-song album "Hurtling Towards Extinction." A Harvard graduate, Bloomfield took a detour after graduation and formed the band Kelakos, with Haberstroh, rhythm guitarist Mark Sisson, and drummer Carl Canedy, who worked hard to make a name for themselves in the upper East Coast club circuit back in the mid-1970s.
And writing songs became an obsession for Bloomfield and the rest of the guys, as they honed their craft one song at a time, taking time to learn from the best songwriters they heard every day on the radio. Bloomfield said the album remixing sessions were intense, as he practically lived in the studio for 13 days and nights until they felt they had something to share with the world.
"Despite initial dismissals of the importance of Lebanon, I immersed myself in its complexities, only to witness the eruption of conflict and terrorism that gripped the region," he said. "My days were a blur of activity, constantly briefing Secretary Weinberger amid the chaos.
In comes Baxter, who not only is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his time with the Doobie Brothers and played with Steely Dan, but he also worked as a defense consultant and advised U.S. members of Congress on missile defense.
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