Aynsley Dunbar with Flo & Eddie

Flo & Eddie (aka The Florescent Leech & Eddie) were the stage names adopted in the 1970s by singer/songwriters Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. The duo first came to prominence in the late 1960s as the founder members and co-lead singers of of one the greatest American pop bands, The Turtles. They scored major international hits with their radio-friendly Dylan covers and self-penned pop classics including Happy Together and Eleanor.
The stage names 'Flo & Eddie' were actually forced on the pair after the split of the Turtles, because their former record label took out an injunction which prevented them from performing either as The Turtles or under their own names.

After The Turtles split in 1970 Kaylan and Volman were recruited by Frank Zappa as co-lead singers for his new incarnation of The Mothers, and they featured of several of the greatest Zappa/Mothers albums of that period including Chunga's Revenge, 200 Motels, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Fillmore East and Just Another Band From L.A. They left The Mothers in 1972 following the infamous incident in which Zappa was seriously injured when he was attacked and thrown from the stage by the irate boyfriend of a fan during a concert appearance in England.

During 1972, presumably after leaving the Mothers, Kaylan and Volman spent some time working with Marc Bolan and producer Tony Visconti and they provided backing vocals for some of T-Rex's biggest hits including Metal Guru, Hot Love and Get It On. With Zappa unable to tour because of his injuries, Kaylan and Volman put together their own Flo & Eddie band with three other ex-Mothers: drummer Aynsley Dunbar, bassist Jim Pons and pianist Don Preston, who had been a core Mothers member since 1967. They toured with this band for several years and recorded three LPs between 1972 and 1975: The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie (1972), Flo & Eddie (1973) and Illegal, Immoral and Fattening (1975).


1974 - Flo & Eddie - Illegal, Immoral And Fattening



Illegal, Immoral and Fattening is a 1975 comedy rock album recorded by Flo & Eddie. A majority of the album comes from live recordings, including two songs that first appeared in the 1974 film Down and Dirty Duck.

Track list:
1. Illegal, Immoral And Fattening
2. Rebecca
3. Kama Sutra Time
4. The Sanzini Brothers Return (With The Tibetan Memory Trick)
5. Livin' in The Jungle
6. Cheap
7. The Kung Fu Killer
8. Eddie Are You Kidding?
9. Let Me Make Love To You
10. There's No Business Like Show Business

Line up:
Mark Volman - Vocals and Guitar
Howard Kaylan - Vocals
Erik Scott - Bass
Andy Cahan - Keyboards
Craig Krampf - Drums
Phil Reed - Lead Guitar

Additional Personnel:
Danny Kootch - Guitar (8)
Leland Sklar - Bass (8)
Ian Underwood - Keyboards (8)
Aynsley Dunbar - Drums (8)

Track 8, Eddie Are You Kidding? is a cover of a song they did with Frank Zappa: see 'Just Another Band from L.A.

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1973 - Flo & Eddie - Flo & Eddie



Track list:
1. If We Only Had The Time
2. Days
3. You're A Lady
4. Carlos and the Bull
5. Afterglow
6. Best Part of Breaking Up
7. The Sanzini Brothers
8. The Sanzini Bros. (Reprise)
9. Another Pop Star's Life
10. Just Another Town
11. Marmendy Mill

Line up:
Howard Kaylan - Vocals
Mark Volman - Vocals and Guitar
Aynsley Dunbar - Drums
Gary Rowles - Lead Guitar
John Herron- Keyboards
Jim Pons - Bass

Additional Personnel:
Bob Ezrin - Piano
John Sebastian - Vocals
Steve Hunter - Guitar
Steve Madaio - Trumpet
Alan MacMillian - Orchestra Arrangements

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