Bob "Bobo" Bingham later told me he and Lamont Cranston bandleader Pat Hayes had seen the show. Pat had recently put down the Lamont Cranston Band and started the Blue Shadows with Bobo, Billy Black, Jim Novak and Mark Perry. As he watched John Lee he remarked to Bobo that this was the kind of band he wanted, that he wanted Bobo to pay attention to how John Lee's band did things as they were the "real deal," that you couldn't find anybody around here to play that kind of stuff and blah, blah, blah... Bob let him go on for a bit until he called Pat an idiot and told him he should put his glasses on because that was the Butanes playing up there! Pat took a closer look then asked Bob what the heck the Butanes were doing up there. Why weren't the Blue Shadows backing John Lee? What's the deal...who's behind this...blah...blah.

After Bob laughingly told me this story he added that we sounded OK. High praise from Mr. Bingham!