![]() ![]() So perhaps the strange travels of Ed King can possibly be explained by some of you. There appears to be a great deal of knowledge here about The Strawberry Alarm Clock and it's members. But this was by no means lucrative or convenient. And bands could work a circuit playing there, up into the Norfolk, Virginia area, and further west into the more populated central part of the state. Eastern NC is one of the poorest places in the country, there were some jobs for musicians there because Greenville is the home of one of the largest public universities in the state, East Carolina University. King tells him that he doesn't have a car and RVZ sends someone up to NC to pick him up. Over the phone RVZ offers him a job and tells him to get down Jacksonville ASAP. Later RVZ tracks down EK at a Greenville, NC club where he is playing in a cover band. In reading other sources King tells that he was at some point in (I think?) Atlanta and heard LS where he exchanged info with RVZ. But Steve's book offers no reason of Ed's appearance there or how the connection was made. They were a part of a group of musicians that had hung out at a farm house outside Wilson and played lots of music. I know from reading Steve Bassett's book, Sing It Loud that King connected with the Virginia native while he (Steve) was attending Atlantic Christian College in Wilson. This is miles and miles of tobacco farms, small towns and a smattering of large towns / small cities all centered around agriculture. Bear in mind, this is early 1970s rural North Carolina, not a metro area like Charlotte or Raleigh or Durham. I figured perhaps he had met an Eastern NC girl in California, became smitten and followed her here? But no he was married with at least one child, and after staying here for a while he went back and got them. What drew King to this area? Why did he reside here? My first thought was the obvious, a girl. I am born and raised in this area an this completely befuddles me. King was a Californian yet a few years after the hit song he appeared in Eastern North Carolina and lived here for a few years before getting a call from Ronnie Van Zandt to join his band. Strangely, a year later Munford did participate in recording an Incense soundalike track with a band that was alternately known as Strawberry SAC or Crystal Circus. I think it's too bad, because Munford had a notably better voice than any of the other guys in the band, and I think they would have had a much greater chance at sustained success if he'd joined. At that time he had a real good musical vision for his age (16, I believe)." He would’ve been a real asset to the band. "The guy who sang on the record, Greg Munford, was asked to join but declined. His voice sounded best, and we all agreed on keeping his vocal track on the final version."Įd King said that they offered Munford the opportunity to join the band but he declined: Greg Munford (A 16-year-old guitar player also produced by Holmes) was a guest in the studio that day, and gave a go at it. "When it came time to record the vocal tracks, none of the members of the Alarm Clock sounded right for the lead vocal. Yep, as Michael noted, the singer was 16-year-old Greg Munford, a friend of the band who was visiting the studio that day. ![]()
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