The soul and jazz band Sweet Blindness was known as the Statlers for almost eight years before the name change in the mid-'70s; the band's self-titled debut album appeared in 1976 and was followed by Energize a year later. The rotating lineup included vocalists Bobby Dupont and Don Meeker; bassists Al Marine, Ronnie Gant and Bruce Barrow; guitarists Bill Murray and Curtis Lee; drummer Sonny Milne and keyboard players Gabor Szepesi and Phil Smith. ~ John Bush