"Letter" By The Original Snail ~ Bob O'Neill

"Letter" By The Original SNAIL
BandMadness ~ LIVE!
March 20, 2010

Produced by Karri Thygersen

The Original Snail
http://www.theoriginalsnail.com

Bob O'Neill (Singer /Songwriter/Lead & Rhythm Guitars) and Original founding member
Ron Fillmore (Drums) and Original founding member
Guido Valverde (Bass/Vocals)
They are currently playing as the original Snail, a trio.

www.theoriginalsnail.com

Current Location: Central Valley California
Booking Agent: Ken Champaign 209 495-2869 diokenc@gmail.com

Biography:
SNAIL is a Rock N Roll band formed by Bob ONeill (Singer /Songwriter, Rhythm & Lead Guitars), Ron Fillmore (drums), and Dave Kibler (bass) in 1967 out of Santa Cruz, California.

They were a Cream-style power trio. In 1968 Ken Kraft was brought aboard (Singer /Songwriter, Rhythm & Lead Guitars). Bob ONeill and Ken Kraft would become the nucleus of the band sustaining SNAIL into the 80s.

SNAIL underwent many personnel changes in bassists and drummers through-out the 70s, most notably; Larry Hosford (bass,singer/songwriter), Brett Bloomfield (bass, Elvin Bishop Band, Tom Johnston Band, Starship and Ian Gillian), Jim Norris (drums Lacy J. Dalton), and Don Baldwin (drums Elvin Bishop Band, Tom Johnston Band, Jefferson Starship, Starship, and Lydia Pense Band)

SNAIL played the club circuit in the San Francisco bay area till 1981. In 1978 & 1979 SNAIL released two albums (Snail and Flow respectively) worldwide with considerable success.

SNAIL performed live on American Bandstand with their signature song The Joker. SNAIL was the opening act for Styx on a national tour in 1980. SNAIL has opened for The Doobie Brothers, Santana,Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes, Joy Of Cooking, Canned Heat, The Marshall Tucker Band, Freddie King, Taj Mahal, John Mayall Band, Charlie Daniels Band,and West, Bruce and Laing, among others. SNAIL has been joined on stage by The Grateful Dead, Carlos Santana, Freddie King and Lindsay Buckingham.

In 1981 legal issues brought on by a bankrupt record label forced SNAIL to virtually retire the name. They played as The Millionaires, and as The Shell Boys for a short time before the band disbanded. Just a step away from that big break they deservedly earned. Bob ONeill, Ken Kraft, and Ron Fillmore, and Larry Hosford all have stayed in contact and several reunions of SNAIL have sold out Santa Cruz and San Jose venues. They have all gone in different directions, working on personal projects in a variety of areas in the field of music.

It has always been a pet project of Bob ONeills to revive SNAIL. In the spring of 2009 this became a reality. Bob ONeill, Ron Fillmore along with Guido Valverde started rehearsing and by that summer SNAIL was hitting the stages again. A legion of club owners and a vast army of loyal fans alike all over Northern California can be overheard exclaiming; Hey, have you heard? SNAIL is back!

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[westcoastpaula]

looking for Ken Kraft guitar, like this all the way around.

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@westcoastpaula

There is a SNAIL show coming to the Catalyst in August and Ken Kraft will be there, Ken is also playing in the Band The White Album Ensemble with JAMES DURBIN who was on American Idol and sings "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on this channel, Ken is the guitar player that stands next to James in that video.

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[etypebob]

Excellent, Great to see you once again.

All the best,

Bob

[kenchamful]

Actually the song is just called "Letter"

kc