Inspired by The Beatles and British Invasion in the mid 1960’s, small town garage “Rock” bands were born all around the world. In Neosho, Missouri, among others, bands like The Fabulous Stingrays, The Mustangs, Sammy & The Saints and The Outcasts were formed. Over the years a variety of musicians played in these groups. The Stingrays had changed their name to The Sound Company in 1968 and Rick Hair a keyboardist from Joplin joined Gary Lohmann to round out the ensemble. The final lineup of Sound Company was completed in 1969 when Kenny Vaughn (Outcasts, S&S) and Randy Butler (The Mustangs) joined Gary and Rick to complete the group although they added Denny Shelton that same year as a lead singer. Unfortunately, that lineup didn’t work out so the band continued on in early 1971 with Gary, Rick, Randy and Kenny.

In 1971 the band travelled to Kansas City and recorded a (six original song) demo at Damon Recording Studios. It was the first time any of the guys had done a studio recording. The tracks were essentially as close to a live recording as you can get. The music tracks were recorded first as they played their parts together just like it was a live set. Then the vocals were recorded after that. The Acetate that looks like a vinyl album is what the studio provided to each member to have a copy of the recordings. The guys performed those songs at their gigs for maybe a year or so but continued to write more songs which replaced the Acetate songs moving forward. Randy wrote a new song “Truman’s Daughter” after  and the Kansas City session so the group decided to record a 45 rpm that included “I Am Your Hour” on the B side of the single. They drove to Tulsa, Oklahoma and recorded the songs at Derrick Recording Studios. Astonishingly, those first recordings remained dormant after approximately 1973 until 2022!