Before he awkwardly replaced David
LaFlamme in IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, Greg Bloch had his own shot at early
seventies psych-folk fame with STRING CHEESE, a band whose early promise
but quick demise was undoubtedly influenced by the fortunes of their
label (Wooden Nickel), which started to unravel even before marquee act
STYX began to be courted by A&M Records.Blessed with a lead vocalist (Sally Smaller) much in the vein of IABD's Patti Santos, the band's music bears a striking resemblance to many of the Haight-Ashbury stable of psychedelic and folk bands of the late sixties and early seventies. The group also featured drummer John Maggi, whose prior group IOWA BY THE SEA became a footnote for being the band that launched Michael Wood's career with the seventies folk-rock band AMERICA.
