Born in Anderson, Indiana, he launched his public career in Detroit, first recording a 45-rpm single with the brief-lived group The Abstract Reality in 1967. He later co-founded the band Scorpion alongside Bob “Babbitt” Kreinar, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith, appearing as Mike Campbell on Scorpion’s self-titled album and contributing to Meat Loaf’s debut Stoney & Meatloaf (1971), where he co-wrote…
