Doing A Little Gold Remembering

Gold Biography

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Published on 23 June 2011

Written by Melissa Pollock

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Gold was formed in May of 1970 with David Nehrboss and Bob Bakert.  They met at a University of Buffalo Art Festival.  With a combination of current hits and some original songs,  they began performing at the Limelight Coffee House on Edward Street in Buffalo, owned by Jerry Raven.  During the Fall of 1970, they often performed at Buffalo State College.  Enthusiastically, they traveled to various colleges in the Western New York area, found the Student Union and asked if they could set up and perform.   By Winter of 1970, they had set up shop at the Inn Between on Forest Avenue in Buffalo and began a very successful run on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights.

Early Spring 1971, friend George Terhaar introduced David and Bob to Bobby Frauenheim and piano was introduced to Gold.  April 1971 now found the three musicians at the Inn Between and concerts at Rockwell Hall at Buffalo State, and Skidmore College.

In late Fall 1971, Bob Bakert left Gold.  David and Bobby Frauenheim continued on at the Inn Between.  By early 1972, Gold moved to Ruby Red’s on Niagara Falls Blvd for another successful series of dates.  By this time, they were performing almost all original songs.

April 1972 took Gold to Los Angeles near Manhattan Beach where they played at a club on the pier called Slumpfelder’s.   Personal manager Doc D’Amato landed Gold a gig at the Troubadour where they played to a standing ovation and received interest by Record Companies Warner Bros. and Electra.  They also played the Bitter End in NYC.

November 1972 brought Gold back to Buffalo and they subsequently met Manager Bruce Henderson and decided to move to Woodstock, N.Y., where Bruce had a home and office.  Then Gold was off to New York City to live in Jimi Hendrix’s apartment behind the Electric Ladyland Studios.  They went to the original Hit Factory where they demoed up Rainman, a song written by them in Los Angeles.  With interest from Producers Joey Levine and David Spinozza and connections at A&M Records, Gold received a 5 year contract and began recording their first album at the Hit Factory.  Ten original songs were recorded, unheard of at the time when producers required groups to record songs by established artists.  Players, such as David Spinozza (Ram - Paul McCartney), drummers Steve Gadd, Rick Marotta and Andy Newmark, and bassest Andy Muson, plus a 32 piece orchestra rounded out a timeless recording. Yoko Ono, who was in the studio at the time voiced over the mike “great harmony."