"Willie Weeks left Gypsy to play with Donny Hathoway."

"Ed Berris says after playing in the basement one day Rico said: We're better than the Beatles!"

"Tom Green or Tom Nystrom, same guy. Tom formerly played drums with the Underbeats."

"Joe Lala has played with almost everybody, including Stephen Stills Manassas."

"Willie Weeks has played with George Harrison, Doobie Bros, & currently Wynnona Judd, among many others."

"Doni Larson says that Hendrix (!) asked Gypsy for permission for him to call his new band: The Band of Gypsies."

"Rico was born in Italy. He was 36 when he passed away."

"The Guess Who got Gypsy their RCA contract."

"Tom Green/Nystrom moved to LA with Gypsy in 1969 but hated it and moved back to Minnesota."

"Gypsy played Superjam in St Louis in 1977 with Stan Kipper, Randy Cates, Jim Johnson, Rico & a fill in keyboard player (not Owl)."

"Ed Berris says that Rico, very early on, would sing along with the radio and sound better than the records!"

"Randy Cates wrote Day After Day with Owl helping on lyrics."

"Rico joined and served out a stint in the Marine Corps"

"Randy Cates, originally from Texas, was playing with Bill Lordan at the Brass Ring (LA), and first met Rico and Owl there."

"Rico, Tim McCarthy, Don Forte, and Randy Cates lived in the same house in LA."

"Willie Weeks played bass on the last Conway Twitty recording, a nice remake, with Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave fame) of the great old tune: Rainy Night In Georgia."

"Owl did not play at Superjam in 1977. Barry Kay filled in for him. Stan Kipper was on drums, Randy Cates on bass, Jim J on guitar, and Rico on guitar."

"Rico met Paul McCartney, and was very impressed."

"Joe Lala (He was on the In the Garden Gypsy album) played in Blues Image from 1966-1971. Old enough to remember their one hit: Ride Captain Ride? Billboard #49 in 1970. Played drums and percussion. Mike Pinera was in that band also, and left (in 1969)to form Iron Butterfly."

"Joe Lala has played with Ringo Starr, ABB (Enlightened Rogues), Stones, Rod Stewart, CSNY. Like I said, almost everybody!"

"You know, Bill (Lordan), in actual fact, did play with Hendrix, him and Willie Weeks ... before Band of Gypsies. Well, him and Willie Weeks were together for years, they were an inseparable bass and drum unit. And Hendrix wanted just Bill, so they split. 'Cause he just wanted Bill.
Robin Trower, quoted in Circus Raves Magazine, 1975."

"Willie Weeks is in the Blues Brothers 2000, an awful movie, but it has Weeks playing in the Louisiana Gator Boys band with BB King, etc. Worth renting for the music. Weeks played bass on second album."

"Dead and Gone" is called by the band "Hard and Long", especially when done full length.