My Rock Bands Pages
Naked Lunch !! New CD released December
17th 2008 !!
Abel
Zarate
was (in my eye's) and is a most
superior musician, back in 1969, I was 21 years old and Abel was 16,
I thought (for his age) he was just as good as Santana maybe better, not as
seasoned but he was getting more polished each time we played together. I
Roy Murray
is a seasoned horn player. When I
knew Roy, his primary instrument was the trumpet, but I know he can also double
on most
of the other brass horns. Roy is an
accomplished musician in many styles of music from classical to jazz to rock and
everything
Charles Fletcher
I didn't get to know Charles very
well, we didn't call him Charles anyway he always wanted to be known as Fletch
or Fletcher. Charles seemed to be a very private person, I don't think most of
the band members knew what he did outside the band functions
Rich Spremich
is hot, he was hot even then,
way-back-when I knew him in the early days. Rich is a dynamic steady
drummer who holds down the back beat and keeps the ship steady and on
course. Richard, stated to Mark Guerrero
http://markguerrero.net,
that he along with
Bob Olivera
is an excellent saxophone player, he
is accomplished in jazz, rock, solo and group horn lines. Jose Morrero
can really pound out those
Afro/Latin rhythms, he is one of the most accomplished percussionist's I have
ever had the pleasure to perform with.
The New CD Released on December 17th, 2008
See the liner notes, click the links below Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 This CD is Produced and distributed by World In Sound ~ http://www.worldinsound.com And distributed by CDBaby ~ http://www.cdbaby.com
Listen to the Latin Rock Jazz sounds of Naked Lunch here. These were live recordings at the Fillmore West in San Francisco un-remastered Love Is Everywhere Virgin Woman Ozone Changes Your Song Encore You will need Windows Media
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Morerro
on conga drums
and vocals, We formed the band called Naked Lunch. The band is seen in the
photo above at the Fillmore West (1970) in San Francisco California. Pictured (from left
to right) is, myself on a Hammond C3 organ with the front cover removed (I bought
the organ without the cover but replaced it later on), Abel Zarate doing a
lead guitar solo and the conga player Jose Morerro. I left Naked Lunch not long after, as at
the time we were mostly playing a lot of free and benefit gig's for prestige and
exposure, financially the band was not making a lot of money. So I had to leave
the band and find another that was actually getting paid, because music was my only income. The
members of Naked Lunch merged with The Malibu's (Jorge Santana's band) and
became the popular band known as Malo (Suavecito). 
have
followed his career since I left the band in 1971 and must admit a little
jealousy for not being part of it. Abel has always had a natural feel for
playing the guitar and writing songs. It seemed to come so easily to him as if
he were genetically programmed for it. I have inserted a portion of a interview
with Abel and
José Sierra on behalf of
Moonflower Cafe. Questions
compiled and edited by Jose Sierra and Gil Vera.
Hosted and coordinated by
José Sierra on behalf of Moonflower Cafe. 
in
between.
Roy is an original member
of the Santana family bands and was very involved with members of Janis Joplin's
bands. His bands have played everywhere from the Fillmore West of San Francisco
to Carnegie Hall of New York City, and all the states that are in between and
beyond! He also has a part four different songs that hit the top 10 on the
Billboard Charts. Roy
currently has a music studio in North Carolina called
THE ROY MURRAY MUSIC
STUDIO
anyway. 
lead
guitarist Abel Zarate, Roy Murray, Bob Olivera, and Fist Stevens, were in
a band called Naked Lunch. When they were in their late teens, they
played a benefit concert with Tower of Power and Boz Scaggs and blew
everyone away. A Warner Brothers record executive was in the audience.
This led to the idea of combining members of Naked Lunch with members of
the Malibu's to form Malo. Richard Spremich, Abel Zarate, and Roy Murray
went with Malo. Richard played with Malo on their first two albums before
leaving the band. Richards new band is The Damascus Experience Band (TDX)
