THE SCOTTSVILLE SQUIRREL BARKERS
- From San Diego, California.
- Included Chris Hillman (who was still in high school), Larry Murray, Kenny Wertz, Ed Douglas and Gary Carr.
- 1963, recorded a now-legendary album called Blue Grass Favorites
(Crown).
- Kenny Wertz (banjo) later played with the Country Gazette and the Flying Burrito Brothers. He still lives in San Diego and plays with a local band.
- Wertz was replaced in the Squirrel Barkers by Bernie Leadon (later a member of the Eagles.)
- Chris Hillman (mandolin) left this group to play with The Golden State Boys (AKA The Hillmen) and was a founding member of The Byrds and the Desert Rose Band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Byrds.
- Larry Murray (Dobro™) later formed the folk-rock group Hearts and Flowers.
- Ed Douglas (bass) later managed the rock group The Stone Ponies (with Linda Ronstadt).
- Gary Carr (guitar, lead vocals) later performed with Geoff Stelling’s Hard Times Bluegrass Band (late 1970’s). He died in 1985.