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Breen LeBoeuf (bass, vocals)
Beau David (guitar, vocals)
Kenny Marco (guitar)
Steve Kennedy (saxophone)
Burt Hermiston (saxophone)
Yum Yum (drums)

Smile Records act Studebaker Hawk was sent into the studio with producer Ralph Murphy who cut four songs with them - two Joe Ress compositions, one Ralph Murphy song, and Steve Cooley's "Rainbows, Pots of Gold and Moonbeams". The latter tune became the band's first single for Smile in August 1975.

While on the way home from a show promoting the single in January 1976, the band caught one of their other songs on the air - the Ralph Murphy written "Lazy Love" - except the DJ back-announced it as a new single by a band called New City Jam Band.

When they confronted Smile Records about the name change, the label explained that Murphy's song was a different style and so they had opted to release it under a pseudonym. LeBoeuf was drafted for the line-up of the touring version of New City Jam Band with Southcote vocalist Beau David (William Small) and Motherlode's Kenny Marco. Studebaker Hawk carried on with Cooley and Ress.

"Lazy Love" peaked at #40 on the RPM Top Singles chart in March 1976.

Following the tour, Smile put together another group of musicians around LeBoeuf in the Fall of 1977 to record a follow-up single called "One Love Is Getting Better" written by future Extras member Leon Stevenson. The group featured LeBoeuf, Dave Stone (keyboards), Sonni Bernardi (drums) and Stevenson (tubular bells).

The song peaked at #89 on the RPM Top Singles chart.

with notes from Joe Ress, Leon Stevenson, Breen LeBoeuf and Ralph Murphy.



Singles
1976 Lazy Love/One More Time (Smile/GRT) SLE-110
1977 Our Love Is Getting Better/For You (Smile/GRT) SLE-114

Albums


Video


Compilation Tracks
1975 "Lazy Love" on 'Tonight At The Discotheque' (Smile/GRT) SMS-IM-303