Chamaeleon Church

After The Lost broke up in early 1967, Ted Myers, who’d been the band’s leader and primary songwriter, moved to New York City, where he took a job as a songwriter at the publishing company owned by producer Alan Lorber. Lorber, who had an ongoing deal with MGM Records, told him that as soon as he formed a band, they could record an album. Anxious to fulfill his dream of cutting his first full-length LP – The Lost had recorded just a few singles – Myers recruited Tony Scheuren (his writing partner) on guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals; Kyle Garrahan (formerly of The Lost) on lead guitar, bass, keyboards and vocals; and future Saturday Night Live legend Chevy Chase on drums and keyboards. Myers first met Chase while visiting Bard College several years earlier.

In 1968, MGM released the band’s self-titled debut disc to little fanfare (despite an appearance on ABC’s variety show Showcase in the spring of that year). The band broke up after just a few live gigs, with Chase and Garrahan staying in New York City and Myers and Scheuren moving back to Boston, where they became members of Ultimate Spinach and participated in the sessions for 1969’s Ultimate Spinach III. After that, Myers moved to California, wrote a song that was covered by Three Dog Night (“Going In Circles”), recorded one album with the band Glider (1977) and an unreleased LP with the group Incognito (1982). He currently works in A&R for a Los Angeles-based record label.

(by Stephen Haag)