Michael Fennelly : Love Can Change Everything: Demos 1967-1972

 Michael Fennelly

 (born April 4, 1949)

 is an American musician

 known for his work 

as a singer and songwriter

 in the 1960s and 1970s,

 notably in 

The Millennium

 and

 Crabby Appleton.

Fennelly was born in

 New York, United States,

 the second of three children.

 He grew up in

 Pennsylvania

 and

 Westfield, New Jersey, 

where he attended

 high school.

 He began taking guitar lessons

 when he was nine years old. 

At the age of 17

 he hitchhiked to Los Angeles, 

and began performing

 in clubs there.

 By 1967, 

he had become a member of

 songwriter/producer 

Curt Boettcher's 

studio-based

 collective of musicians. 

He contributed electric sitar 

and vocals 

to the album

 Present Tense 

by Sagittarius, 

and then became one 

of the five

 singer/guitarist/songwriters

 included in

 The Millennium,

 the sunshine pop group

 assembled by 

Boettcher.

In 1969 

he joined an

 existing band, 

Stonehenge, 

as lead singer, g

uitarist and songwriter,

 changing their name to 

Crabby Appleton. 

The band were signed to

 Elektra Records, 

and released two albums,

 with Fennelly's writing 

becoming influenced by

 such emerging musicians

 as 

Neil Young 

and 

Stephen Stills.

Their single 

"Go Back" 

from their first album , 

written and sung by

 Fennelly, 

and produced by 

Don Gallucci,

 reached No. 36 

on the

 Billboard Hot 100

 in mid 1971

Following 

the disbanding of the group,

 Fennelly recorded two solo

 records.

The first, 

Lane Changer

 (1974), 

was recorded in England 

with 

ex-Zombie 

Chrisblack

 producing and members of

 the group Argent

 contributing to some tracks.

 Jeff Beck

 played the lead guitar

 on the song 

"Watch Yerself". 

Fennelly's second solo album,

 Stranger's Bed, 

was recorded in 

Los Angeles 

with 

Denny Bruce 

producing 

and Keith Olsen engineering

 However, 

neither was successful. 

Fennelly also recorded

 with 

Steely Dan; 

he sings the high harmony on

 "The Boston Rag" 

from 

Countdown to Ecstasy,

 their second album.

Fennelly 

remained in the 

music business thereafter, 

and currently lives

 in Portland, Oregon. 

Fennelly's music has

 been covered by

 contemporary artists,

 including

 John Verity's cover of 

"Touch My Soul"

 on his 2014 album

 Tone Hound, 

and

 "Go Back" 

by The Sirens

 on the 2007

 More is More album

In 2013,

 Sundazed Records released 

Love Can Change Everything: 

Demos 1967-1972, 

which contains 

demo recordings of 

Fennelly's songs produced 

during 

the Millennium era, 

Crabby Appleton songs, 

and songs from

 his solo releases

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