 Meanwhile, Gantry formed "The Elmer Gantry Band" with ex-members of the Downliners Sect (whose bass player was Paul Martinez, later to also be a member of what became known as "The Fake Fleetwood Mac" and Stretch).The Gantry band gigged for about 18 months before Gantry joined the cast of "Hair" in order to sit out his contracts.In 1974, at the invitation of Mick Fleetwood and Clifford Davis he agreed, along with musical partner Kirby Gregory of Curved Air, to join Fleetwood Mac for a tour of the USA.