 He signed with Confederate and recorded his second single, "Shout Bamalama" (a rewrite of "Gamma Lamma") and "Fat Girl", together with his band Otis and the Shooters.Around this time he and the Pinetoppers attended a "Battle of the Bands" show in Lakeside Park.Wayne Cochran, the only solo artist signed to Confederate, became the Pinetoppers' bassist.