 Velvet toured in 1973-1978 with the Jimmy Velvet Show band.Band members included Steve Morgan (guitar), John Collins (bassist), Dennis Moog (drums), and Kathy Slinkard Velvet (stage name Kathy Scott, married to Jimmy from 1970-1997)(keyboards)

Velvet was championed by TV host Dick Clark, who had him on his "American Bandstand" show more than once.Clark helped him release a 1967 album "A Touch of Velvet".