Late-'60s concept band Hello People was put together by New York
producer Lew Futterman. Basing his concept on French mime films,
Futterman assembled a group of Ohio musicians to make up the
group, dressed in full face paint and performing wordless mime
routines between their songs during their live sets. The first
lineup of the band consisted of guitarist and singer W.S.
Tongue, bassist Greg Geddes, keyboardist Larry Tasse, drummer
Ronnie Blake, guitarist Bobby Sedita, and flute player Michael
Sagarese. Taking on stage names like "Goodfellow" and "Much
More," the band was born and recorded its debut, self-titled
album in 1967. In 1968, Blake left the group, to be replaced by
George Abruzzese. Shortly after the release of their first
album, Tongue also left the band, tired of the life of
performing and opting instead to become a full-time songwriter.
He was replaced by singer/guitarist Pete Weston and a second
album, Fusion, arrived in 1968. Fusion featured "Anthem," a song
written by Tongue about his time sp