James William Guercio The first true radio hit recorded at Caribou was Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way". In addition to Chicago (starting with "Chicago VI"), the studio has been used by numerous other artists: Elton John (for his "Caribou" album as well as "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" and "Rock of the Westies"), Dan Fogelberg, Billy Joel, Rod Stewart, Carole King, Stephen Stills, Waylon Jennings, Amy Grant, Supertramp, Badfinger and The Beach Boys. Unfortunately, the studio complex was shut down and never used again after a March 1985 fire destroyed the control room and caused about $3 million in damage. In
Fantastic Plastic (album) Fantastic Plastic (album) Fantastic Plastic is the ninth studio album by The Flamin' Groovies, released on September 22, 2017 and produced by Cyril Jordan and J. Jaffe. The album, the first new album from the Groovies since 1993, features the reunion of the Groovies most commercially successful lineup, the classic 1970s lineup of guitarists/vocalists Jordan and Chris Wilson and bassist George Alexander, who recorded three albums together before splitting up in 1981. For 2013, the Hoodoo Gurus, with whom the Flamin' Groovies had played in Australia, put together an invitational named "Dig It Up" to play at four cities in