Caribou Ranch Guercio was building a new studio, visited the in-progress barn conversion at the ranch, and concluded that it would work for their project. They used the new studio to finish "Barnstorm". Szymczyk next made Rick Derringer's "All American Boy" and the hit single "Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo" there. Elton John's 1974 album "Caribou" was recorded at and named after the studio. (John also recorded the single "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" there, as well as his next two albums, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" and "Rock of the Westies".) Simultaneously in 1974 The Beach Boys attempted
Dee Murray album, but this changed with "Honky Château" in 1972 when John exerted some of his skyrocketing popularity at the time to convince DJM to allow Murray and Olsson to also become full-time recording members of his band, so along with fellow new recruit Davey Johnstone on guitars, banjo, mandolin, sitar, fretted string instruments and backing vocals, Murray and Olsson played on John's hit albums, including the milestone album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", singles, and world tours for several years. In 1975, after recording "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy", Murray and Olsson were released from the band because John