Did The United Travel Service write many original songs?
JR: Ben Hoff wrote the lion’s share of our original songs and did the lead vocals on all of them. As I said, we were 40/60 in original vs cover material. Dale penned a few and I penned a few but none were recorded. 60s: There are a couple of unreleased United Travel Service songs (‘Slightest Possibility’ and ‘Snow’). Where were they recorded? Why were they never pressed to 45s? JR: They were recorded with Ridon (Rick Keefer). My memory has it this way. The first release (Wind and Stone) was national but they did not print a lot of records and so when folks looked to buy them they couldn’t find them. So the record hit the charts and quickly fell. Because the first release was less than a hit because of this, they were very reluctant on the second release. We mutually voided the contract with Laurie Records as a result and Slightest Possibility and Snow were left on the table. 60s: Did the band make any local TV appearances? JR: None. 60s: What year and why did the band break up? JR: For
