Omnibus - Take Your Only Chance 1973 video free download

Central Pennsylvania's Omnibus had it's origins in 1970, while Jeff Morrison and Jimmer Pontz formed a band called San Juan Hill, playing throughout their

Sophomore years at Hempfield High School, Kenny Kaye was touring with Store Records' Geoffrey Stoner Band supporting a regional hit with a reinterpretation of The Bee Gee's "To Love Somebody" and Blair King, a sophomore at JP McCaskey High, was performing with another local favorite "Exit".

In February of 1972 the high school musicians were asked to audition for a new band in it's infancy. Founded by keyboardist Kaye it also had vocalist's Dan Glass, a recent transplant from Nashville, and Gael King, King's folkie sister. The line up solidified with Kaye on keyboards, Glass and King on lead vocals, Morrison on lead guitar, Pontz on bass and King on drums.

The band recorded it's only single "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise" b/w "Take Your Only Chance" on the POT label out of Philadelphia, taping at Virtue Studios under the helm of Central Pennsylvania producer and Pee Vee Records label owner, Pancho Villa. The studio was notable for having spawned many Philly Soul hits such as "Hey There Lonely Girl" by Eddie Holman, among others. Omnibus was to be the last act to be signed to the Pee Vee label before the company moved to Delaware in 1974. The 45 single, emanating a Steppenwolf flavor, was a minor regional hit and afforded the band the opportunity to tour in their funky converted delivery truck gigging from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Lowell, MA.

Though guitarist Morrison recalls the POT logo standing for "Play Our Tune" , it was also rumored to stand for "Put On Turntable" and quite possibly simply slang for the controversial plant that enjoyed so much popularity with the counter culture generation.

By 1975 the band was pretty much kaput.

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