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[Steely Tom]

That must be an old picture.

The woman second from left is Laurel Massé, who quit MT after she was injured in a car accident; that injury pretty much ended her career, at least as an on-stage performer.

She was replaced by Cheryl Bentyne.

Alan Paul is at the far left, and Janis Siegel and Tim Hauser are the right. Who is the guy in the center?

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Sometimes we go through times where it seems like they’re dropping like flies. Man Transfer was spectacular. I will confess that I sometimes had a hard time listening to a whole album’s worth of their stuff, but there was no question they were excellent.