Jeff, Bart, Brad
Jerry, Shawn, Ron
Choklit Ahlfa
Lebanon, Oregon
1970 - 1971
Members
Ron
Benshoff ~ Drums
Brad
Dailey ~ Vocals
Shawn
Dailey ~ Vocals
Jerry
Lenocker ~ Bass
Bart
Meyer ~ Keyboards
Jeff
Mussler ~ Guitar
Ron
Benshoff ~ Drums
Brad
Dailey ~ Vocals
Shawn
Dailey ~ Vocals
Jerry
Lenocker ~ Bass
Bart
Meyer ~ Keyboards
Jeff
Mussler ~ Guitar
We played a lot of fraternity parties/homecomeing gigs in early 1970-71. We signed with Harry Arnold from Ashland, though we were centered in Lebanon, OR. He got us a few gigs in Southern Oregon. We opened for "The People" in Roseburg OR in late 1970. They were touring in support of their single "I Love You" and a loud, rock instrumental version of the William Tell Overture. I think 50 people showed up.The stupid spelling of the band's name was to avoid problems with the brand name Chocolate Alpha, a flavored variety of Zig-Zag paper that was popular at the time. We had called ourselves Hard Rock Cafe until The Doors released their album, and we had to hurry to come up with a new name. Inspiration struck about the same time that Ronnie B walked in with some new papers... and the rest was history.
Brad and Shawn are brother and sister. Their older brother Dan was a founding member of Grant & the Blueboys/Grant's Blueboys and Reunion.
Ron plays bluegrass now and has released a CD.
Bart runs a photo store in Seattle.
I'm Jerry; I started spelling my name with a G and now live in Redmond, WA. I released a CD as part of a new-age band called Midnight Skye (check out iTunes or CD Baby).
I've lost touch with the other members.
Gerry Lenocker, May 2006
