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Clue time: The names given are the middle names of the performers in question.

2nd clue: Alec and John are, sadly, no longer with us.

3rd and final clue: When John died, he was replaced by a new face.

The Who?

Keith John Moon, John Alec Entwistle, Roger Harry Daltrey and Pete Dennis Townsend.

They're worth reading for Frame's commentaries, too. He's obviously a fan first, and a critic second.

I wish I'd seen the UK TV series based on his books.

You got, it, LL. (For the record, Townshend's full name is Peter Dennis Blanford Townshend, but Blanford just didn't fit the clue).

And, of course, the late Keith John Moon was replaced by a new face, Kenney Jones, ex-Faces.

Your turn to bedazzle and befuddle us, Scott!

Man, its been awhile since I've stepped up to the plate. I haven't a good one right this second but I'll post one before long tonight.

Okay, here's one that probably isn't all that hard.

What was the only band to be paid in advance for performing at Woodstock?

the who?

Wasn't The Who. They actually asked but were already setting up for their set when they thought of it. A little too late.

Hint: The long-lasting group just hired a new member to replace someone in the band.

Santana?

Not Santana.

CSN?

Nope, not CSN either. Guess this was harder than I thought. Okay, forgive me if I get this clue wrong but I think it holds true for this band.

The band in question never released a commercial album until the late 70's early 80's.

OK, I'll throw in a guess. Would it be opening act Sweetwater?

If you mean commercially successful album, the answer must be the Grateful Dead.

HWW has it. The Grateful Dead were the only band that made arrangements to be paid up front for their appearance at Woodstock.

You're up Greg.

By the way, re: Santana. I came across this website, which reproduces their contract from Woodstock: http://www.woodstock69.com/santanacont.htm

If I read it right, 50 percent of their fee (all of $1500!) was due by July 11, 1969, and the balance was due prior to performing.

So it looks as if they were paid in advance, after all.

Ah.

I'd actually discounted them because both Workingman's Dead and American Beauty hit the Top 30 on Billboard's LP chart.

Which may not be amazing, but it's no failure either.

And that's my fault for a bad memory when giving the clue. I remember when A Touch of Gray hit the radio and one of the count down shows saying at the time TGD didn't even have a commercially released album prior to the 80's. Just one of those things that stuck in my head but I know it was said that they only had bootleg albums up to that point.

It depends on how one defines "commercially successful," as well. I remember reading in a rock encyclopedia that the Dead didn't really start making money from their album sales until the '70s. That isn't to say they weren't famous or successful before that, but their reputation was built largely on concerts and the "way of life" they represented. This did not translate into mainstream album sales, however until enough time had passed for them to be seen as nostalgia and, therefore, iconic, in my opinon.

I also remember that the Dead had only two songs make the Billboard Hot 100 prior to "A Touch of Grey" in 1987!

On this lack of commercial success, Jerry Garcia once remarked, "We'd been trying to sell out for years, but nobody was buying."

P.S., I'll be back tonight with a new question.

What British Invasion-era band sought to obtain corporate backing by initially calling themselves the Mars Bars?

Clue: This was the second group managed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein.