Biography
Holy Moses
Effective period / Period of releases: 1971
Members: Chris Parker (2), Marty David, David Vittek, Teddy Speleos, Billy Batson
Speleos (born Theodore Edward Speleos) formed the band in Woodstock, New York, with David Vittek (rhythm guitar), Marty David (bass, tenor sax), and Chris Parker (drums).Speleos had previously played in rock and roll band British Walkers and in the country rock band Kangaroo.
He was a virtuoso guitarist whose style was sometimes compared with Jimi Hendrix.
In his autobiography Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen wrote that he and Steve Van Zant used to see Speleos playing in bands in Greenwich Village, and used to "sit there slack-jawed at his sound, technique and nonchalance... "