LOL, Bob, how fun! & I believe you lived in a small town. I may have seen them at a local free concert too, just another pretty good MI band, there were several...not even including all of the Motown sounds. Mitch Ryder, MC 5, Rare Earth, Grand Funk Railroad, Tommy James come to mind.
Did you drive to Ann Arbor & Detroit to see bands? I lived in a college town (MSU) & cool bigger bands did the Detroit to Chicago run. A good time to grow up! But I'm younger than you...
& now to TTA's Billy Strings...